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quality, sandy nature. Stock-yards, £30; grassing, £200; fencing (78 chains), £40.
Section 18.—191 acres. Seven miles from Tauranga—six miles and a half formed road; balance track, to be formed into road shortly. 10 acres rough grass, balance fern and tea-tree scrub. Section undulating to broken. Soil fair quality, sandy nature.
Section 19.—229 acres. Seven miles and a half from Tauranga—six miles and a half formed road; balance rough track, to be formed into road. 80 acres grass, 149 acres fern and scrub; undulating to broken. Soil good quality, sandy nature. Grassing, £120; and fencing (30 chains), £20. General quality of section good.
Section 20.—236 acres. Eight miles from Tauranga—six miles and a half formed road; balance rough track, shortly to be formed into road. 35 acres good grass, balance fern and tea-tree scrub; section undulating to broken. Soil fair quality, sandy nature. Grassing, £45; fencing (12 chains), £7.
Section 21.—390 acres 3 roods. Eight miles from Tauranga—six miles formed road; balance track, to be formed into road shortly. 50 acres bush (tawa, pukatea, rewarewa, kohekohe, &c.), 140 acres fern and thick scrub, 200 acres surface-sown grass. Soil good quality, sandy nature. Grassing, £200; fencing (95 chains), £35.
Section 22.—371 acres. Eight miles and a half from Tauranga—six miles formed road; balance track, shortly to be formed into road. 20 acres bush (tawa, pukatea, hinau, rewarewa, &c.), 100 acres fern and tea-tree scrub, balance surface-sown grass; section undulating to broken. Soil good quality, sandy nature. Grassing, £313; fencing (106 chains), £53.
Section 23.—356 acres. Ten miles from Tauranga—six miles formed road, balance bridle-track. 30 acres bush (tawa, pukatea, rewarewa, mangaeo, &c., and few rimu), balance surface-sown grass; section is undulating. Soil good quality, of sandy nature. Grassing, £407; fencing (48 chains), £23.
Section 24.—306 acres. Three miles from Oropi by rough road. Eleven miles from Tauranga—six miles formed road, balance bridle-track. 60 acres felled and grassed, 50 acres tea-tree scrub, balance surface-sown grass; 110 acres fairly level, balance undulating to broken. Soil good quality, sandy nature; 10 acres tawa bush. Grassing, £150; boundary-fencing (half), £8.
Section 25.—158 acres. Two miles and a half from Oropi by rough dray-road; ten miles and a half from Tauranga—six miles formed road, balance bridle-track. 40 acres tea-tree scrub, balance felled and grassed; section undulating to level. Soil good quality, sandy nature. Grassing, £295; fencing (40 chains), £20.
Section 26.—428 acres. Three miles from Oropi by rough dray-road, or eleven miles from Tauranga—six miles formed, balance bridle-track. 128 acres level to undulating, 300 acres undulating to broken; all felled and grassed. Soil good quality, sandy nature. Grassing, £642; fencing (140 chains), £50. This section contains an iron hut, 10 ft. by 14 ft., valued at £25, which is payable by the incoming tenant either in cash or by ten half-yearly instalments (interest and sinking fund) of £2 17s. 9d.
Section 27.—180 acres. Three miles from Oropi by rough dray-road, or ten miles and a half from Tauranga—six miles formed, balance bridle-track. 16 acres bush land (rimu, hinau, miro, tawa, rata), 50 acres fern and thick scrub; balance felled and grassed. Soil good quality, sandy nature. Grassing, £285; fencing (40 chains), £20.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

The Ohauiti Settlement, formerly the property of Messrs. Revell and Rowe, is situated near the Town of Tauranga, in the Bay of Plenty, the nearest portion of the property being seven miles from Tauranga Post-office. Tauranga may be reached either by steamer from Auckland direct or by rail and road via Rotorua or Waihi. A branch road from the main Rotorua-Tauranga Road runs through the estate, and is known as the Ohauiti-Tauranga Road.
The land on the settlement lends itself to close cultivation, as a rule, and is of fair to good quality, comprising terraces, easy slopes, and flats, the latter being very suitable for such crops as turnips, oats, and maize. The climate being mild, cattle do well, and there are large and regular stock sales both at Tauranga and Te Puke. Each of the sections has a considerable area of grass fit for immediate stocking. The settlement is throughout well watered by streams running into the Waimapu River, and also by springs.
The sections at the southern end of the estate are within two miles of the Oropi sawmill, and ample areas of bush are at hand for fencing and other purposes.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Lands in Heatherlea Settlement, Wellington Land District, for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1913.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908; and applications will be received at this office, and at the Courthouse, Levin, on Tuesday, 18th November, 1913, up to 4 o'clock p.m.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—HOROWHENUA COUNTY.—HEATHERLEA SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

• Weighted with £4, valuation for improvements.
  † Weighted with £21, valuation for improvements.

MOUNT ROBINSON SURVEY DISTRICT.

• Weighted with £10, valuation for improvements.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements which are included in the capital values of the sections comprise:—

Block XIV, Mt. Robinson Survey District.

Section 22—42 chains of boundary fencing, valued at £28 10s. Section 23—54 chains internal and boundary fencing, valued at £45 12s. 6d. Section 24—81 chains of boundary and plantation fencing, valued at £58 11s. Section 25—57 chains of internal and boundary fencing, valued at £18 15s. 6d. Section 26—63 chains of boundary and internal fencing, valued at £31 10s. Section 27—35 chains of boundary fencing, valued at £12 5s.

Block II, Waiopehu Survey District.

Section 49—55 chains of boundary and internal fencing, valued at £38 16s. Section 50—26 chains of boundary fencing, valued at £17 4s. Section 51—36 chains of boundary fencing, valued at £17 8s. Section 52—21 chains of boundary fencing, valued at £4 4s. Section 54—5 chains of boundary fencing, valued at £4. Section 55—5 chains of boundary fencing, valued at £4. Section 56—5 chains of boundary fencing, valued at £4. Section 57—5 chains of boundary fencing, valued at £4. Section 59—38 chains of boundary and internal fencing, valued at £13 15s. Section 62—24 chains of boundary fencing, valued at £27. Section 63—5 chains of boundary fencing, valued at £4.

The improvements which are not included in the capital values of the sections, but which must be paid for separately, comprise:—

Block XIV, Mt. Robinson Survey District.

Section 24—Building partly on section and partly on Sorensen Road, valued at £4. Section 26—Small cottage and cow-shed, valued at £21.