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selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renew-
able lease; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the
said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in
the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands
shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the
provisions of the land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waitemata County.--Paremormemo Parish.

SECTION 227: Area, 61 acres. Capital value, £80. Occupation-
tion with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £2. Renewable
lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 12s.

Altitude, 50 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to
broken country, covered with small manuka and a few patches
of mixed forest. About half the section is ploughable. Soil
brown loam on clay subsoil, poorly watered. Situated about
three miles from Albany by formed road, unmetalled.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waitemata County.--Paremormemo Parish.

Section 247: Area, 24 acres 0 roods 20 perches. Capital
value, £95. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly
rent, £2 7s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 18s.

Altitude, 50 ft. to 100 ft. above sea-level. Clay formation.
Suitable for fruit or poultry farm. Land covered with short
scrub and fern. Poorly watered, but water can probably
be obtained by ridge sinking. Situated about two miles from
Riverhead on the road to Albany.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Rodney County.--Pakiri Survey District.

Section 38, Block XII: Area, £95 acres. Capital value,
£70. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent,
£1 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 8s.

Altitude, 100 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. Undulating
land, covered with small scrub; about three-quarters plough-
able. Soil brown clay, fair to medium quality, on sandstone
formation; no water on section. Distant about one mile
from Wellsford by good metalled cart-road.

Bay of Islands County.--Kawakawa Survey District.

Section 71, Block XVI: Area, 101 acres 2 roods. Capital
value, £100. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-
yearly rent, £2 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £2.

Altitude, 80 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to
hilly country, covered with short manuka; about three-
quarters ploughable. Soil an inferior clay on clay subsoil,
poorly watered by swamps at north end, which may dry in
summer. Distant about one mile and a quarter from Kawa-
kawa Railway-station by formed road.

Bay of Islands County.--Motatau Survey District.

Section 32, Block VIII: Area, 390 acres. Capital value,
£590. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent,
£14 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £11 16s.

Altitude, 250 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. About 130 acres
swamp; balance flat, undulating, and hilly land, nearly all
ploughable, covered with fern and scrub. Soil of variable
quality (gum-land), on clay subsoil; fairly watered by springs
and swamps. Distant about two miles and a half from
Maromaku Railway-station, of which about two miles is
partly formed cart-road, balance unformed.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waitemata County.--Waipareira Parish.

Section 212: Area, 16 acres 3 roods 34 perches. Capital
value, £170. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-
yearly rent, £4 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 8s.

Altitude, 100 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Undulating
land, covered with small tea-tree and fern, mostly all plough-
able. Soil is of fair to medium quality, on clay formation;
poorly watered. Distant about two miles from Swanson
Railway-station by good formed road.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Bay of Islands County.--Russell Survey District.

Section 4, Block XIV: Area, 409 acres. Capital value,
£210. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent,
£5 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £4 4s.

Altitude, 40 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Undulating
to broken country. About 15 to 20 acres of light mixed
forest, balance fern and manuka. Soil clay and poor pipe-
clay, well watered by streams. Distant about five miles from
Taumarere by formed road.

Hokianga County.--Punakitere Survey District.

Section 11, Block XIV: Area, 576 acres 2 roods. Capital
value, £900. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly
rent, £22 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £18.

Altitude, 300 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Easy slopes
to broken and steep country; one-half fern, balance heavy
mixed forest comprising kahikatea, rata, rimu, taraire, &c.,
with strong undergrowth of nikau, punga, supplejack, and
kiekie. Soil fair clay, on sandstone formation; well watered
by streams. Distant fourteen miles from Kaikohe by formed
road unmetalled.

Hokianga County.--Waoku Survey District.

Section 3, Block XII: Area, 189 acres. Capital value,
£130. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent,
£3 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £2 12s.

Altitude, 500 ft. to 750 ft. above sea-level. Undulating
to steep and broken country, covered with light to heavy
mixed forest comprising rimu, towai, taraire, rata, &c., with
heavy undergrowth of nikau, punga, kiekie, supplejack, &c.
Clay soil of fair quality, on sandstone formation; well watered
by small streams. Distant about twelve miles from Taheke
by formed wagon-road.

Mangonui County.--Rangaunu Survey District.

Section 12, Block XII: Area, 146 acres 2 roods 32 perches.
Capital value, £350. Occupation with right of purchase
Half-yearly rent, £8 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly
rent, £7.

Altitude, 250 ft. to 450 ft. above sea-level. The soil is of
fair clay, on limestone in places; also cement. The forest
was heavy bush, comprising rimu, totara, taraire, kauri, &c.,
with a heavy undergrowth of punga, nikau, and supplejack.
Well watered by Mangatete and several small streams. Ap-
proximately 147 acres of undulating to broken land, half the
area being worked-out mixed bush, and balance manuka and
fern. Distant from Kaingaroa two miles by partly formed
road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 11th day of January, 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in North 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
twentieth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-two, 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.

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

Hokianga County.--Whangape Survey District.

SECTION 2, Block VIII: Area, 294 acres; capital value, £680;
half-yearly rent, £13 12s.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 820 ft. above sea-level. Partly un-
dulating and partly broken land. About 40 acres fern and
scrub, balance heavy mixed forest comprising rimu, rata,
taraire, towai, mahoe, kahikatea, pukatea, miro, &c., with
heavy undergrowth of kauri-grass, toetoe, nikau, small
shrubs, and supplejack in places. Soil of fairly good quality,
on sandstone formation; fairly watered by small streams.
Situated five chains off the main Broadwood-Whangape
Road: about nine miles from Broadwood, and seven miles
and a half from Whangape.

Bay of Islands County.--Hukerenui Survey District.

Section 27, Block II: Area, 956 acres 3 roods 30 perches;
capital value, £975; half-yearly rent, £19 10s.

Section 28, Block II: Area, 726 acres 2 roods; capital
value, £750; half-yearly rent, £15.

Weighted with £26 for improvements, consisting of grassing.
Section 27.--The elevation ranges from about 400 ft. to
600 ft. above sea-level. The soil is of clay, resting on iron-
stone rubble formation. The forest is heavy mixed, com-
prising rata, rimu, totara, taraire, &c., with a fair under-
growth of supplejack, punga, nikau. Well watered by several
streams. About 150 acres of bush, mostly in gullies; balance
manuka and fern, undulating to broken and steep; suitable
for sheep. Distant from Taumarere and Hukerenui railway-
stations about thirteen and eleven miles, by cart-road (rough)
from Taumarere and formed road from Hukerenui.

Section 28.--Elevation from 400 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-
level. Soil is of clay, resting on rubble formation. The
forest is mixed, comprising rata, rimu, totara,taraire, &c.,
with a fair undergrowth of nikau, punga, and supplejack.
Well watered by several streams. About 100 acres of bush,