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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 88

Lands in Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 8th December, 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 applications will be received at this office, and at the Courthouse, Opotiki, on Tuesday, 10th February, 1914, up to 4 o’clock p.m.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OPOTIKI COUNTY.—URUTAWA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.—National Endowment.

Altitude, 300 ft. to 2,700 ft. above sea-level. Small flat fronting road suitable for homestead-site; balance fairly broken country, with steep faces at back of section and good slopes towards Te Waii Stream; all covered with heavy mixed forest comprising tawa, tawhero, hinau, miro, rata, rimu, scattered totara, matai, rewarewa, &c., and birch on high points, with fairly light undergrowth of raurekau, mahoe, whau, patete, kotukutuku, supplejack, punga, rangiora, &c. Soil of fair quality; subsoil clay in parts and balance rubbly stone, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams. Distant thirteen miles from Opotiki, nine miles of which is by wagon-road, two miles 4 ft. bridle-track, and balance at present up bed of Te Waii Stream.

3 | I | 1,778 0 0 | 2,230 0 0 | 44 10 0

Altitude, 300 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level. Good flat suitable for homestead near stream; balance broken country, with steep faces at back of section, but easing off near Te Waii Stream; covered with heavy mixed forest comprising tawa, tawhero, hinau, miro, rata, rimu, scattered totara, matai, rewarewa, &c., and birch on highest points, with fairly light undergrowth of raurekau, mahoe, whau, patete, kotukutuku, supplejack, punga, rangiora, &c. Soil of fair quality, part clay subsoil, part rubbly stone, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams. Distant twelve miles from Opotiki, nine miles of which is by wagon-road, two miles 4 ft. track, balance at present up bed of Te Waii Stream.

1 | V | 1,905 0 0 | 2,380 0 0 | 47 12 0

Altitude, 450 ft. to 2,600 ft. above sea-level. Small flat suitable for homestead beside stream; remainder broken country, with steep faces at back, but easy slopes towards Tokenui Stream; covered with heavy mixed forest comprising tawa, tawhero, hinau, miro, rata, rimu, scattered totara, matai, rewarewa, &c., and birch on highest points, with fairly light undergrowth of raurekau, mahoe, whau, patete, kotukutuku, supplejack, punga, rangiora, &c. Soil of fair quality, subsoil part clay part rubbly stone, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams. Distant fifteen miles from Opotiki, nine miles of which is by wagon-road up the Otara Valley, two miles 4 ft. bridle-track, and four miles at present up the bed of Te Waii Stream.

2 | V | 1,598 0 0 | 2,200 0 0 | 44 0 0

Altitude, 350 ft. to 1,900 ft. above sea-level. There is a suitable flat for homestead-site near Wahaatua Stream; remainder broken land, with steep faces on west bank of stream, but good easy slopes on east portion; covered with heavy mixed forest comprising tawa, tawhero, hinau, miro, rata, rimu, scattered totara, matai, rewarewa, &c., and a little birch on highest points, with fairly light undergrowth of raurekau, mahoe, whau, makomako, kotukutuku, supplejack, punga, rangiora, and scattered nikau. Soil of fair quality, subsoil part clay part rubbly stone, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams. Distant sixteen miles from Opotiki, nine miles of which is by wagon-road, two miles 4 ft. bridle-track, balance at present up the bed of Te Waii and Wahaatua Streams. Access also from Motu Township seventeen miles distant, of which eight miles is wagon-road, balance as yet unformed.

3 | V | 1,658 0 0 | 1,870 0 0 | 37 8 0

Altitude, 500 ft. to 2,300 ft. above sea-level. Broken country, with steep faces at back of section, and fairly easy slopes towards Tokenui Stream; covered with heavy mixed forest comprising tawa, tawhero, hinau, miro, rata, rimu, scattered totara, matai, rewarewa, &c., and birch on highest points. Soil of fair quality, subsoil part clay part rubbly stone, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams.

Distant seventeen miles from Opotiki, nine miles of which is wagon-road, two miles 4 ft. bridle-track, remainder at present up bed of Te Waii and Tokenui Streams.

Altitude, 500 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level. Fairly broken country, with steep faces at range on western side of section and good slopes towards Wahaatua Stream; covered with heavy mixed forest comprising tawa, tawhero, hinau, miro, rata, rimu, scattered totara, matai, rewarewa, &c., and birch on range at back of section, with fairly light undergrowth of raurekau, mahoe, whau, makomako, kotukutuku, supplejack, punga, rangiora, patete, &c. Soil of fairly good quality, part clay subsoil part rubbly stone, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams. Distant nineteen miles from Opotiki, nine miles of which is by wagon-road, two miles 4 ft. bridle-track, remainder at present up bed of Te Waii and Wahaatua Streams. Access also from Motu Township, fourteen miles distant, of which eight miles is by wagon-road, balance as yet unformed.

1 | VI | 743 0 0 | 1,020 0 0 | 20 8 0

Altitude, 600 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level. Broken country, with fairly easy slopes towards Wahaatua Stream; covered with heavy mixed forest comprising tawa, tawhero, hinau, miro, rata, rimu, and scattered totara, matai, rewarewa, pukatea, &c., with fairly light undergrowth of raurekau, mahoe, whau, makomako, kotukutuku, supplejack, punga, rangiora, &c. Soil of fair quality, subsoil part clay part rubbly stone, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams. Access is from Opotiki, twenty miles distant, of which nine miles is wagon-road, two miles 4 ft. bridle-track, and nine miles at present up bed of Te Waii and Wahaatua Streams; also from Motu Township, thirteen miles distant, of which eight miles is wagon-road, balance as yet unformed.

1 | IX | 1,573 0 0 | 1,580 0 0 | 31 10 0

Altitude, 700 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level. Fairly broken country, with steep faces on eastern portion, but good slopes on western portion towards Tokenui Stream; covered with heavy mixed forest comprising tawa, tawhero, hinau, miro, rata, rimu, scattered totara, matai, rewarewa, &c., and birch on highest points, with fairly light undergrowth of raurekau, mahoe, whau, makomako, kotukutuku, supplejack, punga, rangiora, patete, &c. Soil of fair quality, subsoil part clay part rubbly stone, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams. Distant twenty miles from Opotiki, nine miles of which is by wagon-road, two miles 4 ft. track; and nine miles at present up bed of Te Waii and Tokenui Streams.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

H. M. SKEET.
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Nelson Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 1st October, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned lands will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 8th day of January, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, containing 1,890 acres, more or less, and situated in Block III, Kongahu Survey District. Bounded towards the north and west by a school reserve; again towards the north and west by Section 3; again towards the north by a road, by Sections 5 and 6, by another road, and again by Section 6; towards the east and again towards the north by W. M. Jenkin’s renewable lease; towards the east generally by a road, a gravel reserve, and again by a road; towards the south by a cemetery reserve; towards the south-east generally by the road along the edge of Lake Hanlan; towards the south by Section 6; towards the west generally by Sections 19, 22, and 21; again towards the south by the last-mentioned section; and towards the south-west by the road along the right bank of Glass Eye Creek: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 13/265A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.