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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 135

rough feed. Section 7 comprises easy to steep country,
covered with a heavy forest of matai, kahikatea, totara,
tawhero, rimu, &c., with a fairly heavy undergrowth. Soil
on Sections 6 and 7 of good quality, on papa formation;
while on Section 4 it is inferior on the flats, but good on the
hilly portion, on papa formation. The sections are well
watered. Elevation from 650 ft. to 1,872 ft. above sea-level.

Waitomo County.—Totoro Survey District.

Section 3, Block VIII: Area, 375 acres 3 roods 30 perches.
Capital value, £940. Occupation with right of purchase:
Half-yearly rent, £23 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly
rent, £18 16s.

Section 20, Block XI: Area, 291 acres 1 rood 30 perches.
Capital value, £730. Occupation with right of purchase:
Half-yearly rent, £18 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent,
£14 12s.

Situated on the Kohua Road. Access from Te Kuiti,
about twenty-four miles distant, by dray-road to within half
a mile of the land. Post and telephone office and store, &c.,
at Piopio, about nine miles distant. Easy sloping and rather
steep country, a fair proportion of the open country being
ploughable. Forest varies from fern, tutu, and manuka in
the front to heavy bush at the back, comprising rata, pukatea,
tawa, rewarewa, tawhero, rimu, hinau, &c., with a fairly
dense undergrowth of pongas, mahoe, kotukutuku, raurekau,
rangiora, makomako, ferns, supplejacks, &c. Soil varies from
inferior to fair and good quality, resting on rhyolite and papa
formation; well watered.

Section 7, Block X: Area, 44 acres 3 roods 24 perches.
Capital value, £100. Occupation with right of purchase:
Half-yearly rent, £2 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly
rent, £2.

Situated on the Ohura-Mokau Road, about four miles
distant from Aria Township, by formed dray-road. There is
a school two miles distant, and a post and telephone office
(Kaeaea) about three miles distant. Nearly all level heavy
land, swampy in places. Fair homestead-site in the south-
western corner of the section, where the land is high and dry.
Forest varies from very light to heavy, comprising kahikatea,
matai, maire, lancewood, tawhiri, manuka, pongas, fern, and
rough grass and raupo, with a fairly dense undergrowth of the
usual scrubby nature found on wet bush land. Soil of good
quality, on papa formation; well watered.

Section 1, Block XII: Area, 327 acres 0 roods 32 perches.
Capital value, £820. Occupation with right of purchase:
Half-yearly rent, £20 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly
rent, £16 8s.

Section 2, Block XII: Area, 155 acres 1 rood 21 perches.
Capital value, £470. Occupation with right of purchase:
Half-yearly rent, £11 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly
rent, £9 8s.

Situated on the Mokauiti Road, about seven miles from
Aria Township and dairy factory. Post-office (Oniao) within
a mile, and school within two miles. Access from Te Kuiti,
about twenty-eight miles distant (via Aria Township)—
twenty-seven miles dray-road, balance sledge-track; access
also from Waimiha Railway-station, about seventeen miles
distant—by dray-road for about thirteen miles, balance
horse-track. Sections comprise flat, easy, and fairly steep
country, swampy in places. About 100 acres of Section 1
under fern, scrub, and raupo; balance fairly heavy forest of
tawa, hinau, rata, miro, tawhero, matai, rimu, kahikatea,
and a fairly dense undergrowth of supplejacks, ferns, pongas,
kotukutuku, raurekau, koromiko, matipo, &c. On Section 2
the forest is light, comprising fern, tutu, manuka, raupo,
with small patches of tawa, and a fairly dense undergrowth.
Soil from fair to good, on papa formation; well watered.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Ohura County.—Tangitu Survey District.

Section 8, Block X: Area, 744 acres. Capital value, £750.
Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £18 15s.
Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £15.

Situated on the Ongarue Road. Access from Ongarue
Railway-station, about three miles distant, by a formed dray-
road. Comprises flat to easy and very steep country. Vege-
tation is very light, comprising fern, tutu, and manuka. Soil
of indifferent quality, on papa and rhyolite formation;
watered by streams; and there are crossings over railway-line
to reach the flats near the river. The elevation ranges from
750 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-second day of November, one thousand
nine hundred and fifteen.

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

Opening National-endowment Lands in Taranaki 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto
shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Friday,
the twenty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred
and sixteen, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule;
and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased
under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waitomo County.—Mapara Survey District.

SECTION 9, Block VII: Area, 463 acres; capital value,
£1,280; half-yearly rent, £25 12s.

Situated on the Kurakura Road. Access from Kopaki
Railway-station about eight miles distant—by dray-road for
about five miles, horse-track remaining distance. Access
also from Waimiha Railway-station about sixteen miles and
a half distant—by dray-road for about fifteen miles, balance
horse-track. Comprises very easy flat to undulating and
rather steep ridges, a large area of the back portion being well
adapted for dairying. The vegetation varies from fern and
scrub to heavy bush, comprising tawa, rata, rimu, kahikatea,
tawhero, hinau, matai, pukatea, rewarewa, &c., with a dense
undergrowth of supplejacks, raurekau, pongas, mahoe,
kotukutuku, &c. Soil varies from inferior to very good
quality, resting on papa and sandstone formation; well
watered.

Ohura County.—Piopiotea West Survey District.

Section 1, Block II: Area, 144 acres; capital value, £580;
half-yearly rent, £11 12s.

Section 36, Block II: Area, 11 acres 3 roods 10 perches;
capital value, £120; half-yearly rent, £2 8s.

Situated on the Kawae Road. Access from Taumarunui,
from two miles and a quarter to two miles and a half distant
—two miles by road formed for wheel traffic, balance sur-
veyed road. Comprises flat to easy sloping and steep country.
On Section 36 there is a narrow strip of ploughable land, with
traces of pumice, between the Te Awakawae Stream and the
road, balance being grazing-land. Forest on Section 36 is
very light, comprising light bush, fern, and manuka. There
is some fern and manuka on the south-eastern corner of
Section 1, otherwise the section is covered with fairly heavy
forest of tawa, tawhero, hinau, kahikatea, totara, matai,
rimu, rata, &c., and a fairly dense undergrowth of supple-
jacks, mahoe, raurekau, kotukutuku, pongas, ferns, &c.
Sections are well watered. Soil of good quality, on papa
formation. Elevation from 800 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-
level.

Section 33, Block II: Area, 16 acres 1 rood 36 perches;
capital value, £330; half-yearly rent, £6 12s.

Section 34, Block II: Area, 18 acres 1 rood 21 perches;
capital value, £300; half-yearly rent, £6.

Section 35, Block II: Area, 219 acres; capital value,
£880; half-yearly rent, £17 12s.

Section 33 is weighted with £60, valuation for improve-
ments consisting of three-roomed house of sawn timber,
with iron roof, two chimneys, and a cooking-stove.

Section 34 is weighted with £23 2s. 6d., valuation for
improvements consisting of five chains of fencing, and a
two-roomed house of sawn timber, iron roof, and chimney.

Situated on the Kururau Road. Access from Taumarunui,
from two to three miles distant by a road formed for wheel
traffic. Comprises flat to easy sloping and steep country.
Section 33 is nearly all ploughable; very suitable for a market
garden. On Sections 33 and 34 the vegetation is very light,
comprising fern, manuka, and rough grass, and a little light
bush. There is also some rough grass in the south-eastern
corner of Section 35, otherwise Section 35 is covered with
a fairly heavy forest of tawa, tawhero, hinau, kahikatea,
totara, matai, rimu, rata, &c., with a fairly dense undergrowth
of supplejacks, mahoe, raurekau, kotukutuku, pongas, ferns,
&c. Sections are well watered. Soil of good quality, on
papa formation, with traces of pumice. Elevation, from
800 ft. to 1,700 ft. above sea-level.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Ohura County.—Waro Survey District.

Section 2, Block XII: Area, 511 acres; capital value,
£1,030; half-yearly rent, £20 12s.