Oct. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3101

slightly over half a mile from Ngaruawahia Railway-station by partly formed cart-road, which can be used for wheel traffic. Sections command a good view of Waipa River.

Section 2 fronts Kanawa Street, Sections 5 and 6 front Turongo Street, about a quarter of a mile from Otorohanga Railway-station.

Matamata County.—Town of Puketura.

TOWN LAND.

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The Town of Puketura is situated at the intersection of the Cambridge-Taupo and Putaruru-Waotu Roads, about seven miles from Putaruru Railway-station by formed road. Level and undulating land, covered with fern and scrub; light pumice soil.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this third day of October, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Opening National Endowment Lands in North Auckland Land District for Selection by Discharged Soldiers on Renewable Lease.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General

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-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the national endowment lands described in the Schedule hereto, which have been set apart for selection by discharged soldiers, shall be open for selection by discharged soldiers on renewable lease on Monday, the seventeenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, 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 and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

Waitemata County.—Paremoremo Parish.

Section 286: Area, 87 acres 2 roods 14 perches; capital value, £350; half-yearly rent, £7.

Section 287: Area, 49 acres 0 roods 28 perches; capital value, £200; half-yearly rent, £4.

Altitude, 40 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Undulating fern and manuka country, three-quarters ploughable. Soil, brown loam of medium quality, on clay subsoil. Poorly watered by swampy gullies which may dry in summertime. Distant about two miles and a half from Riverhead by formed cart-road not metalled.

Section 284: Area, 78 acres 1 rood 24 perches; capital value, £200; half-yearly rent, £4.

Altitude, 60 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken fern and manuka country, about half ploughable. Soil, brown loam of medium quality, on clay subsoil. Fairly watered by small stream. Distant about three miles from Albany by formed unmetalled cart-road.

Section 280: Area, 52 acres 3 roods; capital value, £130; half-yearly rent, £2 12s.

Section 281: Area, 74 acres 1 rood 18 perches; capital value, £190; half-yearly rent, £3 16s.

Altitude, 100 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken country, about one-half ploughable, covered with light manuka and fern. Soil, brown loam of medium quality, on clay subsoil. Poorly watered. Distant about three miles from Albany by good cart-road not metalled.

Section 274: Area, 40 acres 1 rood 38 perches; capital value, £140; half-yearly rent, £2 16s.

Section 275: Area, 33 acres 0 roods 19 perches; capital value, £160; half-yearly rent, £3 4s.

Altitude, 50 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, nearly all ploughable, covered with light fern and manuka. Soil, brown loam of medium quality, on clay subsoil. Section 274 is poorly watered. Section 275 is well watered by small stream. Distant about two miles from Albany by good unmetalled cart-road.

Section 269: Area, 33 acres; capital value, £125; half-yearly rent, £2 10s.

Section 270: Area, 38 acres; capital value, £140; half-yearly rent, £2 16s.

Altitude, 50 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, covered with light manuka, three-quarters of each area ploughable. Brown soil, fair to medium in quality, on clay subsoil. Poorly watered by small stream. Distant about two miles and a half from Albany by formed road at present obstructed by washouts.

Section 267: Area, 34 acres 1 rood; capital value, £150; half-yearly rent, £3.

Altitude, about 60 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Undulating country, covered with manuka scrub. All ploughable. Soil, brown loam of fair quality, on clay subsoil. Well watered by stream. Distant about two miles and half from Albany by formed cart-road.

Waitemata County.—Waipareira Parish.

Section 267: Area, 11 acres 0 roods 31 perches; capital value, £110; half-yearly rent, £2 4s.

Altitude, 100 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. Undulating country, nearly all ploughable, covered with short manuka scrub. Soil, brown loam of fair quality, on clay subsoil. Poorly watered by small stream. Distant about three miles from Henderson by good cart-road, of which two miles and three-quarters is metalled.

Section 257: Area, 12 acres 2 roods 7 perches; capital value, £140; half-yearly rent, £2 16s.