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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 21

Opening Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Monday, the twenty-first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.—KAWAKAWA SURVEY DISTRICT

20A | XVI | 319 0 0 | 160 0 0 | 4 0 0 | 3 4 0
Altitude, 30 ft. to 480 ft. above sea-level. Hilly to broken land, covered with fern and manuka. Soil heavy clay of inferior quality, on clay subsoil; well watered by streams. Situated two miles and a quarter from Kawakawa Railway-station by good formed road.

BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.—KAWAKAWA PARISH.

193A | .. | 60 2 0 | 100 0 0 | 2 10 0 | 2 0 0
Altitude, 550 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Level to undulating land, all ploughable, covered with manuka and fern. Soil heavy clay, on clay subsoil; well watered by stream. Situated three miles from Otiria Railway-station by good road, mostly metalled. There is some old fencing on section, but it has been scorched by fire and is now valueless.

HOKIANGA COUNTY.—WAIKU SURVEY DISTRICT.

45 | IX | 143 0 0 | 110 0 0 | 2 15 0 | 2 4 0
Altitude, 500 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to hilly and broken land; about 20 acres fern and manuka, balance mixed forest comprising rata, scattered rimu and kahikatea, kohekohe, taraire, towai, hinau, &c., with thick undergrowth of kohutuhutu, hangehange, mahoe, makomako, nikau, punga, kiekie, supplejack, &c. Soil clay and rubbly loam of fair quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Situated ten miles from Opononi by cart-road, mostly metalled.

OTAMATEA COUNTY.—MARERETU PARISH.

S.W. 45 | .. | 68 0 38 | 50 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0 0
Undulating to hilly land, covered with fern and manuka scrub. Clay soil of medium quality, on slate formation; fairly well watered by stream. Situated about thirteen miles from Mangapai by cart-road to within half a mile of section, thence by bridle-track.

RAGLAN COUNTY.—PIRONGIA PARISH.

374 | .. | 300 0 36 | 190 0 0 | 4 15 0 | 3 16 0
Altitude, 300 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Broken land, about 100 acres clumps of mixed forest in gullies, comprising tawa, rimu, hinau, &c., with dense undergrowth of supplejack, bush ferns and shrubs, balance fern country. Soil of fair second-class quality, on sandstone formation; fairly watered by small stream. Situated about ten miles from Whatawhata by road formed to within a quarter of a mile from section, balance unformed, but usable without formation.

RAGLAN COUNTY.—MARAMARUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

4 | IX | 368 0 0 | 190 0 0 | 4 15 0 | 3 16 0
Altitude, 275 ft. to 450 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, covered with fern and scrub. Soil a reddish loam and clay of inferior quality, on papa formation; indifferently watered by small stream and springs. Situated on Tuakau-Glen Murray Road, about eleven miles from Tuakau Railway-station by formed cart-road partly metalled.

4 | XIII | 354 0 0 | 400 0 0 | 10 0 0 | 8 0 0
Weighted with £40, valuation for improvements consisting of 40 acres felling.
Altitude, 100 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. About 50 acres wet swamp, 40 acres light mixed forest principally tawa, with light undergrowth of supplejack and small ferns; balance undulating fern and manuka country, mostly ploughable. Brown soil of a light nature, on clay subsoil; well watered by springs and swamp. Situated about fifteen miles from Tuakau Railway-station by well-formed road, or three miles from Opuatia Landing also by formed road.

ROTORUA COUNTY.—ROTORUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

13 | XV | 240 0 0 | 360 0 0 | 9 0 0 | 7 4 0
Altitude, 1,200 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea-level. Undulating fern country. Soil of good quality, on volcanic formation; well watered by Ngongotaha stream. Situated nine miles from Rotorua by formed road.

WHANGAREI COUNTY.—RUARANGI PARISH.

M. 88 | .. | 390 0 0 | 20 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 8 0
Altitude, 300 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Half undulating and half broken land, covered with fern and manuka. Mostly clay soil of inferior quality, on slate formation; well watered by stream. Situated about ten miles from Mangapai—six miles by cart-road, balance by track partly formed but not accessible for wheel traffic.

HOKIANGA COUNTY.—WHANGAPE SURVEY DISTRICT.

6 & 7 | VI | 147 0 0 | 150 0 0 | 3 15 0 | 3 0 0
Altitude, 200 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Hilly to broken land, covered with heavy mixed forest comprising rimu, kahikatea, totara, puriri, towai, tawa, taraire, rewarewa, &c., with thick undergrowth of karamu, hangehange, mahoe, kohutuhutu, punga, nikau, toikiwi, kiekie, supplejack, &c. Soil sandy clay of good quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by stream. Situated nineteen miles from Kohukohu, twelve miles of which is by formed 12 ft. road, three miles and a half formed 10 ft. road, balance unformed.

MANGONUI COUNTY.—TARAWERA SURVEY DISTRICT.

7 | XIII | 93 3 14 | 60 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 1 4 0
Altitude, 30 ft. to 100 ft. above sea-level. About 20 acres manuka and raupo flat; balance undulating land covered with manuka scrub, with 5 acres of old cultivation now in rough grass. Soil a sandy clay of inferior quality, on sandstone formation; indifferently watered by swamps, but there is a good stream on opposite side of road. Situated ten miles from Waihopo Landing by rough cart-road.

MANGONUI COUNTY.—WHANGAPE SURVEY DISTRICT.

32 | VII | 48 0 0 | 100 0 0 | 2 10 0 | 2 0 0
Weighted with £598 10s., valuation for improvements comprising house of six rooms, with iron roof and verandah, wine-cellar, outhouses, grassing, fencing, 2½ acres vines, and orchard.
Altitude, 20 ft. to 120 ft. above sea-level. About 8 acres river-flat, balance undulating to hilly land more or less improved. Soil alluvial and clay of good quality, on clay subsoil; well watered by stream. Situated four miles from Awaroa River Landing by formed cart-road.

MANGONUI COUNTY.—HOHOURA EAST SURVEY DISTRICT.

5 | I | 124 3 0 | 70 0 0 | 1 15 0 | 1 8 0
Altitude, 60 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Undulating and hilly land, with a few small areas level, covered with fern and manuka. Soil of inferior sandy nature, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Situated six miles from Waihopo Landing, five miles of which is by rough cart-road, balance unformed but accessible for pack-horses.

MANGONUI COUNTY.—RANGAUNU SURVEY DISTRICT.

1 | III | 134 0 0 | 70 0 0 | 1 15 0 | 1 8 0
Altitude, 8 ft. to 40 ft. above sea-level. Undulating and level land, covered with fern and manuka, and some small swamps. Soil of an inferior sandy nature, on sandstone formation; indifferently watered by swamps. Fronts Doubtless Bay, sixteen miles from Mangonui—seven miles by formed cart-road, of which three miles is not yet open for traffic, and nine miles along ocean-beach available for wheeled traffic.

2 | VIII | 105 0 0 | 60 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 1 4 0
Altitude, 25 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Level, undulating, and hilly land, covered with manuka, fern, and rushes; a considerable portion is ploughable. Soil of inferior quality of clay and sandy nature, on pipeclay subsoil; indifferently