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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 55

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Weighted with £31 for 50 chains fencing. Altitude, about 40 ft. above sea-level. Level land; about two-thirds grass, balance manuka scrub; part swampy, but not very wet. Soil of medium quality, on clay subsoil; well watered by surface water. Distant about ten miles from Taupiri and twelve miles from Hamilton by good formed road. Mangonui County.—Takahue Survey District. 31 | XV | 44 1 20 | 70 0 0
Altitude, 100 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Level to undulating land; about 3 acres rough grass and old cultivations, 2 acres ordinary mixed forest, balance manuka and fern. Soil sandy and heavy clay, on sandstone formation; well watered by stream. Distant sixteen miles from Awanui by formed cart-road, mostly metalled. Opotiki County.—Waiotahi Parish. 340 | ... | 5 0 20 | 10 0 0
Altitude, 20 ft. to 50 ft. above sea-level. Broken land, covered with fern and manuka. Soil of fair quality of a sandy nature, on sandstone formation; no water on section. Distant two miles from Ohiwa Wharf by water, or three miles along beach at low water. Mangonui County.—Mangonui East Parish. 45A | ... | 12 3 0 | 15 0 0
Weighted with £17 10s. for improvements, comprising grassing as above and 15 chains fencing. Altitude, 5 ft. to 100 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, mostly ploughable; about 8 acres grassed with danthonia; balance scrubby manuka. Soil a reddish clay, on clay sub-soil; no water on section. Distant a mile and a half from Mangonui by water. Waipa County.—Pukete Parish. 102 | ... | 51 3 0 | 260 0 0
Altitude, 100 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. About 10 acres swamp; balance broken to undulating land, covered with fern and gorse. Soil of second-class quality, on clay subsoil; poorly watered by small spring. Distant four miles from Hamilton by fair road.

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

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

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, do hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to section one hundred and thirty-five of the said Act, as it contains, or is supposed to contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TAURANGA AND ROTORUA COUNTIES.—MAKETU SURVEY DISTRICT.—HAURAKI MINING DISTRICT. Second-class Land.

Altitude, 600 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to level land, covered with mixed forest comprising tawa, rata,

rimu, hinau, pukatea, mangeao, rewarewa, kohekohe, &c., with thick undergrowth of supplejack, vines, and scrub. Soil of good quality, of a pumiceous sandy nature, on pumice formation; fairly well watered by spring and Rerenga Stream. Fronts formed road known as the Ngawaro - Te Puke - Manga-toi Road, about five miles from Ngawaro Post-office.

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

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands in Otago Land District for Selection.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the ninth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

A very good section, with a good black loam, on clay sub-soil; nearly the whole area is ploughable. Situated about two miles and three-quarters from Pomahaka Railway-siding, and less than a mile from the homestead, where there is a temporary school. A good road is formed to the western boundary of the section.

The improvements included in the capital value of the land consist of half-value of 13 chains of gorse fencing on the eastern boundary, valued at £1 6s.

31A | 229 2 25 | 860 0 0 | 19 7 0
A very good section, the greater part of which can be cultivated; has a good black soil, on a clay subsoil. A good graded road passes through the section. Situated about five miles from Pomahaka Railway-siding, and about three miles and three-quarters from Conical Hills Siding. There is a temporary school at the homestead, about three miles distant.

The improvements included in the capital value of the land consist of half-value of 171 chains of boundary fencing (western boundary netted), full value of 37 chains of subdivisional fencing, and one gate, the whole valued at £21 10s. 6d.

WAITAKI COUNTY.—AWAMOKO AND OAMARU SURVEY DISTRICTS.—ELDERSLIE No. 2 SETTLEMENT.

5A | 196 1 10 | 4,540 0 0 | 102 3 0
Undulating agricultural land of very good quality; ring fenced. Watered by a dam; water can also be obtained by sinking or boring. Adjoins the Elderslie Railway-siding, and about two miles from Enfield and Windsor, where there are schools, post-offices, &c.

The improvements included in the capital value of the land consist of fencing, valued at £64 7s. 2d.

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

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands in Hawke's Bay Land District for Selection.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of