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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 23

Thames County.—Waihou Survey District.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Ohinemuri County.—Waihou Survey District.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements on the foregoing sections which are included in the price of the land are as follows:—

Block XIII, Waihou Survey District.—Section 7: Half-share in about 40 chains of southern boundary drain and whole of 20 chains of catchment drain. Section 8: Half-share in about 40 chains of northern boundary drain and 1½ chains of catchment drain. Section 9: Half-share in about 47 chains of southern boundary drain and whole of 15 chains of catchment drain. Section 10: Half-share in about 10 chains of northern boundary drain and whole of about 44 chains of catchment drain. The south-eastern boundary of this section is fenced throughout, but this fence was erected by Mr. G. Scotcher and belongs to him. Section 11: Half-share in about 36 chains of northern boundary drain. Section 13: Half-share in about 25 chains of boundary fence on portion of southern boundary, and about 12 acres of good English grass. Section 14: Whole of about 43 chains of surface drain. Section 15: The whole of about 18 chains of surface drain and half-share in about 54 chains of northern boundary drain. Section 16: The whole of about 19 chains of surface drain and half-share in about 54 chains of southern boundary drain. Section 17: The whole of about 19 chains of surface drain. Section 18: The whole of about 20 chains of surface drain. Section 19: The whole of about 52 chains of surface drain. Section 21: The whole of 31 chains of surface drain.

Block XII, Piako Survey District.—Section 19: The whole of about 52 chains of surface drain. Section 21: The whole of about 31 chains of surface drain. Section 22: The whole of about 70 chains of surface drain. Section 23: The whole of about 22 chains of surface drain.

Block VI, Waihou Survey District, Section 15: Half-share in about 52 chains of northern boundary drain. Section 16: Half-share in about 62 chains of northern and eastern boundary drain. Section 17: Half-share in about 17 chains of eastern boundary drain.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Taranaki 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 Tuesday, the thirteenth day of May, 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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—STRATFORD COUNTY.—
TAURAKAWA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Situated on the Puteore Road. Access from Douglas Railway-station, from twenty-eight miles to thirty-one miles and a half distant—by dray-road for twenty-four miles, bridle-road for a mile and a half, and balance unformed road. Section 8 is also accessible by the Mount Humphries Road, about twenty-seven miles and a half distant from Douglas Railway-station—by dray-road twenty-five miles, bridle-track two miles, unformed road half a mile. The land comprises broken country, with high hills and deep valleys, and a few small flats along the Omaru River which runs at the back of Section 8 and through Sections 10 and 11. The forest is heavy, consisting principally of tawa, tawhero, rimu, rata, &c., with dense undergrowth of mahoe, kotukutuku, raurekau, karamu, hoho, puka, punga, mamaku, tupari, kiekie, supplejack, &c. The soil is good, on a formation principally of papa, with belts of shell rock; well watered.

Situated on the Whakaihuwaka Road. Access from Whangamomona about twenty miles to twenty-two miles distant—by dray-road for six miles, bridle-road for eight miles, and unformed road remaining distance. Section 9 is also accessible from Douglas Railway-station, about twenty-seven miles and a half distant by the Mount Humphries Road—twenty-five miles dray-road, two miles bridle-track, and half a mile unformed. The land is broken, comprising high hills and deep valleys, covered with heavy forest of tawa, tawhero, rimu, rata, and a dense undergrowth of mahoe, kotukutuku, raurekau, hoho, kiekie, tupari, punga, mamaku, karamu, supplejack, &c. The soil is good, on a formation principally papa, with belts of shell rock. The sections are well watered.

Situated about eleven chains from the Whakaihuwaka Road by access road. Access from Whangamomona about twenty-three miles and a half distant—by dray-road for six miles, bridle-road for eight miles, and unformed road for remaining distance. The land comprises high hills and deep valleys, all very broken, covered with very heavy forest of tawhero, tawa, rimu, rata, &c., and a dense undergrowth of mahoe, kotukutuku, raurekau, karamu, punga, mamaku, tupari, fern, kiekie, supplejack, &c. The soil is good, on a formation principally papa, with occasional belts of shell rock; well watered.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Taranaki 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 Tuesday, the thirteenth day of May, 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.