Aug. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2163
Notifying Lands in North Auckland 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 Wednesday, the nineteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, 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.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Eden County.—Whau Town North.
Portions of Lot 10 of Section 2.
| Lot.| Area.| Upset| Price.| Lot.| Area.| Upset|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| A. R. P.| £| A. R. P.| £|
| 1| 0| 1| 3·6| 45| 6| 0| 1| 29| 75|
| 2| 0| 1| 4·9| 45| 7| 0| 1| 11·4| 60|
| 3| 0| 1| 0·1| 45| 8| 0| 1| 12·5| 60|
| 4| 0| 1| 2·1| 50| 9| 0| 1| 7·6| 65|
| 5| 0| 1| 5·9| 50| |
These sections are mostly level, sloping to the Whau Creek; covered with hakea and manuka scrub. Soil is of stiff clay on clay subsoil. The sections are well watered by the Whau Creek, which is fresh water, and well above the effects of the tide. Situated about ten minutes' walk from the New Lynn Railway-station by good formed track and footbridge over the Whau Creek leading to Portage Road.
Franklin County.—Pukekohe Parish.
Portions of Section 53.
2| 3| 16| 1| 22| 500| 3| 16| 1| 25| 500
2| 16| 1| 23| 500| 4| 16| 1| 26| 500
The elevation ranges from 200 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. The section comprises easy undulating land, all easily plough-able; approximately 55 acres has been cleared and grassed, but is now covered with blackberries; the balance is light bush. The soil is semi-volcanic. The bush is light, comprising taraire and puriri, from which all milling-timber has been removed, with a thick undergrowth of blackberries. The sections are not watered. The sections are situated within half a mile of the Puni Soldier Settlement on the south-west slope of the Pukekohe Hill. The land is suitable for dairying, but slopes the wrong way for cropping. The access is from Pukekohe Railway-station, which is about four miles distant by a formed road, all but half a mile being metalled.
RURAL LAND.
Waitemata County.—Paremoremo Parish.
Portions of Allotments 76 and Part 28.
4| 8| 3| 1| 21| 70| 10| 4| 0| 0| 80
7| 5| 0| 26| 105| 11| 4| 0| 0| 80
8| 5| 0| 31| 105| 12| 4| 0| 0| 80
9| 4| 0| 0| 80| 13| 4| 0| 2| 80
Level to easy undulating land in grass, with gorse spreading; nearly all ploughable. Watered by running stream, except Sections 7 and 8, which have no water. Sections 7 and 8 have recently been cropped in maize and pumpkins. Access is from Albany, which is about half a mile distant by formed metalled road.
TOWN LAND.
Waitemata County.—Waiwera Parish.
Town of Orewa Extension No. 8.—Portions of Allotment 279.
20| 35| 23| 0| 1| 0| 35
22| 0| 1| 0| 35| 31| 0| 1| 0| 60
Small sections, suitable for camping and seaside residence-sites, facing the Orewa Beach, which is one of the best beaches handy to Auckland. Situated about two miles and a half from Silverdale and one mile from Orewa, there being a good steamer service to both places. The land is level and of a sandy nature, hummocky in places; all in grass, fern, manuka, and gorse. Fresh water may be obtained by sinking.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 28th day of July, 1923.
D W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.
Opening Lands in Gisborne Land District for Sale or Selection.
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 and provide as follows, that is to say :—

1. The rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on Wednesday, the twelfth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, at the respective prices specified in the said Schedule, and shall be deemed to be “heavy-bush land.”
2. The said lands may be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease.
3. After the first half-year’s rent has been paid by the selector the further instalments of rent payable by him for a period of three years shall not be demanded; provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land, the rent so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the Board shall think fit.
   SCHEDULE.
   GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS HEAVY-BUSH LAND.
   Tapatu Block.—Matakaoa County.
   (Exempt from Payment of Rent for Three Years.)
   Matakaoa Survey District.
   SECTION 1, Block X : Area, 936 acres. Capital value, £2,920. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, £73. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £58 8s.
   Section 2, Block X : Area, 1,175 acres. Capital value, £3,820. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, £95 10s. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £76 8s.
   Section 3, Block XIV : Area, 1,188 acres. Capital value, £4,160. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, £104. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £83 4s.
   Section 4, Block XIV : Area, 746 acres. Capital value, £2,240. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, £56. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £44 16s.
   Section 5, Block XIV : Area, 1,126 acres. Capital value, £3,940. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, £98 10s. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £78 16s.
   Section 6, Block XIV : Area, 10 acres 0 roods 35 perches. Capital value, £30. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, 15s. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, 12s.
   Mangaoporo Survey District.
   Section 3, Block II : Area, 866 acres. Capital value, £2,600. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, £65. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £52.
   GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
   These sections, formerly known as part of Tapatu Block, are situated from twenty-two to twenty-six miles by road (seventeen miles being formed) from Hicks Bay Freezing-works. This road also passes through Te Araroa, about thirteen miles distant.
   Te Araroa Township includes a post and telegraph office, Native school, stores, two banks, blacksmith’s shop, hotel, &c. The mail-coach runs bi-weekly, and during the summer months service cars arrive almost daily from Gisborne. Cargo and small passenger boats call at Te Araroa and Hicks Bay at regular intervals.
   The contour of the land is generally steep, and traversed by well-defined ridges providing good fencing boundaries for the several sections. Altitude, from 1,200 ft. to 3,075 ft. above sea-level. Soil is of a good free clayey nature, with a mixture of rock rubble. All under heavy bush, chiefly tawa, with a mixture of rimu, miro, and supplejack undergrowth. Scattered totara-trees should provide a limited amount of fencing-posts. Most of the land has a warm northerly or easterly aspect, the exception being the two sections south of the road. The sections are well watered. The surrounding land has been cleared, and converted into first-class sheep land, and the same result may be expected on improving the Tapatu sections, the quality of the land thereon being very similar to that surrounding it.
   DESCRIPTIONS OF SECTIONS.
   Section 1, Block X.—Altitude, from 1,600 ft. to 2,840 ft. above sea-level. Generally fairly steep, with a warm northerly aspect. A good homestead-site should be located close to road