JULY 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2809

Whangarei County.—Opuawhanga Survey District.

Section 24, Block VII: Area, 33 acres 1 rood 25 perches; capital value, £20; half-yearly rental, 8s.

Altitude, 500 ft. to 550 ft. above sea-level. Undulating and level land, covered with fern and manuka; and about four acres rough grass mixed with fern. Soil inferior clay and pipeclay, on clay subsoil; well watered by stream. Situated eleven miles from Hikurangi Railway-station, eight miles of which is good formed, balance partly formed, rough cart-road.

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

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Southland 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 Wednesday, the twenty-sixth day of August, 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.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT. — SOUTHLAND COUNTY. — OTERAMIKA HUNDRED.

Second-class Land.

SECTION 11, Block XII: Area, 262 acres 3 roods 26 perches. Cash purchase: Total price, £170. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £4 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 8s.

Section 17, Block XII: Area, 311 acres 0 roods 12 perches. Cash purchase: Total price, £200. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £5. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £4.

Soil wet and peaty, partly covered with manuka scrub; access fairly good, by formed and mostly gravelled road. Distance from Kapuka Railway-station and post-office, six miles; and from school, two miles.

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

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

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-first day of September, 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. — SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Hokianga County.—Tutamoe Survey District.

SECTION 1, Block II: Area, 531 acres 2 roods. Cash purchase: Total price, £1,060. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £26 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £21 4s.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. About 20 acres rich alluvial flats, balance undulating to broken; 10 acres fern and old kauri-workings; 12 to 15 acres mixed grass, fern, and scrub; balance heavy mixed forest comprising rata, miro, matai, rimu, kahikatea, towai, taraire, titoki, kohekohe, mahoe, and a little totara, with dense undergrowth of kiekie, toetoe, punga, and supplejack. Soil sandy loam of good second-class quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by permanent streams. Distant twenty-two miles from Kaihu, twenty miles of which is by good dray-road, balance good formed road, which, however, requires the construction of a small bridge and culverts.

Section 14, Block II: Area, 476 acres. Cash purchase: Total price, £830. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £20 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £16 12s.

Altitude, 250 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. About 10 acres level land on bank of Mangakahia River, remainder undulating to broken; 14 acres old kauri-workings, 6 acres fern; balance heavy mixed forest comprising totara, towai, rata, taraire, tawa, kohekohe, kahikatea, mahoe, and mamaku, with dense undergrowth of kiekie, toetoe, punga, and supplejack. Soil sandy loam of good second-class quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by permanent streams. Distant twenty-one miles from Kaihu, twenty miles of which is by good wagon-road, balance formed, with the exception of some culverts and bridges to be constructed.

Waitomo County.—Pakaumanu Survey District.

Section 5, Block X: Area, 355 acres. Cash purchase: Total price, £710. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £17 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £14 4s.

Altitude, 750 ft. to 1,360 ft. above sea-level. Mostly flat to easy undulating fern slopes and spurs; about 30 acres rough country, covered with light mixed forest comprising rewarewa, tawhero, tawa, a few rimu and matai, and two or three totara trees, with heavy undergrowth of supplejack, mahoe, tawhero, &c. Light soil, of fair quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Situated a mile and a quarter from Kopaki Railway-station by surveyed road, also by pack-track.

Mangonui County.—Rangaunu Survey District.

Section 2, Block XII: Area, 183 acres 2 roods. Cash purchase: Total price, £140. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £3 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £2 16s.

Altitude, 50 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Flat to hilly land; about 40 acres ordinary light mixed forest; 3 acres swamp; balance fern and manuka. Soil heavy clay and pipeclay, of inferior quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by stream. Distant six miles and a half from Awanui by partly formed cart-road.

Otamatea County.—Tokatoka Survey District.

Section 1, Block XI: Area, 51 acres 3 roods 3 perches. Cash purchase: Total price, £80. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £2. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 12s.

Altitude, 50 ft. to 120 ft. above sea-level. About 3 acres raupo swamp, 30 acres level; balance undulating, covered with manuka scrub. Medium soil of sandy nature, with black peaty soil in swamp, on sandstone formation; well watered by swampy springs. Distant a mile and a quarter from Naumai by cart-road.

Otamatea County.—Hukatere Survey District.

Section 1, Block III: Area, 118 acres 1 rood 27 perches. Cash purchase: Total price, £180. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £4 10s. Renewable lease: half-yearly rent, £3 12s.

Altitude, 1 ft. to 120 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, practically all ploughable; about one-fourth light mixed forest, manuka and heavy kahikatea; balance fern and scrub. Soil generally of inferior quality, about one-fourth being limestone formation; balance loam and clay, on clay subsoil; no surface water in summer time. Distant three miles from Pahi by water.

Waikato County.—Taupiri Parish.

Section 486: Area, 300 acres. Cash purchase: Total price, £230. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £5 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £4 12s.

Altitude, 800 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Broken land, about 50 acres fern; balance mixed forest comprising tawa, birch, rata, miro, and a few rimu of no market value, with dense undergrowth of supplejack, kiekie, bush ferns, and shrubs. Soil of fair second-class quality, on clay subsoil; well watered by small streams. Distant sixteen miles from Ohinewai Railway-station, fifteen miles of which is by fair road and one mile by track.