250 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 4

Section 6, Block XI.—Altitude, from 550 ft. to 1,132 ft.
Undulating to hilly. Mostly cleared, and carrying good
pasture. A small portion on the south and gullies carry
medium heavy manuka and light fern. About one-half of
the section is ploughable. Marl formation, resting on papa.
Watered by Waihau Gorge and smaller streams. Situated
about eighteen miles and three-quarters from Puketapu.
Value of fencing included in capital value, £36 15s.

Section 7, Block XI.—Altitude, from 500 ft. to 1,100 ft.
Hilly to broken. About 75 acres ploughable, including a
few acres of flat around whare. About one-half is covered
by patchy heavy manuka and light fern. A few acres of
blackberries lie along river-bank. Good grass throughout.
Watered by Tutaekuri River and small streams. Soil of
a pumice nature, on papa. Situated about sixteen miles
and a half from Puketapu. Value of fencing included in
capital value, £149 5s. Improvements not included in
in capital value, and which have to be paid for in cash, com-
prise : Whare and yards, value £10.

Section 8, Block XI.—Altitude, 600 ft. to 1,050 ft. Un-
dulating to hilly, about one-third ploughable. About one-
half of the section carries medium heavy manuka in patches,
and the remainder thin fern and small manuka. Small
portions of the section completely clear of fern and manuka.
Well grassed throughout. Soil of a pumice nature, on papa.
Well watered by Manganoe Gorge and small streams.
Situated about sixteen miles and a half from Puketapu.
Value of fencing included in capital value, £69 12s.

Section 9, Block XI.—Altitude varies from 430 ft. to
960 ft. above sea-level. The section is rough, being
broken throughout its length by the Waihau Stream and
its branches. Splendidly watered. About 100 acres adjoining
the road consists of low easy hills, which are well grassed.
The balance of the section is heavily covered with manuka,
but there is plenty of rough pasture throughout. There
is a fair amount of ploughable ground in scattered patches.
Formation chiefly marl, on papa. Situated thirteen miles
and a half from Puketapu by formed road and along the bed
of the Tutaekuri River for twelve miles and three-quarters,
and by an unformed road for three-quarters of a mile. Value
of fencing included in capital value, £75 2s. 6d.

Section 1, Block XII.—Altitude, from 500 ft. to 800 ft.
above sea-level. Mostly undulating, about half being plough-
able. Soil, marl formation, on papa. Intersected by the
Pekapeka and Mangahouhou Streams, which form rough
gorges. These streams carry permanent water. The portion
adjoining the main road is easy ground, clear of scrub, and
well grassed, and the back portion is rough and contains
a good deal of heavy manuka, with good rough pasture
running through it. Situated nineteen miles and a half
from Napier by the Napier–Puketitiri main road, and is
about three miles from Rissington School and Post-office.
Value of fencing included in capital value, £85 2s. 6d.

Section 2, Block XII.—Altitude, from 375 ft. to 800 ft.
above sea-level. Easy undulating spurs, well grassed, a good
deal having been ploughed, but is intersected by the Peka-
peka and Mangahouhou Gorges, which are very rough and
covered with manuka, scrub, and light patches of bush,
most of which is houhou, kowhai, manuka, and ribbonwood.
The Pekapeka Stream is stockproof, except at the upper
end, where there is a good crossing. Both of these streams
carry permanent water. Fully two-thirds of the section is
ploughable. Formation, marl on papa. Situated nineteen
miles from Napier by the Napier–Puketitiri main road, and
about two miles and a half from Rissington School and Post-
office. Value of fencing included in capital value, £66 12s. 6d.

Section 1, Block XV.—Altitude, from 500 ft. to 1,040 ft.
Undulating to hilly; a portion around Manganoe Gorge
and along Tutaekuri River being very steep. About 400 acres
covered with medium heavy manuka, and the remainder
with patches of light fern and small manuka. About
200 acres ploughable. Well grassed throughout. Well
watered by Tutaekuri River and Manganoe Gorge. Marl
formation on papa. Situated fourteen miles and a quarter
from Puketapu. Value of fencing included in capital value,
£32 8s. 6d.

Section 2, Block XV.—Altitude, from 380 ft. to 1,040 ft.
Mostly hilly. About 40 acres at extreme east of section con-
sists of easy ploughable hills. The remainder of the section
contains a good deal of ploughable ground in small scattered
patches, and carries scattered patches of heavy manuka and
fern, through which runs a good supply of grass. Marl forma-
tion on papa. Well watered by lakes, Tutaekuri River and
branches. Distance from Puketapu about thirteen miles and
a quarter. Value of fencing included in capital value, £44 6s.

Section 3, Block XV.—Altitude, from 360 ft. to 1,000 ft.
The eastern portion contains about 70 acres of flat and about
60 acres of easy ploughable hills. Marl formation on papa.
The remainder of section hilly, with outcrops of small gravel
and papa-and shell mixture on northern portion. About
one-half of the section carries patchy manuka and fern.
Well grassed throughout. Well watered by lakes, Tutaekuri
River and branches. Situated from Puketapu eleven miles
and a half. Value of fencing included in capital value, £63.
Improvements not included in capital value, and which must
be paid for separately, comprise: Dwellinghouse of twelve
rooms and attachments (portion old and decayed), valued
£900; wool-shed and yards, £500; shearers’ whare, £75;
stables, £120; men’s whare, £50; milking-shed, £20; fowl-
house, £5: total value, £1,670.

Section 1, Block XVI.—Altitude, from 430 ft. to 835 ft.
above sea-level. The front portion of the section consists
of easy undulating country, which has been ploughed and
grassed. The back portion is very rough, being intersected
by the Waihau Stream, and is covered with high manuka,
with a fair amount of scattered, rough pasutre. Back portion
permanently watered by the Waihau Stream. The soil is
principally marl on papa. About half the section is plough-
able. Situated thirteen miles from Puketapu by formed
road and along the bed of the Tutaekuri River. Value of
fencing included in capital value, £39 8s.

Section 2, Block XVI.—Altitude varies from 330 ft. to
725 ft. above sea-level. The bulk of the front portion has been
ploughed and grassed, and consists of easy undulating spurs.
Back portion is well watered, but is rough and broken by
the Waihau Stream and its branches, which form rough
gorges, and is rather heavily covered with manuka, with a
good deal of rough pasture scattered through it. The for-
mation is chiefly marl on papa. About half the section is
ploughable. Situated twelve miles and three-quarters from
Puketapu by formed road and along the bed of the Tutaekuri
River. Value of fencing included in capital value, £73 7s. 6d.

Section 3, Block XVI.—Altitude varies from 380 ft. to
700 ft. above sea-level. About one-third of the section con-
sists of light flats, which have been cropped very successfully
with oats. At present there is very little grass on this por-
tion. The balance of the section consists of easy undulating
spurs, which are fairly well grassed. About three-quarters
of section ploughable. There is not a great deal of scrub
on the section. The section is not very well watered, except
by the Tutaekuri River, which is only accessible at the
southern end. There is a boxed-in spring near the plantation,
and water could probably be had in a good many places with-
out much trouble. Situated twelve miles and three-quarters
from Puketapu by formed road, and along the bed of the
Tutaekuri River. Value of fencing included in capital value,
£56 1s.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

The Waihau Settlement comprises the estates formerly
known as Waihau, Ngaroto, and Peka Peka, and is bounded
on the south by the Tutaekuri River and on the west by the
Mangatutu Stream; two sections front on the Napier–Puke-
titiri Road, nineteen miles from Napier and two miles and
a half from Rissington School and Post-office. The Waihau
Stream and its tributaries run through the block.

The nearest point of the eastern end of the settlement
is eleven miles and a half from Puketapu by the main road
up the Tutaekuri River, and Puketapu is ten miles from
Napier. The south-east portion of the settlement is twenty-
six miles and a half from Hastings. The western portion
of the block is accessible by the main Napier–Puketitiri
Road (metalled) twenty-nine miles from Napier, and by a
formed by-road a mile and a half to the nearest point
of the settlement. The property consists chiefly of open
and scrub land, of which a large proportion is easily plough-
able; and fully 2,000 acres at the eastern end and 1,000 acres
at the western end have been ploughed and cropped with
success.

Elevation above sea-level varies from 330 ft. to 1,400 ft.
The eastern and middle portions of the settlement are chiefly
of marl formation resting on papa, with outcrops of volcanic
gravels and shell limestone. The western and north-western
parts consist chiefly of a light black loam containing some
pumice. A good proportion of this latter portion has been
cropped and consolidated by stocking, and carries an excellent
sward of English grasses.

The outside boundaries of the settlement are all fenced,
except where bounded by the Tutaekuri River and Man-
gatutu Stream and all along the road at the north-western
end. The interior fences have been adopted as much as
possible as boundaries of the subdivisions, so that a great
number of the sections are already sufficiently fenced to
hold stock.

The bulk of the sections are well watered by permanent
streams, and on all the sections water is easily obtainable.
There is a tri-weekly coach service from Napier to Puke-
titiri, leaving Napier Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and
returning Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. There are
accommodation-houses at Rissington, two miles and a half
from the eastern end of the block, and at Patoka, three miles