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section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

West Taupo County.—Mangaorongo Survey District.

SECTION 14, Block VI: Area, 391 acres 2 roods 31 perches. Capital value, £780. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £19 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £15 12s.

Section 15, Block VI: Area, 390 acres. Capital value, £780. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £19 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £15 12s.

Distant seventeen miles from Te Kawa Railway-station by formed road, eight miles of which have been metalled. Access to Section 15 and also to the western boundary of Section 14 is about twenty-two miles by road from Te Kawa, eight miles of which have been metalled, ten miles formed but unmetalled, balance unformed. Hilly to steep country, covered with fern and tea-tree scrub; about one-third ploughable. Soil poor to fair quality loam, on rubble formation; poorly watered by springs and swampy streams. Altitude, 500 ft. to 1,000 ft.

Waikato County.—Taupiri Parish.

Section 510: Area, 479 acres. Capital value, £720. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £18. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £14 8s.

Situated about ten miles east of Ohinewai Railway-station by good road. There is a school and post and telephone office at Te Hoe, two miles and a half distant from the section. Undulating to hilly land, in short fern and manuka scrub. Clay soil of inferior quality, on blue-rock formation; poorly watered. Altitude, 200 ft. to 850 ft.

West Taupo County.—Wharepapa Survey District.

West Taupo County.—Mangaorongo Survey District.

| 10 | XII | 435 0 0 | 1,400 | 35 0 0 | 28 0 0 |
| 11 | „ | 607 0 27| 1,740 | 43 10 0 | 34 16 0 |
| 12 | „ | 300 0 36| 760 | 19 0 0 | 15 4 0 |
| 13 | „ | 467 0 0 | 920 | 23 0 0 | 18 8 0 |
| 15 | „ | 492 0 0 | 1,340 | 33 10 0 | 26 16 0 |

These sections are situated from fifteen to eighteen miles east from Otorohanga Railway-station by formed clay road to within about four miles of the block, and provision has been made for continuing the formation of necessary access to all the sections. The bush in this locality comprises chiefly tawa, rata, rimu, and hinau, with some tawhero on the spurs, and a heavy undergrowth of makomako, mahoe, and supplejack. The soil varies from fair to good loam, resting on rhyolite formation. All sections are watered by the river or streams.

Section 26, Block V.—Fern and tutu land; about 180 acres ploughable, balance hilly to steep on Mangatutu River. Altitude, 200 ft. to 500 ft.

Section 7, Block IX.—About 200 acres heavy-bush land, hilly to broken, balance in fern and tutu; about 150 acres ploughable. Altitude, 300 ft. to 1,400 ft.

Section 8, Block IX.—About 50 acres open fern and tutu land, fairly rough; balance heavy bush, hilly to broken on Mangatutu River. Altitude, 500 ft. to 1,200 ft.

Section 9, Block IX.—About 300 acres heavy bush, easy to broken; balance easy to hilly fern and tutu land, about 100 acres ploughable. Altitude, 600 ft. to 1,400 ft.

Section 10, Block IX.—About 40 acres open fern and tutu land, broken; balance in heavy bush, hilly to broken on Mangatutu River. Altitude, 500 ft. to 1,400 ft.

Section 11, Block IX.—Hilly to broken land, all in bush. Altitude, 1,000 ft. to 1,500 ft.

Section 12, Block IX.—About 100 acres poor, broken, fern country; balance heavy bush, hilly to broken, none ploughable. Altitude, 800 ft. to 1,400 ft.

Section 10, Block XII.—About 20 acres drainable raupo swamp; balance easy to broken fern and tutu land, about 300 acres ploughable. Altitude, 200 ft. to 500 ft.

Section 11, Block XII.—About 30 acres patches of heavy bush; balance easy to broken fern and tutu land, about 200 acres ploughable. Altitude, 600 ft. to 800 ft.

Section 12, Block XII.—About 50 acres heavy-bush land, balance hilly land in fern and tutu; about 100 acres ploughable in patches. Altitude, 600 ft. to 800 ft.

Section 13, Block XII.—About 40 acres in wiwi swamp, about 20 acres bush on frontage; balance very broken fern and tutu land, about 50 acres ploughable. Altitude, 600 ft. to 800 ft.

Section 15. Block XII.—Hilly to steep and broken country, all in heavy bush. Altitude, 800 ft. to 1,500 ft.

Opotiki County.—Opotiki Survey District.

Section 1, Block IX: Area, 333 acres. Capital value, £1,000. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £25. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £20.

Section 448, Waiotahi Parish: Area, 321 acres 1 rood 24 perches. Capital value, £960. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £24. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £19 4s.

Access by good fords across Waiotahi River, thence by good formed road to Opotiki, fourteen to fifteen miles distant. Undulating to broken land, suitable for grazing. The whole area, with the exception of about 50 acres of open land in south-east corner of Section 1, is covered with mixed forest comprising mostly tawa and rata. Soil of good quality, on sandstone formation; well watered. Altitude, 250 ft. to 1,500 ft.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 27th day of January, 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE. Minister of Lands.

Opening Land 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 Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the national-endowment land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

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

Tauranga County.—Maketu Survey District.

SECTION 27, Block I: Area, 129 acres; capital value, £50; half-yearly rent, £1.

Situated about five miles from Te Puke and about thirteen miles from Tauranga, by formed road in each case. Broken country, mostly steep gullies, principally in fern and scrub, with about an acre of flat land on top of steep ridge and about 10 acres mixed forest comprising tawa, mangeao, rewarewa, &c., with thick undergrowth of wharangi, makomako, &c. Good quality black soil of a sandy nature on pumice formation, well watered by small streams. Altitude, 600 ft. to 800 ft.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 27th day of January, 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Setting apart Crown Land under Section 20 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section twenty of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby set apart the land described in the Schedule hereto for disposal under the section of the Act mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—CROWN LAND.

SECTION 38, Block VI, Hohoura East Survey District: Area, 23 acres 1 rood 7 perches.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 27th day of January, 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.