Land Descriptions for National Endowment




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 138

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

Mongonui County.—Takahue Survey District.—Takahue-
Whangape Block.

Section 26, Block X: Area, 306 acres 1 rood 8 perches; capital value, £420; half-yearly rent, £8 8s.

Altitude, 100 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Easy undulating to hilly country, mostly fern, with small patches of light mixed forest amounting to about 40 acres, comprising totara, puriri, towai, &c., with light undergrowth of mixed scrub, and containing sufficient timber for fencing purposes. Clay soil of second-class quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by permanent streams. Distant eleven miles from Kaitaia by metalled dray-road, except about thirty chains being formed.

Section 28, Block X: Area, 516 acres 1 rood 24 perches; capital value, £770; half-yearly rent, £15 8s.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to hilly and broken land, covered with heavy mixed forest comprising rata, rimu, miro, totara, puriri, taraire, tawa, hinau, towai, kohekohe, rewarewa, &c., with fairly thick undergrowth of toetoe, kiekie, supplejack, nikau, &c. Clay soil of fair quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant nine miles from Kaitaia, three miles of which is metalled dray-road, balance being formed; or thirteen miles via Takahue—ten miles and a half metalled dray-road, balance being formed.

Section 29, Block X: Area, 509 acres 2 roods 14 perches; capital value, £790; half-yearly rent, £15 16s.

Altitude, 150 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to hilly and broken land. About 60 acres grass, 80 acres fern, balance heavy mixed forest comprising rata, rimu, puriri, miro, taraire, tawa, totara, kohekohe, towai, rewarewa, &c., with thick undergrowth of nikau, supplejack, toetoe, kiekie, &c. Clay soil of fair quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant two miles and a half from Kaitaia by partly metalled dray-road.

Section 30, Block X: Area, 319 acres 2 roods 32 perches; capital value, £520; half-yearly rent, £10 8s.

Altitude, 150 ft. to 1,250 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to hilly land, covered with heavy mixed forest comprising rata, rimu, taraire, tawa, totara, miro, puriri, towai, rewarewa, kohekohe, &c., with thick undergrowth of nikau, supplejack, toetoe, kiekie, &c. Clay soil of fair quality, on sandstone formation; fairly watered by streams. Distant three miles from Kaitaia by partly metalled dray-road.

Section 31, Block X: Area, 379 acres 0 roods 16 perches; capital value, £580; half-yearly rent, £11 12s.

Altitude, 300 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to hilly land, covered with heavy mixed forest comprising rata, rimu, taraire, tawa, puriri, .miro, kohekohe, towai, rewarewa, totara, &c., with thick undergrowth of nikau, supplejack, toetoe, kiekie, hangehange, &c. Clay soil of fair quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant five miles from Kaitaia, three miles and a half of which is partly metalled dray-road, balance under construction.

Section 32, Block X: Area, 139 acres; capital value, £350; half-yearly rent, £7.

Section 33, Block X: Area, 141 acres; capital value, £360; half-yearly rent, £7 4s.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Flat to undulating land, covered with heavy mixed forest comprising rata, rimu, kahikatea, puriri, taraire, totara, kohekohe, towai, &c., with thick undergrowth of nikau, supplejack, toetoe, kiekie, &c. Soil of good quality, clay and alluvial deposit, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant eight miles from Kaitaia, of which three miles is by partly metalled dray-road, balance under construction; or twelve miles and a half via Takahue—eleven miles metalled dray-road, balance under construction.

Section 34, Block X: Area, 315 acres; capital value, £550; half-yearly rent, £11.

Altitude, 500 ft. to 1,100 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to hilly land, covered with heavy mixed forest comprising rata, rimu, kahikatea, puriri, totara, scattered kauri, taraire, towai, rewarewa, &c., with thick undergrowth of nikau, supplejack, kiekie, toetoe, &c. Clay soil of fair quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant five miles from Kaitaia, three miles of which is by partly metalled dray-road, balance under construction.

Section 35, Block X: Area, 141 acres; capital value, £320; half-yearly rent, £6 8s.

Section 36, Block X: Area, 141 acres; capital value, £300; half-yearly rent, £6.

Altitude 200 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Section 35, flat to undulating to hilly, covered with heavy mixed forest comprising rata, rimu, kahikatea, pukatea, miro, totara, puriri, taraire, tawa, towai, &c., with thick undergrowth of nikau, supplejack, kiekie, toetoe, &c. Clay soil of fair quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant six miles and a half to seven miles and a half from Kaitaia, of which distance three miles is by partly metalled dray-road, balance being formed; or thirteen miles via Takahue—eleven miles metalled dray-road, balance being formed.

Section 1, Block XIV: Area, 271 acres; capital value, £450; half-yearly rent, £9.

Section 2, Block XIV: Area, 286 acres; capital value, £530; half-yearly rent, £10 12s.

Section 14, Block XIV: Area, 320 acres; capital value, £600; half-yearly rent, £12.

Section 21, Block XIV: Area, 310 acres; capital value, £580; half-yearly rent, £11 12s.

Altitude, 40 ft. to 450 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to hilly land; about 160 acres in Section 1 and 10 acres in Section 2 old timber-workings, now in grass and fern; balance of sections heavy mixed forest comprising rata, rimu, totara, miro, scattered kauri and kahikatea, hinau, rewarewa, towai, kohekohe, mangeao, tawa, taraire, &c., with thick undergrowth of nikau, supplejack, kiekie, toetoe, hangehange, &c. Clay soil, fair to good in quality, on sandstone formation; Section 1 fairly watered by streams which fail only in unusually dry summer, remaining sections well watered by permanent streams. Distant twelve miles and a half to fourteen miles from Kaitaia, via Takahue, by dray-road, of which twelve miles is metalled.

Section 8, Block XIV: Area, 303 acres; capital value, £570; half-yearly rent, £11 8s.

Altitude, 150 ft. to 450 ft. above sea-level. Hilly land, covered with heavy mixed forest comprising rata, rimu, totara, miro, puriri, towai, rewarewa, kohekohe, tawa, scattered kauri and kahikatea, &c., with thick undergrowth of nikau, supplejack, toetoe, hangehange, kiekie, &c. Clay soil of good quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by permanent streams. Distant nine miles from Kaitaia, three miles of which is by partly metalled dray-road, balance under construction.

Section 9, Block XIV: Area, 438 acres; capital value, £660; half-yearly rent, £13 4s.

Altitude, 150 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to hilly and steep country, covered with heavy mixed forest comprising rata, rimu, puriri, totara, kahikatea, kohekohe, tawa, taraire, towai, rewarewa, &c., with thick undergrowth of nikau, supplejack, toetoe, kiekie, &c. Soil of good quality, clay and rubble, on sandstone and rubble formation; well watered by streams. Distant six miles from Kaitaia—half the distance by partly metalled cart-road, balance under construction.

Section 10, Block XIV: Area, 305 acres; capital value, £580; half-yearly rent, £11 12s.

Altitude, 130 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to hilly land, about 50 acres fern and manuka; balance heavy mixed forest comprising rata, rimu, puriri, tawa, totara, taraire, kahikatea, &c., with thick undergrowth of nikau, supplejack, punga, hangehange, kiekie, toetoe, &c. Clay soil of good quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant thirteen miles and a half from Kaitaia by dray-road, mostly metalled.

Section 11, Block XIV: Area, 303 acres; capital value, £490; half-yearly rent, £9 16s.

Altitude, 150 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to hilly land, covered with heavy mixed forest comprising rata, rimu, puriri, kahikatea, kohekohe, tawa, taraire, towai, rewarewa, &c., with thick undergrowth of nikau, supplejack, punga, hangehange, kiekie, toetoe, &c. Clay soil of second-class quality, on sandstone formation; moderately watered by streams which may fail in dry summer. Distant twelve miles and a half from Kaitaia by dray-road, nearly all metalled.

Section 15, Block XIV: Area, 294 acres; capital value, £620; half-yearly rent, £12 8s.

Section 16, Block XIV: Area, 207 acres; capital value, £440; half-yearly rent, £8 16s.

Altitude, 100 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to hilly land, covered with heavy mixed forest comprising rata, rimu, puriri, rata, taraire, kahikatea, towai, kohekohe, rewarewa, miro, &c., with thick undergrowth of nikau, supplejack, punga, &c. Clay soil of good quality, on sandstone formation; fairly watered by permanent streams. Distant eight to nine miles from Kaitaia, three miles of which is partly metalled dray-road, balance under construction.

Section 17, Block XIV: Area, 278 acres; capital value, £560; half-yearly rent, £11 4s.



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