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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 32

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Education Reserves in Auckland District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th March, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the education reserves described in the Schedule hereto will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Friday, the 28th April, 1916, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVES.

Mangonui County.—Mangonui East Parish.

SECTION 63: Area, 39 acres 3 roods 21 perches; minimum annual rental, £1 2s.

• Undulating and hilly land, except small flat area. Open fern and manuka country. Six miles from Mangonui—five miles coach-road, balance partly formed bridle-track.

Mangonui County.—Rangawu Survey District.

Section 1, Block XIII: Area, 202 acres; minimum annual rental, £10.

Undulating to hilly land, in bush, except a few acres burnt fern. Distant ten miles from Mangonui and seven from Fairburns.

NOTE.—Lease will be offered subject to determination by the Commissioner of the right to use existing tracks and roads pending the opening of the surveyed roads.

Hokianga County.—Whangape Survey District.

Section 5, Block VI: Area, 62 acres 3 roods; minimum annual rental, £3.

Bush land, undulating and hilly. Sixteen miles and a half from Kohukohu—fifteen miles formed. Soil sandy clay; heavy forest, thick undergrowth; well watered.

Bay of Islands County.—Omapere Survey District.

Section 6, Block III: Area, 164 acres 2 roods 26 perches; minimum annual rental, £4.

Open land, level to hilly; considerable portion ploughable. Soil reddish and ironstone loam of shale formation; well watered. Eleven miles and a half from Kerikeri Landing by cart-road.

Bay of Islands County.—Kawakawa Parish.

Section 175: Area, 8 acres 3 roods 20 perches; minimum annual rental, 10s.

Undulating land, all manuka and fern, mostly ploughable. Three miles from Taumarere by formed bridle-track, or from Opua by tidal water.

Bay of Islands County.—Kawakawa Parish.

Sections W. 13, E. 13 and 12: Area, 78 acres 1 rood 18 perches; minimum annual rental, £8.

Undulating to level, with lot of rough feed; about 50 acres ploughable. Three miles from Kawakawa by formed road.

Bay of Islands County.—Ruapekapeka Parish.

Section 81: Area, 267 acres 2 roods; minimum annual rental, £10.

Undulating and hilly land; about 150 acres bush, balance open fern and scrub, medium undergrowth. Two miles from Akeake Station by tidal stream.

Whangarei County.—Hukerenui Survey District.

Section, 14, Block XII: Area, 32 acres 1 rood 23 perches; minimum annual rental, £4 10s.

Seventeen acres flat and drainable swamp; balance undulating open scrub and manuka land, all ploughable. A mile and a quarter from Otonga Railway-station by good metalled road.

Whangarei County.—Ruatangata Parish.

Section 104: Area, 83 acres; minimum annual rental, £10.

About 40 acres flat, balance undulating fern and tea-tree scrub. Soil good loam on river-flat; well watered. Weighted with £27 12s. 6d., valuation for improvements consisting of 12 acres felled and grassed, and 15 chains fencing.

Whangarei County.—Tauraroa Parish.

Section 139: Area, 84 acres; minimum annual rental, £3.

Level land, covered with tea-tree scrub and bush. Heavy black soil; well watered. Seventeen miles from Tokatoka—one mile unformed.

Whangarei County.—Ruarangi Parish.

Section 26: Area, 305 acres 2 roods; minimum annual rental, £15.

Three-quarters undulating, balance broken; fern and tea-tree scrub. Heavy clay soil, well watered. Eight miles and a half from Mangapai by cart-road. Weighted with £65, valuation for improvements consisting of fencing and grassing.

Whangarei County.—Mangapai Parish.

Section 111: Area, 165 acres 2 roods; minimum annual rental, £10.

Twenty-five acres tea-tree scrub, balance mixed bush, all undulating to broken. Soil clay, fairly watered.

NOTE.—Lease will be granted subject to right of present holder to remove timber for a period of two years.

Hobson County.—Tutamoe Survey District.

Section 15, Block XIII: Area, 23 acres 1 rood 8 perches; minimum annual rental, 12s.

Undulating land; fern, tea-tree, and scrub. Very light soil; no water.

Otamatea County.—Kaiwaka Suburbs.

Sections 156 and 157: Area, 1 acre 3 roods 10 perches; minimum annual rental, 10s.

Undulating land recently burnt, part now in native grass. Three-quarters of a mile from Kaiwaka Railway-station by metalled road, also on bank of tidal stream.

Rodney County.—Oruawharo Parish.

Section 188: Area, 225 acres; minimum annual rental, £11.

All fern and scrub, except 70 acres recently burnt; 30 acres flat, 100 acres undulating, balance very broken. Clay soil, well watered. A mile and a quarter from Te Hana Station by cart-road. Weighted with £51, valuation for improvements consisting of 9 acres ploughed and grassed, 15 acres surface sown, 49 chains fencing.

Waitemata County.—Waikomiti Parish.

Section 197: Area, 6 acres 2 perches; minimum annual rental, £18.

Level land, covered with tea-tree and akeake. Midway between New Lynn and Waikumete.

Waitemata County.—Kaukapakapa Parish.

Section 87: Area, 79 acres 3 roods 3 perches; minimum annual rental, £10.

Undulating ploughable land, covered with small tea-tree and fern. One mile from Kanohi Railway-station.

Eden County.—Panmure Village.

Lots 71 and 77A of Section 2: Area, 1 acre 2 roods 18 perches; minimum annual rental, £7 10s.

Level land, all ploughable. Situated in Village of Panmure, and fronting the Panmure basin.

Ohinemuri County.—Waihou Survey District.

Section 24, Block XI: Area, 78 acres 0 roods 20 perches; minimum annual rental, £53.

Section 35, Block XI: Area, 59 acres 3 roods 33 perches; minimum annual rental, £44.

Both sections consist of partly drained alluvial swamp land. Formerly covered with kahikatea, of which the stumps are still left; but now covered with scattered manuka, flax, raupo, and rough feed. Two miles from Netherton by formed cart-road. Drains must be fenced before stock are placed on the land.

Ohinemuri County.—Piako Survey District.

Section 2, Block XVI: Area, 471 acres; minimum annual rental, £18.

Undulating to broken land, all scrub and fern. Three miles and a half from Waikaka by formed road.

Raglan County.—Raglan Town.

Section 18, Block VI: Area, 1 rood 22 perches; minimum annual rental, 12s.

Altitude, 8 ft. to 20 ft. above sea-level. Fern and gorse land. Soil of second-class quality, on clay subsoil; no water on section. Situated at the corner of Robert Street and Cross Street.

Raglan County.—Pirongia Parish.

Section 262A: Area, 7 acres 1 rood; minimum annual rental, 10s.