APRIL 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1015

Notifying Lands in the North Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-twenty-sixth section of the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Monday, the thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, as the time at which the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

TOWN LAND.

Mongonui County.—Town of Kaimaumau.

| Sec- | Area. | Upset | Sec- | Area. | Upset |
| tion.| | Price. | tion.| | Price. |
| | A. R. P. | £ s. d. | | A. R. P. | £ s. d. |
| 1 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 21 | 0 0 35 | 6 0 0 |
| 2 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 22 | 0 1 10 | 7 10 0 |
| 3 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 23 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 |
| 4 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 24 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 |
| 5 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 25 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 |
| 6 | 0 1 16 | 7 10 0 | 26 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 |
| 7 | 0 1 2 | 6 0 0 | 27 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 |
| 9 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 31 | 0 1 2 | 7 10 0 |
| 10 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 32 | 0 1 11 | 8 10 0 |
| 11 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 33 | 0 1 20 | 9 10 0 |
| 12 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 34 | 0 3 15 | 18 0 0 |
| 13 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 35 | 0 2 15 | 12 0 0 |
| 14 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 36 | 0 3 25 | 25 0 0 |
| 15 | 0 1 18 | 7 0 0 | 37 | 0 1 7 | 12 0 0 |
| 18 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 38 | 0 0 32 | 6 0 0 |
| 19 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 39 | 0 0 34 | 6 0 0 |
| 20 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 40 | 0 1 8 | 9 0 0 |

Sections weighted as follows: Section 34, £205 for house and fencing; Section 35, £425 for house, outbuildings, garden, &c.; Section 36, £325 for house, outbuildings, well, &c.

The Town of Kaimaumau is situated on Rangaunu Bay, near its mouth, and is one of the few deep-water landings on that bay. The distance from Auckland is 224 miles by water. The site of the township is level land, covered with wiwi and manuka scrub, somewhat low-lying and wet in winter, but easily drained.

Bay of Islands County.—Town of Russell.

Section 6: Area, 1 rood 2 perches; upset price, £25.
Section 7: Area, 1 rood 2 perches; upset price, £25.
Section 8: Area, 37 perches; upset price, £25.

Undulating to steep hillside, covered with manuka and fern. Lots 6 and 7 will require excavating to make room for buildings. Soil clay to clayey loam. Situated about twelve chains from Russell Wharf by good road.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Mongonui County.—Kaiaka Parish.

Section N.W. 27: Area, 24 acres 2 roods 38 perches, upset price, £50.
Section N.W. 29: Area, 40 acres 2 roods 6 perches; upset price, £90.
Section S.E. 29: Area, 19 acres 0 roods 31 perches; upset price, £40.

Elevation, 200 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Clay soil, resting on limestone formation. Fairly heavy mixed forest comprising rimu, rewarewa, tawa, kohekohe, totara, puriri, and taraire, with heavy undergrowth of karamu, nikau, kiekie, &c. Well watered by several streams. Distant about nine miles from Oruru Village—about five miles and a half being formed road, balance unformed.

Whangarei County.—Whangarei Parish.

Section W. 84 (part): Area, 41 acres 2 roods 39 perches; upset price, £150.
Section S.E. 84 (part): 11 acres 0 roods 35 perches; upset price, £40.
Section N.E. 84 (part): Area, 2 acres 2 roods 21 perches; upset price, £8.
Section N. 84 (part): Area, 1 acre 1 rood 28 perches; upset price, £5.

Elevation from about 200 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Soil semi-volcanic, medium quality, resting on clay formation. Forest fairly light, comprising young totaras and rimus, taraire, puriri, nikau, pungas, rata; mostly taraire, practically no fencing timber, with a light undergrowth of ferns, young totaras, kiki, &c. Well watered by creeks. About 6 acres very thick gorse, undulating, severed by deviation; balance mixed bush, all broken. Distant three miles from Kauri Railway-station by cart-road not metalled.

Whangarei County.—Mangapai Parish.

Section S.E. 81: Area, 51 acres 1 rood; upset price, £50.

Altitude, 100 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Broken land, about two-thirds light mixed forest comprising punga, nikau, manuka, rata, six fair-sized and eleven small rimu-trees, and three dry kauri-rickers, with light undergrowth of ferns, &c.; balance of section covered with fern and Cape Pine (a noxious weed). Clay soil of fair quality; well watered by small streams. Distant nine miles from Oakleigh by cart-road in poor repair.

Otamatea County.—Kaiwaka Parish.

Section 172: Area, 22 acres 2 roods 15·1 perches; upset price, £35.

Altitude, 10 ft. to 50 ft. above sea-level. About 2 acres level, balance undulating, all in manuka scrub. Clay soil of fair quality, on clay subsoil; well watered by small stream. Distant about five miles and a quarter from Kaiwaka Railway-station, four miles and a half of which is by cart-road, balance unformed riding-track.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Rodney County.—Kourawhero Parish.

Section 86: Area, 9 acres 1 rood 16 perches; upset price, £70.

Elevation from 200 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. The soil is of good alluvial deposit, and resting on clay formation; well watered by creek. 9¼ acres of level river-flat, covered with patches of light bush, willows, and scrub mixed with patches of grass. Rather subject to floods. Distant from Warkworth four miles and a quarter, or Kaipara Flats Railway-station about three miles and a half.

Rodney County.—Oruawharo Parish.

Section S.E. 119: Area, 4 acres 3 roods 1 perch; upset price, £15.

Elevation from 80 ft. to 100 ft. above sea-level. Soil is brown loam, resting on clay formation. Undulating land, all ploughable, partially covered with light scrub; no water. Distant from Wellsford one mile and a half by good metal road.

Waitemata County.—Pukeatua Parish.

Section N.W. 293: Area, 9 acres 2 roods 38 perches; upset price, £20.

Altitude about 250 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, half ploughable, covered with light manuka and fern and a small portion of heavy scrub. Soil brown loam, on clay subsoil; no water on section. Distant one mile from Okura by unformed road.

Waitemata County.—Waikumete Parish.

Section 127: Area, 7 acres 1 rood 6 perches; upset price, £75.

Elevation about 50 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. The soil is brown loam, resting on clay formation. Undulating land covered with tea-tree, all ploughable. Distant from New Lynn one mile by good road.

SUBURBAN LAND.

Franklin County.—Pukokohe Parish.

Lot 124 of Section 1: Area, 1 acre 0 roods 15 perches; upset price, £80.

Section is overrun with furze and blackberry. Good chocolate-coloured soil; no water; elevated position, making a good site for a house; fronts main road to Auckland, half a mile from Pukekohe Post-office. Section has also a frontage to a back street.

Otamatea County.—Wairau Parish.

Section S.W. 19: 59 acres 2 roods; upset price, £120. Weighted with £5, valuation for fencing and grassing.

Altitude, 300 ft. to 350 ft. above sea-level. Nearly all undulating country, a small part broken, covered with scrub and fern except about 2 acres felled and grassed, and a small clump of taraire bush for shelter. Soil for the most part a heavy black loam of fair quality, with a small area poor clay, on slate formation; fairly well watered by small stream and swampy spring. Distant two miles and a half from Maungaturoto Post-office by cart-road, or about five miles from Maungaturoto Railway-station.

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

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

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