Mar. 19. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1015

Waitomo County.—Pirongia Survey District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
2 | XI | 133 0 16 | 190 0 0 | 4 15 0 | 3 16 0
Altitude, 200 ft. to 450 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken fern and scrub country. Soil of fair second-class quality, on clay subsoil; well watered by streams and springs. Distant nine miles by formed road from either Otorohanga or Pirongia.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands

Opening Lands in Marlborough 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 eleventh 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.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.—WAKAMARINA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Section 3, Block II.—The flats and lower slopes of about 240 acres have been cleared of milling-timber, only a little tawa, hinau, and birch being left; the balance is, for the most part, rough and steep, and is covered with birch. The section is well watered. Altitude, from 250 ft. to 2,873 ft. About two miles and three-quarters from Timatanga Post-office.

Section 4, Block II.—About 200 acres in the front is fair country, cleared of milling-timber, and a small portion of the cleared area has been burnt; the balance is rough and precipitous, covered with birch and scattered rimu. The section is well watered. Altitude, 250 ft. to 2,873 ft. About three miles from Timatanga Post-office.

Section 5, Block II.—About half of this section has been cleared of milling-timber; the river-flats are fair; and the gullies are fair, although stony in places; punga and tawa very thick in parts; the balance of the land is steep and the bush is principally birch, with a few rimu. Well watered. Altitude, 275 ft. to 2,000 ft. About four miles from Timatanga Post-office.

Section 6, Block II.—About 170 acres of this section has been burnt, 24 acres of which has been sown in grass; balance covered with birch and a few rimu. Altitude, from 275 ft. to 1,700 ft. About three miles from Timatanga Post-office.

Section 7, Block II.—About 160 acres has been milled; soil is fair on river-flats, but towards the northern boundary the land is cold and precipitous. Bush is principally birch and rimu. Altitude, 300 ft. to 2,700 ft. About four miles from Timatanga Post-office.

Section 1, Block III.—The milling-timber has been removed from about 200 acres. There is a good deal of flat land of fair quality, and the southern spurs, although steep, will make good grazing-country; but those on the north-west are cold. Well watered. The remaining bush is mostly birch and rimu. Altitude, 400 ft. to 2,500 ft. About six miles from Timatanga Post-office.

Section 2, Block III.—The greater portion of this section has been milled; the timber remaining in the centre of the section is mostly tawa, hinau, and birch, with a little miro; and the balance birch, with scattered rimu. There is a considerable extent of comparatively flat land, but the ridge to the south is very steep, and runs up to an altitude of 1,800 ft. About four miles from Timatanga Post-office. Section is well watered.

Section 3, Block III.—The milling-timber has been removed from about 200 acres; the timber remaining on the section is birch and tawa, with a few scattered rimu. There are good flats along the Kaiuma and Opouri road frontages; but the land to the east is cold and very steep, although there are good patches in the gullies. Well watered. Altitude, 400 ft. to 2,000 ft. About five miles from Timatanga Post-office.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands

Opening National Endowment Land in Auckland Land District for 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, do hereby declare that the national endowment land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.—RUSSELL SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £113 10s., valuation for improvements consisting of 25 acres grass, partly overgrown, four-roomed house, fencing, and draining.

Altitude, 1 ft. to 750 ft. above sea-level. About 40 acres flat, and drainable swamp; remainder level to hilly land, three-fifths of which is covered with fern and scrub, and the balance with mixed forest comprising rimu, rata, tanekaha, puriri, taraire, towai, rewarewa, kohekohe, &c., with medium undergrowth of karamu, hangehange, kohutuhuhe, mahoe, kiekie, nikau, punga, &c. Soil of inferior clay and rubbly nature, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Fronts upper end of Whangaruru Harbour; seven miles from Waikare by partly formed horse-track, or the same distance from Helena Bay by rough track. Whangaruru has a monthly steam-service from Auckland.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands