Oct. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3679

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Auckland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 26th September, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been forfeited by resolution of the Auckland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Land in Westland Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 25th September, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 7th day of January, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—GREY COUNTY.

SECTION 3271, Block I, Waiwhero Survey District: Area, 3 acres 1 rood 5 perches.

H. D. M. HASZARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands

Education Reserves in the Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 23rd September, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for leases of the undermentioned reserves for terms of twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years, will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 11th November, 1914, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVES.

TOWN LAND.

Town of Mangamui.

SECTIONS 66 and 75: Area, 1 acre; minimum annual rent, £1.

Flat land in grass, with a little gorse.

SUBURBAN LAND.

Okato Town Belt.

Section 1: Area, 5 acres 0 roods 7 perches; minimum annual rent, £5.

Comprises two flats all in grass, the smaller flat being good land. The land is ring-fenced.

RURAL LAND.—SECOND CLASS.

Whangamomona County.—Mahoe Survey District.

Section 1, Block IX: Area, 895 acres; minimum annual rent, £28 10s.

Situated on the Tirohanga Road. Access from Whangamomona, about seventeen miles distant, via the Whangamomona Road, which is formed as a dray-road for about twelve miles; thence up the Tirohanga Road, which is formed track for about a mile, the balance being unformed. The section comprises mixed country, from fair to rough, with gorgy creeks, and is covered with a fairly heavy forest of tawa, rata, towhai, rimu, hinau, with scattered totara on ridges and spurs, and a heavy undergrowth of supplejacks, tree-ferns, &c. The soil is of papa formation, and the section is well watered.

Patea County.—Opaku Survey District.

Section 9, Block VIII: Area, 732 acres; minimum annual rent, £18 10s.

Situated on the Ngarahu Road. Access from Waverley, thirty miles distant, via Okotuku, Mataimoana, and Ahoroa Roads. The first two are formed dray-roads, while the latter is being widened. The Ngarahu Road is unformed. The section comprises rough ridges and spurs, except at the extreme northern end, where the country is a little easier. A homestead-site would be difficult to find. The section is covered with a fairly heavy forest of tawa, rata, scattered rimu, &c., and a dense undergrowth of karamu, supplejacks, &c. The soil is of papa formation, and the section is well watered.

Whangamomona County.—Upper Waitara Survey District.

Section 6, Block XVI: Area, 570 acres; minimum annual rent, £14 10s.