FEB. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Opening Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

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-seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen; 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.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Ohinemuri County—Waitoa Survey District—Part of Hauraki Plains.

Weighted with £18, valuation for 60 chains drain.
Altitude about 35 ft. above sea-level. Level peat swamp land. Soil of first-class quality; poorly watered by drains, but water can be obtained by boring. Distant seven miles from Waitoa Railway-station by formed road.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Ohinemuri County—Waitoa Survey District.

| 11 | IX | 118 0 4 | 150 0 0 | 3 15 0 | 3 0 0 |

Altitude, 200 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, covered with scrub and fern. Soil of second-class quality, on clay subsoil; fairly well watered by springs. Distant fourteen miles from Morrinsville by fair road.

Opotiki County—Waioeka South Survey District.

| 2 | IV | 1,654 0 0 | 2,140 0 0 | 53 10 0 | 42 16 0 |

Weighted with £45, valuation for bushfelling. Altitude, 750 ft. to 3,100 ft. above sea-level. Steep hill-sides, suitable for sheep-farming, with a homestead-site on section; 30 acres felled, balance covered with heavy mixed forest, comprising tawa, rata, hinau, tawhiri, mahoe, miro, konini, and some scattered rimu and matai; top of ranges mostly tawai, with thick undergrowth of supple-jack, raurekau, patate, &c. Soil a good clay, getting lighter towards hilltops, on sandstone and clay formation; well watered by streams. Situated eight miles from Matawai, four miles by good dray-road, remainder formed bridle-track.

Awakino County—Whareorino Survey District.

| 7 | V | 1,140 0 0 | 1,570 0 0 | 39 5 0 | 31 8 0 |

Altitude, 200 ft. to 900 ft. above sea-level. Fairly rough country, with small flats fronting road; all covered with heavy mixed forest, comprising rimu, rata, kohekohe, tawa, tawhero, mangeao, &c., with dense undergrowth of ferns, mahoe, konini, supplejack, &c. Soil of a loamy nature on flats, light on hills, on sandstone formation; well watered by Keritehere and small streams. Distant eleven miles and a half from Marokopa by formed road.

Raglan County—Whaingaroa Survey District.

| 3 | XIII | 449 3 0 | 680 0 0 | 17 0 0 | 13 12 0 |

Weighted with £52 10s., valuation for felling and grassing. Altitude, 50 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. About 30 acres bush felled and grassed, balance undulating fern and manuka country. Light soil, fair quality to inferior in places, on papa and limestone formation; fairly watered by swamp and small stream. Situated five miles from Te Akau Landing and thirty-eight miles and a half from Ngaruwahia, via Mangati and Waingaro, by formed road, except the last mile and three-quarters, which remains to be formed.

Waitomo County.—Orahiri Survey District.

| A. R. P. | V | 164 0 0 | 290 0 0 | 7 5 0 | 5 16 0 |

Broken country, covered with mixed forest, comprising tawa, tawhero, rimu, rata, &c., with heavy undergrowth of makomako, supplejack, mahoe, &c. Soil of medium quality, on limestone formation; well watered by small stream. Distant fifteen miles from Hangatiki by formed road, seven miles of which is metalled.

Opotiki County.—Waiotahi Parish.

| 241 | .. | 28 2 11 | 50 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0 0 |

Altitude, 100 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. Undulating fern and manuka country. Soil of fair quality, of a sandy nature, on pumice-cement formation; no water on section, but water can be got by sinking 15 ft. Distant about nine miles from Kutarere, or eight miles from Waimana Post-office by main Nukuhou-Waimana Road to within half a mile of section, thence by formed bridle-track.

Waitomo County.—Pakaumanu Survey District.

| 9 | X | 718 0 0 | 1,440 0 0 | 36 0 0 | 28 16 0 |

Altitude 800 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level. About 400 acres flat and undulating plateau; balance steep sideling to road; all covered with heavy mixed forest, principally open tawa, a few kahikatea, totara, and matai trees, and rata, rimu, tawhero, mahoe, &c., with moderate undergrowth of supplejack, konini, &c. Soil fair to good, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant five miles and a half from Kopaki Railway-station by surveyed road and by good pack-track.

Opotiki County.—Waiotahi Parish.

| 267 | .. | 51 3 27 | 160 0 0 | 4 0 0 | 3 4 0 |

Altitude 100 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to level land, about 10 acres swamp, balance fern and manuka. Soil of fair quality, of a sandy nature, on pumice-cement formation; well watered by springs. Distant three miles from Waimana Township, and a quarter of a mile from Nukuhou Cheese-factory by good formed road.

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

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Otago Land District for Sale or Selection.

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 Tuesday, the twelfth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen; 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.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Clutha County—Catlin's Survey District.

This section contains heavy bush, from which the milling-timber has been taken. A fairly large proportionate area