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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Awakino County.—Whareorino Survey District.

Section 3, Block V: Area, 153 acres. Cash purchase: Total price, £160. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £4. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 4s. Altitude, 600 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Broken country, covered with heavy mixed forest comprising rimu, rata, tawa, miro, &c., with dense undergrowth of ferns, supplejack, and small shrubs. Soil fair to good in quality, on papa and clay formation; fairly watered by small streams. Situated about ten miles from Marokopa by good summer road.

Waitemata County.—Parish of Okura.

Section 83: Area, 71 acres 2 roods 22 perches. Cash purchase: Total price, £220. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £5 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £4 8s.

Section 83A: Area, 61 acres 2 roods 8 perches. Cash purchase: Total price, £190. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £4 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 16s.

Altitude, 50 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. Section 83—fern and manuka hills, about two-thirds ploughable. Section 83A—undulating to somewhat broken fern and manuka country, about three-fourths ploughable; stiff clay soil of inferior quality, but capable of great improvement with proper treatment. Each section is poorly watered by small swampy gully. Sections partly fenced by adjoining owners, who will be entitled to recover half value of fencing. Distant two miles from Silverdale by cart-road.

Hokianga County.—Punakitere Survey District.

Section 8, Block XV: Area, 420 acres 2 roods. Cash purchase: Total price, £550. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £13 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £11.

Altitude, 500 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Broken land, covered with heavy mixed forest comprising miro, kohekohe, rata, taraire, totara, rimu, and manuka, with thick undergrowth of mahoe, toikiwi, supplejack, punga, &c. Portion of the forest was burnt last winter. Soil of fair quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by permanent streams. Distant sixteen miles from Kaikohe, fifteen miles of which is by formed cart-road, balance in course of construction.

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 Taranaki 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 twenty-second 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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waitomo County.—Aria Survey District.

Section 17, Block II: Area, 22 acres 3 roods 20 perches. Cash purchase: Total price, £70. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £1 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 8s.

Section 18, Block II: Area, 63 acres. Cash purchase: Total price, £160. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £4. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 4s.

Section 13, Block III: Area, 92 acres. Cash purchase: Total price, £330. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £8 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £6 12s.

These sections are situated from four to five miles from Aria Township. The Kaeaea School lies from a quarter of a mile to two miles distant, and there are two post and telephone offices within easy distance. Access is from Te Kuiti, twenty-five to twenty-seven miles distant by dray-road. Easy undulating to level land, with soil of fair to good quality on papa formation. All the sections are well watered, and when cleared, drained, and grassed will be suitable for dairying. Section 17 is partly and Section 18 mostly swampy, while most of the level portion of Section 13 is also swampy. The Aria Dairy Factory collects cream in the neighbourhood during the dairying season. Covered with mixed forest of kahikatea, tawhiri, manuka, and fern, &c., with a fairly dense undergrowth of koromiko, pongas, horoeka, whauwhau, &c.

Section 1, Block V: Area, 52 acres. Cash purchase: Total price, £160. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £4. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 4s.

Situated on the Parakoko Road. Access from Te Kuiti, about thirty miles distant, by dray-road to within a mile of the section. Of this mile, one-half is formed 6 ft. track, the balance being surveyed road; but there is a good horse-track from the formed road to the section. The Paraheka School lies within two miles, and the Aria Dairy Company collects cream within a mile and a half of the section, which when cleared and grassed will be adapted for dairying. A very good section, comprising very easy country, covered with a fairly heavy forest of tawa, rimu, matai, mahoe, rewarewa, raurekau, pongas, nikau, &c., and a fairly dense undergrowth of supplejacks, kiekie, and ferns. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation, and the section is well watered.

Ohura County.—Heao Survey District.

Section 16, Block II: Area, 136 acres. Cash purchase: Total price, £410. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £10 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £8 4s.

Situated on the Tokirima Road, about three miles from Tokirima School and two miles and a half from Tokirima Post and Telephone Office. Access from Taumarunui, about twenty-five miles distant, by narrow wagon-road; from Okahukura, about thirty-seven miles distant, by dray-road; or from Whangamomona, about forty-two miles, by dray-road. The Opatu Landing and Houseboat, Wanganui River, are about eight miles distant by horse-track. The section is a good one, comprising flat to easy country, a large proportion being ploughable. The forest is very light, comprising fern, tutu, and scrub. Soil of fair to good quality, resting on papa formation; well watered.

Ohura County.—Ohura Survey District.

Section 11, Block VIII: Area, 317 acres. Cash purchase: Total price, £880. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £22. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £17 12s.

Situated at the junction of the Ararimu and Aramahoe Roads. Access from Taumarunui, about fifteen miles distant, by horse-track; also from Taringamutu, about nine miles, by horse-track. Flat, easy, and steep country, covered with a fairly heavy forest of rata, rimu, matai, kahikatea, hinau, tawa, tawhero, &c., and a heavy undergrowth. Soil of fair to good quality, on papa formation; well watered. Elevation, 800 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level.

Ohura County.—Rangi Survey District.

Section 10, Block I: Area, 458 acres. Cash purchase: Total price, £1,150. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £28 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £23.

Situated on the Ararimu East Road. Access from Okahukura, about eight miles distant, by dray-road for about six miles and a half and horse-track remaining distance. Easy to steep slopes, mostly covered with a fairly heavy forest of rimu, rata, tawa, tawhero, hinau, &c., and a heavy undergrowth of mahoe, kotukutuku, raurekau, supplejacks, ponga, ferns, &c. A portion is covered with fern and scrub as the result of an old burn. Soil of fair to good quality, resting on papa formation; well watered. Elevation, 1,200 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Ohura County.—Aria Survey District.

Section 7, Block X: Area, 550 acres. Cash purchase: Total price, £970. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £24 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £19 8s.

Situated on the Waitewhena Road, about a mile from Waitewhena Post and Telephone Office. Access from Ohura, about twelve miles distant, by dray-road; also from Te Kuiti, about forty miles distant, by dray-road. Rough undulating country, with very broken spurs and gullies;