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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 38

Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £4.
Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 4s.

Altitude, 400 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land with deep gullies, about half ploughable; mostly covered with fern, with some light mixed forest in gullies. Soil of fair second-class quality, on clay subsoil; fairly watered by small streams. Distant seven miles and a half from Pirongia, of which six miles is by fair formed road, balance unformed.

West Taupo County.—Mangaorongo Survey District.

Section 12, Block XI: Area, 216 acres 2 roods. Approximate annual rental per acre, 2s. 3d. Capital value, £490. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £12 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £9 16s.

Altitude, 400 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. One-third drainable swamp, balance covered with fern, tutu, and manuka; about 60 acres easy country, mostly sandstone rock and unploughable; balance undulating land, mostly ploughable. Light soil of medium quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams, springs, and swamps. Distant seventeen miles from Otorohanga, sixteen miles of which is by formed dray-road, and one mile unformed as yet.

Raglan County.—Karamu Parish.

Sections 39 and 40: Area, 104 acres 3 roods 26 perches. Approximate annual rental per acre, 11d. Capital value, £95. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £2 7s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 18s.

Undulating to broken fern and manuka country. Soil of poor quality generally, fair in places, indifferently watered by swamps. Distant eleven miles from Frankton Junction by cart-road, except the last 15 chains, which is unformed.

Waikato County.—Taupiri Parish.

Section 480: Area, 399 acres 1 rood 13 perches. Approximate annual rental per acre, 2s. 2d. Capital value, £800. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £20. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £16.

Altitude, 300 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land, covered with fern and manuka and small clumps of light mixed forest in gullies. Soil of second-class quality, on clay subsoil; fairly watered by springs. Distant twelve miles from Ohinewai by good metalled road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

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

Opening National Endowment Lands in Auckland 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 Monday, the twenty-second day of May, 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

Raglan County.—Rangiriri Survey District.

SECTION 21, Block XI: Area, 57 acres 0 roods 10 perches; approximate annual rental per acre, 4s.; capital value, £285; half-yearly rent, £5 14s.

Section 22, Block XI: Area, 56 acres 3 roods 33 perches; approximate annual rental per acre, 4s.; capital value, £285; half-yearly rent, £5 14s.

Altitude, 100 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, covered with fern and manuka. Soil of fair second-class quality, on clay subsoil. Section 21 fairly watered by swampy gully, Section 22 poorly watered by swampy springs. Distant a mile and a half to a mile and three-quarters from Huntly by good formed road.

Section 23, Block XI: Area, 41 acres 2 roods 38 perches; approximate annual rental per acre, 5s.; capital value, £210. half-yearly rent, £4 4s.

Altitude, 100 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land; about 10 acres swamp, balance fern and scrub. Soil of fair second-class quality, on clay subsoil; fairly watered by swamp. Distant two miles from Huntly by good formed road.

Section 24, Block XI: Area, 50 acres 3 roods 11 perches; approximate annual rental per acre, 4s.; capital value, £255; half-yearly rent, £5 2s.

Section 25, Block XI: Area, 46 acres 0 roods 7 perches; approximate annual rental per acre, 3s. 7d.; capital value, £205; half-yearly rent, £4 2s.

Altitude, 100 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. Two acres swamp on Section 24, balance undulating fern and scrub land. Soil second-class quality, on clay subsoil. Section 24 fairly watered by swamp, Section 25 poorly watered by swampy springs. Distant two miles and a quarter to two miles and a half from Huntly by good road.

Section 26, Block XI: Area, 48 acres 1 rood 32 perches; approximate annual rental per acre, 2s. 10d.; capital value, £170; half-yearly rent, £3 8s.

Section 27, Block XI: Area, 75 acres 0 roods 8 perches; approximate annual rental per acre, 3s.; capital value, £280; half-yearly rent, £5 12s.

Section 28, Block XI: Area, 70 acres 1 rood 24 perches; approximate annual rental per acre, 2s. 5d.; capital value, £210; half-yearly rent, £4 4s.

Altitude, 100 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Seven acres swamp on Section 26 and 6 acres swamp on Section 28, balance undulating fern and scrub country. Soil of second-class quality, on clay subsoil; fairly watered by swamps. Distant two miles to two miles and a half from Huntly, a mile and three-quarters of which is by formed road, balance unformed as yet.

Section 29, Block XI: Area, 56 acres 0 roods 7 perches; approximate annual rental per acre, 2s. 3d.; capital value, £155; half-yearly rent, £3 2s.

Section 30, Block XI: Area, 67 acres 1 rood 8 perches; approximate annual rental per acre, 2s. 10d.; capital value, £235; half-yearly rent, £4 14s.

Section 31, Block XI: Area, 62 acres 0 roods 18 perches; approximate annual rental per acre, 3s. 7d.; capital value, £280; half-yearly rent, £5 12s.

Altitude, 40 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. About one-fourth each of Sections 29 and 30 and one-third of Section 31 undulating fern and scrub land, balance peaty rush swamp. Soil second-class quality, on clay subsoil; well watered by swamp. Distant two miles to two miles and a half from Huntly, of which distance a mile and three-quarters is by formed road, balance unformed as yet.

Rotorua County.—Rotoma Survey District.

Section 4, Block I: Area, 1,467 acres 3 roods 14 perches; approximate annual rental per acre, 7d.; capital value, £1,030; half-yearly rent, £20 12s.

Weighted with £33 10s., valuation for iron whare, grassing, and fencing.

Altitude, 600 ft. to 650 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land; about 50 acres mixed forest comprising tawa, rata, rimu, hinau, &c., with a thick undergrowth of scrub and supplejack; balance fern and manuka land. Fair soil, of a sandy pumice nature, on pumice formation; watered by Pongakawa Stream. Distant thirteen miles and a half from Paengaroa by good formed road, seven miles of which is coach-road, balance by Pongakawa-Rotoehu Road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Land in Auckland Land District for Selection.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-second day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Acts.