Nov. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4157

Section 3, Block XII: Area, 459 acres 1 rood 24 perches. Cash purchase: Total price, £285. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £7 2s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £5 14s.

Altitude, 40 ft. to 555 ft. above sea-level. Undulating and hilly to broken land, one-fourth ordinary mixed forest in small patches in gullies, balance open scrub and fern. Soil sandy and strong clay of poor quality, on clay and sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant one mile from Taumarere Railway-station by formed road.

Section 4, Block XII: Area, 140 acres 2 roods 32 perches. Cash purchase: Total price, £90. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £2 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 16s.

Altitude, 5 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to hilly, mostly open, with small patches of ordinary mixed forest in gullies. Soil strong clay of poor quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams. Present access by water from Opua, distant two miles and a half.

Section 5, Block XII: Area, 602 acres. Cash purchase: Total price, £450. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £11 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £9.

Altitude, 10 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land, part ploughable. Mostly open fern and scrub, with a few small patches of ordinary mixed forest in gullies, and a few acres swamp. Soil strong clay of poor quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant three-quarters of a mile from Taumarere Railway-station by formed road.

Section 6, Block XII: Area, 216 acres 1 rood 24 perches. Cash purchase: Total price, £135. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £3 7s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £2 14s.

Altitude, 10 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Hilly and broken land; about one-third open fern and scrub; balance heavy manuka and mixed forest comprising a few kauri-trees, totara, puriri, rimu, tarai're, towai, rewarewa, kohekohe, and mamaku, with medium undergrowth of puka, kohutuhutu, mahoe, karamu, nikau, punga, supplejack, &c. Soil sandy and strong clay of poor quality, on clay and sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant one mile from Taumarere Railway-station by formed road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

I. 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-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen; 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.

Waitemata County.—Paremoremo Parish.

SECTION 250: Area, 16 acres 2 roods 33 perches. Cash purchase: Total price, £140. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £3 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £2 16s.

Altitude, 30 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. Undulating country, all ploughable, covered with fern and manuka. Brown soil, fair to good in quality, on clay subsoil; poorly watered. Distant two miles from Riverhead by formed road.

West Taupo County.—Mangaorongo Survey District.

Section 18, Block VII: Area, 310 acres 1 rood 6 perches. Cash purchase: Total price, £620. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £15 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £12 8s.

Altitude, 400 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Broken land, suitable for sheep. About 70 acres mixed forest comprising tawa, rimu, rata, &c., with heavy undergrowth of raurekau, supplejack, &c.; balance fern and scrub. Soil brown loam of good quality, on volcanic formation; well watered by streams. Distant fifteen miles and a half from Otorohanga Railway-station, fifteen miles of which is by coach-road, balance track.

Waitomo County.—Otanake Survey District.

Section 2, Block VII: Area, 388 acres 3 roods 16 perches. Cash purchase: Total price, £815. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £20 7s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £16 6s.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to slightly broken land. About 140 acres heavy mixed forest comprising tawa, rata, tawhero, &c., with heavy undergrowth of makomako, konini, supplejack, &c.; balance fern and manuka country. Soil of medium quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams and swamp. Distant five miles from Te Kuiti, four miles of which is metalled road, balance unformed road as yet.

Section 6, Block VIII: Area, 396 acres 0 roods 13 perches. Cash purchase: Total price, £940. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent: £23 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £18 16s.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to slightly broken land. About 170 acres fern and scrub; balance heavy mixed forest comprising tawa, rata, rimu, &c., with a heavy undergrowth of konini, supplejack, &c. Soil of medium quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams and swamp. Distant five miles from Te Kuiti, four miles of which is formed and metalled road, balance unformed as yet.

Opotiki County.—Waiawa Survey District.

Section 2, Block XVI: Area, 1,814 acres. Cash purchase: Total price, £2,730. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £68 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £54 12s.

Altitude, 1,000 ft. to 2,800 ft. above sea-level. Mostly hilly land, with a certain amount of fairly level land along river frontage. Covered with mixed forest, principally tawa, with some rimu, matai, totara, kaiwaka, and birch; tawhero and tawhiri on hilltops; thick undergrowth of tree ferns, supplejack, konini, makomako, horopito, mahoe, &c. Soil of volcanic substance, on clay subsoil; well watered by streams. Distant about twenty-seven miles from Opotiki, of which fourteen miles is by main Opotiki dray-road, balance good bridle-track.

Opotiki County.—Waioeka Survey District.

Section 2, Block VIII: Area, 1,325 acres. Cash purchase: Total price, £840. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £21. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £16 16s. Weighted with £200, valuation for improvements comprising iron shanty, felling and grassing, and 26 chains of fencing.

Altitude, 300 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level. Broken country; 240 acres cleared and grassed, but 140 acres of this is somewhat overgrown; balance of section covered with heavy mixed forest comprising tawa, rimu, rata, tawai, tawhero, miro, and hinau, with moderate undergrowth of raurekau, rangiora, supplejack, &c. Soil of fair quality, slightly sandy, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams. Situated fourteen miles from Opotiki, seven miles of which is by cart-road, balance bridle-track.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventeenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Marlborough Land District for Sale or Selection.

I. 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 eleventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be