2396
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 87

the poll of ratepayers had been taken in the proper manner,
and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with
the said loan shall not be called into question by reason
only of the irregularity or defect aforesaid.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Te Puru Stream and Tributaries, Auckland Land District,
notified under the Timber-floating Act, 1908.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the second section of the Timber-
floating Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe,
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby
notify that the undermentioned stream and its tributaries may
be used under license for the purposes of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

THE Te Puru Stream and its tributaries situated within the
Thames County.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 14th day of September, 1921.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in Southland Land District for Sale by Public
Auction for Cash or on Deferred Payments.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon
me by section one hundred and twenty-six of the
Land Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe,
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby
appoint Monday, the fourteenth day of November, one thou-
sand nine hundred and twenty-one, as the time at which the
lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public
auction for cash or on deferred payments; and I do hereby
fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those
mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Southland County.—Town of Menzies Ferry.

SECTION 25, Block IV: Area, 41 acres 0 roods 34 perches;
capital value, £1,340.

Weighted with £48, valuation for improvements.

Situated about four miles from Edendale and two miles
and a half from Wyndham by good roads. Good quality
dairying land, adjoining factory and adjacent to school;
well watered and free from flood risk; ring-fenced, and sub-
divided into four paddocks.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 16th day of September, 1921.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands

Opening Settlement Lands in Nelson Land District for
Selection.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

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, John
Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the
settlement lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be
open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the
fifth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-one, 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.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Blue Glen Settlement.—Waimea County.—Gordon Survey
District.

SECTION 1s: Area, 872 acres 1 rood; capital value, £3,030;
half-yearly rent, £68 3s. 6d.

About 120 acres on west side of river open terrace, fair
amount ploughable; soil fair quality. On the eastern side
are several small flats along river partly open and partly
covered with manuka scrub; soil good, but subject to floods.

About 270 acres terrace formation, portions of which can
be ploughed, but soil of poor quality and swampy in places;
balance of land fern and manuka scrub spurs. About 100
acres of the terrace land has been cleared, and sown in grass.
Situate on Tophouse Road, fourteen miles by good road to
Kohatu Railway-station.

Section 2s: Area, 773 acres 3 roods 34 perches; capital
value, £2,000; half-yearly rent, £45.

Some small flats along the river and road, mostly poor and
stony; about 250 acres terrace country, covered with heavy
manuka, manuka scrub, and fern, parts being fair soil and
ploughable; the balance is fern-covered spurs, with patches
of bush in gullies. Fair grass in the fern and scrub on lower
levels. Situate on Tophouse Road, about fifteen miles and
a half from Kohatu Railway-station.

Lake Settlement.—Murchison County.—Howard Survey District.

Section 6, Block XVI: Area, 1,212 acres; capital value,
£1,780; half-yearly rent, £40 1s.

Situated near Lake Rotoiti. Access is from Glenhope,
about fourteen miles by dray-road. There is a traffic-bridge
across the Buller River at the north-west corner of section.
The section is practically fenced, with the exception of the
river frontages—on the east by seventy chains rabbit-proof
fencing, on the road frontage of Section 5 also by a rabbit-
proof fence, and the southern and balance of eastern bound-
ary is also partly fenced; there is, in addition, twenty-two
chains of internal fencing, but it does not serve any practical
purpose. 820 acres fairly good flat open land with a little
manuka scrub, 288 acres of fern hillside and windfall, 100
acres light bush. Soil is fair loam in bed of Speargrass Creek,
and light clay on other parts of section; gravel formation.
Forest light birch, with light undergrowth of birch scrub.
Well watered. Elevation 1,700 ft. to 1,850 ft. above sea-
level. General quality good.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 14th day of September, 1921.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Auckland Land District for Selection on
Renewable Lease.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, John
Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Do-
minion 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-first day of November, one thousand nine hundred
and twenty-one, at the rentals mentioned in the said Sche-
dule; 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.

Tauranga County.—Katikati Survey District.

SECTIONS 79, 81, and 82, Block VIII: Area, 606 acres
3 roods; capital value, £380; half-yearly rent, £7 12s.

Situated about four miles from Katikati by formed road.
Undulating to rough and broken country; about 100 acres
old kauri-workings now in fern and scrub, balance mixed
forest comprising tawa, black birch, miro, pukatea, hinau,
mangeao, rewarewa, kohekohe, rata, and a few kauri and
rimu. Clay soil of fair quality, on sandstone formation;
well watered. Altitude, 60 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level.

Tauranga County.—Aongatete Survey District.

Section 8, Block I: Area, 374 acres; capital value, £170;
half-yearly rent, £3 8s.

Distant about one mile and three-quarters from Aongatete
Butter-factory—half a mile by coach-road, balance dray-
road. A few acres level, balance broken, covered with
manuka and fern, except about 20 acres of light mixed forest
mostly manuka and rewarewa. Soil poor clay, with red
spurs; well watered. Altitude, 20 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-
level.

Waitomo County.—Orahiri Survey District.

Section 3A, Block V: Area, 164 acres; capital value, £290;
half-yearly rent, £5 16s.

Distant about fifteen miles from Hangatiki Railway-
station by good road. Broken land, part burnt forest,
remainder medium mixed forest comprising tawa, tawhero,
rimu, rata, &c., with heavy undergrowth of makomako
supplejack, konini, &c. Soil of medium quality, on lime-
stone formation; well watered by small streams.