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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 42

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-eighth day of July, 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.

WAITOMO COUNTY.—PAKAUMANU SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
9 | X | 680 0 0 | 1,360 0 0 | 34 0 0 | 27 4 0
Altitude, 800 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level. About 400 acres flat and undulating plateau, balance steep sideling to road; all covered with heavy mixed forest, principally open tawa, a few kahikatea, totara, and matai trees, and rata, rimu, tawhero, mahoe, &c., with moderate undergrowth of supplejack, konini, &c. Soil fair to good, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant five miles and a half from Kopaki Railway-station by surveyed road and by good pack-track.

4 | XI | 850 0 0 | 1,570 0 0 | 39 5 0 | 31 8 0
Altitude, 1,000 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. About 50 acres open manuka country; balance mixed forest comprising tawa, rata, rimu, kahikatea, rewarewa, tawhero, &c., and a few totara and matai, with undergrowth of supplejack, konini, and mahoe; of the forest land about 600 acres is good plateau. Soil fair to good, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant seven miles and a quarter from Kopaki Railway-station by surveyed road and by good pack-track.

5 | XI | 860 0 0 | 2,150 0 0 | 53 15 0 | 43 0 0
Altitude, 900 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level. About 600 acres flat to easy undulating plateau, balance steep sidelings; all covered with heavy mixed forest, principally open tawa, and rata, rimu, kahikatea, and a few totara and matai, with moderate undergrowth of supplejack, konini, mahoe, &c. Soil fair to good, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant six miles and a half from Kopaki Railway-station by surveyed road and by good pack-track.

2 | XIV | 560 0 0 | 1,120 0 0 | 28 0 0 | 22 8 0
Altitude, 800 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea-level. About 25 acres open manuka steep face to Mokau River, also fairly steep sideling to road; balance heavy mixed forest comprising tawa, totara, rimu, rata, matai, tawhero, rewarewa, &c., with fairly thick undergrowth of konini, mahoe, supplejack, &c. Soil fair to good, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant four miles and three-quarters from Kopaki Railway-station by surveyed road and by good pack-track. There is also an inferior access by horse-track up the Mokau River, about three miles.

3 | XIV | 370 0 0 | 740 0 0 | 18 10 0 | 14 16 0
Altitude, 800 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea-level. About 100 acres hilly manuka country; remainder undulating and hilly land covered with heavy mixed forest comprising tawa, rimu, tawhero, rata, totara, rewarewa, and a few matai and kahikatea, with fairly thick undergrowth of supplejack, mahoe, konini, &c. Soil light in open, good in forest country, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant about five miles from Kopaki Railway-station by surveyed road and by good pack-track.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
4 | XIV | 450 0 0 | 720 0 0 | 18 0 0 | 14 8 0
Altitude, 800 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea-level. About 200 acres easy undulating to hilly manuka country; balance mixed forest comprising tawa, rimu, rewarewa, tawhero, manuka, and a few matai, kahikatea, and totara, with moderate undergrowth of supplejack, mahoe, konini, &c. Soil light in open, fair to good in forest country, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant six miles from Kopaki Railway-station by surveyed road and by good pack-track.

1 | XV | 480 0 0 | 650 0 0 | 16 5 0 | 13 0 0
Altitude, 900 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level. About 280 acres undulating hilly manuka country; 100 acres tawhero and rewarewa spurs; balance mixed forest comprising tawa, tawhero, rewarewa, rimu, manuka, &c., with undergrowth of mixed scrub. Soil light to fair, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant seven miles from Kopaki Railway-station by surveyed road to be formed shortly and by good pack-track.

MANGONUI COUNTY.—RANGAUNU SURVEY DISTRICT.

5 | XII | 300 0 0 | 225 0 0 | 5 12 6 | 4 10 0
Weighted with £20, valuation for small house.
Altitude, 100 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land; about 40 acres heavy mixed forest comprising rimu, kahikatea, rata, puriri, taraire, towai, tanekaha, kohokohe, manuka, &c., with thick undergrowth of kohutuhutu, mahoe, cedar, punga, nikau, kiekie, supplejack, ferns, &c.; about 170 acres burnt forest; balance of section fern and scrub. Soil of fair quality, sandy clay and pipeclay, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Situated ten miles from Awanui—four miles by cart-road, balance unformed wagon-road.

HOKIANGA COUNTY.—OMANAIA PARISH.

23 | .. | 59 0 0 | 75 0 0 | 1 17 6 | 1 10 0
Altitude, 5 ft. to 125 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to hilly land; about one-third fern land; remainder mixed forest comprising puriri, taraire, tanekaha, manuka, rewarewa, tipau, &c., with medium undergrowth of hoihere, kohutuhutu, raurekau, mingi, nikau, punga, supplejack, kiekie, &c. Soil a strong clay of fair quality, on sandstone formation; watered by small stream. Distant four miles from Rawene by tidal water, or about twelve miles by rough bridle-track partly formed.

MANGONUI COUNTY.—TAKAHUE SURVEY DISTRICT.

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19 | X | 298 2 18 | 180 0 0 | 4 10 0 | 3 12 0
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Altitude, 100 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Level to undulating and hilly land; covered with manuka, fern, and rushes, with a little straggling forest in gullies. Soil of inferior quality, strong clay and pipeclay, on clay subsoil; well watered by stream. Distant eight miles from Kaitaia, four miles of which is by metalled coach-road, balance formed sledge or bridle-track.

HOKIANGA COUNTY.—WHANGAPE SURVEY DISTRICT.

11 | II | 19 0 0 | 15 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 6 0
Altitude, 500 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to hilly fern country. Soil an inferior clay, on clay subsoil; no water on section. Distant twenty miles from Kohukohu, eighteen miles of which is formed cart-road to Broadwood Post-office, thence a mile and a half by formed 10 ft. road and half a mile unopened road.

RODNEY COUNTY.—MANGAWAI PARISH.

103 | .. | 73 2 20 | 40 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 0 16 0
Altitude, 100 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Undulating fern and manuka country, recently swept by fire. Soil inferior clay, on slate formation; fairly well watered by swampy springs. Distant four miles from Mangawai by cart-road.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.