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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 124

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Bay of Islands County.—Hukerenui Survey District.

Section 3, Block I: Area, 178 acres 1 rood 28 perches. Capital value, £135. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £3 7s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £2 14s.

Weighted with £10, valuation for fencing, partly damaged by fire.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Hilly and broken land; about half fern and manuka; balance heavy mixed forest comprising scattered dry kauri (only sufficient for settler’s requirements), rata, rimu, pukatea, taraire, rewarewa, mamaku, and kohekohe, with thick undergrowth of kohutuhutu, mahoe, hangehange, makomako, punga, kiekie, and supplejack. Soil inferior clay and pipeclay, on papa formation; well watered. Distant about five miles from Towai Railway-station by formed road.

Whangarei County.—Hukerenui Survey District.

Section 47, Block X: Area, 409 acres 0 roods 11 perches. Capital value, £370. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £9 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £7 8s.

Altitude, 310 ft. to 770 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to hilly country; about 80 acres ordinary mixed forest, balance fern and scrub land and old kauri-workings, with patches of rough feed. Soil fair clay and pipeclay, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant a mile and a quarter from Hukerenui Railway-station by formed cart-road.

Hobson County.—Tutamoe Survey District.

Section 6, Block XIII: Area, 51 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £30. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, 12s.

Altitude, 380 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Undulating fern and scrub country. Soil light loam, clay, and ironstone, on clay subsoil; fairly watered by swampy gullies. Distant four miles from Kaihu by cart-road.

Whakatane County.—Matata Parish.

Section 167: Area, 206 acres 2 roods 2 perches. Capital value, £1,045. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £26 2s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £20 18s.

Weighted with £14, valuation for fencing and tree-planting.

Altitude, 10 ft. to 30 ft. above sea-level. About 40 acres dry land, covered with fern and manuka; balance swamp. Soil good volcanic deposit, on volcanic-cement formation; well watered by Tarawera River. Distant three miles and a half from Te Teko by good formed road.

Rodney County.—Oruawharo Parish.

Sections 191A and 194: Area, 125 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £130. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £3 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £2 12s.

Weighted with £75 for 37,244 sup. ft. of kauri timber.

Altitude, 25 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. About 80 acres undulating, balance broken land. About 20 acres light mixed forest comprising nikau, tawa, and few kahikatea, and thirty-two green and dry kauri-trees and some burnt totara; balance fern and manuka scrub. Soil fair loamy clay, on clay subsoil; well watered by Hakaru Stream. Distant six miles from Hakaru, four miles of which is cart-road, balance unformed.

Ohinemuri County.—Piako Survey District.—Hauraki Plains.

Section 24, Block XII: Area, 144 acres 1 rood 30 perches. Capital value, £690. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £17 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £13 16s.

Altitude, 50 ft. to 120 ft. above sea-level. About 70 acres easy rolling hills, all ploughable, covered with fern and manuka; balance peat swamp, covered with wiwi flax and raupo. Section has an outlet drain on the southern boundary which contains running water all the year round. Access is from Patetonga Village about ten miles distant, or from Waitakaruru thirteen miles distant.

Waitomo County.—Maungamungero Survey District.

Section 27, Block VII: Area, 200 acres. Capital value, £250. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £6 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £5.

Very rough and broken country, with very steep frontage to Mahoenui–Kawhia Road. Twenty acres has been felled, but now gone back to scrub; balance heavy mixed forest comprising tawa, rimu, rata, towai, and tawhero, with heavy undergrowth of mahoe, supplejack, makomako, konini, &c. Soil of medium quality, on limestone formation; well watered by small streams. Distant about twenty-five miles from Te Kuiti by formed dray-road, twenty-two miles of which is metalled.

Awakino County.—Whareorino Survey District.

Section 9, Block VIII: Area, 626 acres. Capital value, £630. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £15 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £12 12s.

Altitude, 250 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. Very broken land, covered with heavy mixed forest comprising tawa, towai, tawhero, kohekohe, and a few rata and rimu, with heavy undergrowth, konini, makomako, supplejack, &c. Soil of medium quality, on rubble formation; well watered by small streams. Distant twenty-four miles from Awakino, twelve miles of which is formed dray-road, balance 6 ft. bridle-track.

Rotorua County.—Rotorua Survey District.

Section 23, Block IV: Area, 102 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £130. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £3 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £2 12s.

Weighted with £70, valuation for improvements consisting of 12 acres felled and grassed, 50 chains of fencing, and paling whare 20 ft. by 12 ft. £40 may remain on mortgage to the State Advances Office. Also weighted with £90 for timber.

Altitude, 1,700 ft. to 1,750 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land; 12½ acres felled and in rough grass, 16 acres felled but not grassed; balance mixed forest comprising miro, rimu, hinau, mangeao, rewarewa, &c., with thick undergrowth of makomako and supplejack. Sandy soil of good quality, on pumice formation; watered by cistern 20 ft. by 10 ft. Distant twelve miles and a half from Rotorua by good formed road.

Opotiki County.—Waiawa Survey District.

Section 7, Block XV: Area, 618 acres. Capital value, £1,040. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £26. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £20 16s.

Altitude, 1,050 ft. to 2,490 ft. above sea-level. 40 to 50 acres ploughable, balance hilly; covered with mixed forest principally tawa and some rimu, matai, totara, and kaiwaka, with thick undergrowth of nikau, supplejack, konini, makomako, horopito, mahoe, &c. Hilltops are covered with birch, tawhero, and tawhiri. Soil of good volcanic substance, on clay subsoil; well watered by streams. Distant twenty-four miles from Opotiki, fourteen miles of which are by main Opotiki–Motu dray-road, balance good bridle-track.

Bay of Islands County.—Russell Survey District.

Section 4, Block XIV: Area, 409 acres. Capital value, £210. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £5 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £4 4s.

Altitude, 30 ft. to 530 ft. above sea-level. Undulating hilly to broken land; about 15 acres ordinary light mixed forest, balance covered with fern, manuka, and rushes. Soil heavy clay and pipeclay of heavy quality, swampy in places; well watered by streams. Five miles from Tamahere Railway-station by cart-road, formed where necessary.

Section 7, Block XIV: Area, 515 acres. Capital value, £260. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £6 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £5 4s.

Altitude, 30 ft. to 530 ft. above sea-level. Undulating and hilly land, covered with fern and scrub on ridges, patches of ordinary mixed forest in gullies. Soil inferior clay, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant seven miles from Tamahere Railway-station by cart-road, formed where necessary.

Whangarei County.—Ruakaka Parish.

Section M. portion 7: Area, 24 acres 3 roods 34 perches. Capital value, £90. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £2 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 16s.

Altitude, 5 ft. to 50 ft. above sea-level. Raupo and wiwi swamp, drainable. Soil of a black sandy nature. Section badly watered, but water can probably be obtained by boring or sinking. Distant two miles from Marsden Point by unformed road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twentieth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

F. H. D. BELI,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening National Endowment Land in Otago 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