Mär. 4. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 753

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OHINEMURI COUNTY.—SUBURBS OF KEREPEEHI.—HAURAKI PLAINS.

First-class Rural Land.

SECTION 1, Block V : Area, 11 acres l rood 31 perches. Cash purchase : Total price, £290. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, £7 5s. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £5 16.

Alluvial land, half of which has been surface sown with English grasses and is in good order ; the balance, along the Awaiti Stream, is low-lying, covered with rough feed and rushes, and is subject to flood.

Section 12, Block VII : Area, 17 acres 3 roods 7 perches. Cash purchase : Total price, £440. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, £11. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £8 16s.

Alluvial land, covered with rough feed and small manuka.

Section 13, Block VII : Area, 18 acres l rood 30 perches. Cash purchase : Total price, £300. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, £7 10s. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £6.

Alluvial land, covered with kahikatea, cabbage-trees, and a heavy undergrowth.

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.

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 Wednesday, the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen; 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 10, Block II : Area, 88 acres 0 roods 23 perches. Cash purchase : Total price, £450. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, £11 5s. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £9.

Situated on the Paro Road. Access from Te Kuiti, about thirty miles distant, via Piopio and Aria Towns, the latter being about six miles from the section by formed dray-road. The section comprises level to easy sloping and steep country, with about 35 acres of old pasture in the middle. The forest is mixed, and varies from fairly heavy to very light, comprising tawhero, tawa, manuka, &c., with a fairly dense undergrowth of koromiko, raurekau, whowho, &c. Soil very good to fair quality, resting on a papa formation; well watered. Elevation ranges from 350 ft. to 550 ft. above sea-level. The Kaea Post and Telephone Office is within a few chains, and a school within a mile, of the section.

Clifton County.—Mimi Survey District.

Section 24, Block IV : Area, 322 acres. Cash purchase : Total price, £800. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, £20. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £16.

Situated on the Tongaporutu River, on the opposite side to the main Waitara-Mokau Road. Access from Waitara, about thirty-three miles distant, by coach-road; distance from Mokau about thirteen miles, and from Tongaporutu about four miles. About one-third very good flat land, about 75 acres second-class, and balance rather poor. Forest fairly heavy, comprising tawa, rata, hinau, pukatea, a little rimu and kahikatea, with birch and tawhero on the poorer land, and a dense undergrowth of supplejacks, karamu, &c. Soil is

of good quality; except on the poorer land, where it is shallow and inferior; the formation is papa land sandstone; well watered. Elevation ranges from 5 ft. to 540 ft. above sea-level.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Whangamomona County.—Mahoe Survey District.

Section 1, Block X : Area, 529 acres. Cash purchase : Total price, £400. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, £10. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £8.

Situated on the Whangamomona Road. Access from Whangamomona Railway-station, about eight miles and a half distant, by formed dray-road. Section comprises broken country, rising steep from the road to high ridge at the back, cliffs showing in many places. Forest varies from light to heavy, principally birch, with tawa, rata, kahikatea, towai, rimu, &c., and a dense undergrowth of raurekau, supplejacks, ferns, &c. Some of the standing bush on the frontage has been burnt, and the burnt area is now covered with scrub. Soil poor quality, resting on sandstone and papa formation; well watered. Elevation, 400 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea-level.

Section 5, Block XI : Area, 717 acres. Cash purchase : Total price, £1,080. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, £27. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £21 12s.

Situated on the Tahunaroa Road. Access from Whangamomona Railway-station, about thirteen miles distant, by dray-road. The section comprises broken country on the road frontage at the north-western corner, slightly easier along northern boundary, with fairly good but hilly country towards the back. Homestead-site in north-eastern corner near road. Forest heavy, comprising tawa, rimu, pukatea, matai, rata, and a little totara, and a dense undergrowth of supplejacks, mahoe, raurekau, patate, tree ferns, &c. Soil good quality, resting on papa formation; well watered.

Clifton County.—Pouatu Survey District.

Section 9, Block I : Area, 1,090 acres. Cash purchase : Total price, £1,100. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, £27 10s. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £22.

Weighted with £40, valuation for 20 acres felled and in grass.

Situated on the Moki Road. Access from Kohuratahi Railway-station, about fourteen miles distant—by dray-road for about thirteen miles, balance 6 ft. track. Access also from Waitara, about thirty-four miles distant—twenty-seven miles being good dray-road, balance 6 ft. track. Section comprises broken country, with a valley running almost through the middle at right angles to the Moki Road. The major portion rises steeply from the road, but there are fair building-sites on the frontage. Forest mixed heavy, comprising tawa, rimu, rata, pukatea, matai, miro, mahoe, &c., with a dense undergrowth of supplejacks, kiekie, tree ferns, raurekau, houhou, &c. Soil good quality, resting on blue papa formation; well watered. Elevation, from 500 ft. to 1,350 ft. above sea-level.

Whangamomona County.—Pouatu Survey District.

Section 1, Block V, and Section 3, Block VI : Area, 314 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 Rimuputa and Maikai Roads. Access from Kohuratahi Railway-station, about ten miles distant—by dray-road for nine miles and a half, balance bridle-track. Sections comprise steep broken country, with papa cliffs and slips showing. Fair building-sites on road frontages. Forest heavy mixed, comprising tawa, rimu, rata, &c., with a dense undergrowth of supplejacks, mahoe, raurekau, tree-fern, &c. About 50 acres of Section 3 has been felled and grassed, but is now in high fern and second growth. Soil good quality, resting on blue papa formation; well watered. Elevation, from 400 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level.

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

W. F. MASSEY,

Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Nelson 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