Mär. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 747

Notifying Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

I N pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-twenty-sixth section of the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the thirty first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, as the time at which the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—VILLAGE OF PATETONGA.—HAURAKI PLAINS.

VILLAGE LANDS.

Block II.

Block III.

Block IV.

Block V.

Block VI.

Block VII.

DESCRIPTION.

Patetonga Village is situated on the Hauraki Plains, at the junction of the Morrinsville-Waitakaruru and Waikaka Tramway Roads. The access is from Morrinsville Railway-station, twenty-four miles distant, by formed dray-road. Waitakaruru, on the Hauraki Gulf, is twenty-one miles distant—twenty miles formed road, balance (one mile) under construction. The Waikaka Tramway Road, at present under construction, leads to the Piako River, three miles away, where there is a wharf known as Patetonga Landing, which is twenty-three miles from Thames. Launches convey stores at regular intervals. There is also direct steamer communication with Auckland. At Patetonga there is a store and a post-office, which has telephonic communication with Thames over a private line. A contract has been let for the erection of a school within the village area, and should be completed within three months. A site for a creamery has been laid off within the village.

In the immediate vicinity several thousands of acres of partly drained swamp land have been thrown open for selection during the past two years. In addition, Patetonga provides an outlet for numerous settlers in the hill country in the vicinity. The land is undulating, intersected by a small swamp in the western portion of Blocks V and VI, which have been drained. Practically all has been laid down in English grasses.

The roads are formed, but not metalled.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

I N pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-twenty-sixth section of the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, as the time at which the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—KAHERE VILLAGE.—HAURAKI PLAINS.—VILLAGE LANDS.

Block II.

Block III.

DESCRIPTION.

The Kaihere Village is situated on the Hauraki Plains, at the foothills lying to the west of the Piako River. Access is by the Morrinsville-Waitakaruru Road, distant twenty-nine miles from Morrinsville and fourteen miles from Waitakaruru. Access also from Ohinewai Railway-station on the Main Trunk Railway, twenty-four miles distant. The Ngarua Road, along which the village is situated, is under construction towards the Piako River, five miles and a half distant. When this road is completed access can be obtained to Orchard and Kerepeehi. In the vicinity of the village thousands of acres of swamp land have been drained, and are now occupied. A school-site has been laid off, and a temporary building is now occupied as a school. There is a post-office and a store at Patetonga, five miles distant.

The sections in Blocks II and III are in rough feed, with patches of manuka and scrub, whilst most of the sections in Block I are covered with manuka, cabbage-trees, and rough feed. The land is first-class near the Ngarua Creek, but inferior near the Ngarua Road.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.