Oct. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2549

Kawhia County.—Kawhia North Survey District.
Section 7, Block IV: Area, 266 acres. Capital value, £800. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £20. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £16.
Weighted with £124 10s., valuation for improvements.
Situated about seven miles by well formed and graded road from Oparau on the Kawhia Harbour on the west coast, one hundred and forty-seven miles south of Auckland. There is a weekly steamer service from Onehunga to Kawhia, thence by launch to Oparau about eight miles. Access is also provided by road from Te Awamutu via Pirongia, about thirty-two miles. The land is of easy formation, with a small proportion of steep country, and when developed should prove suitable for dairying purposes. Soil of sandy loam, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Altitude, 800 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level.
Improvements.—The following improvements have been effected, the value of which will require to be paid for in cash on allotment of section: House, one room, unlined, requiring repairs; 75 acres clearing; value, £124 10s.

Hauraki Plains County.—Piako Survey District.
Sections 7 and 8, Block XI: Area, 490 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £620. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £15 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £12 8s.
Weighted with £675, valuation for improvements.
Distant about ten miles by formed dray-road from Wai-takaruru Landing, and about thirty-nine miles from Morrinsville. Broken land, with proportions of open country and mixed forest, comprising manuka, rewarewa, rimu, and kohekohe, with a thick undergrowth of scrub. The soil is of fair quality in forest, and poor in the open land; well watered by streams. Altitude ranging to about 1,200 ft. above sea-level.
Improvements.—The following improvements have been effected on the sections: Cottage (not papered or painted), with 400-gallon tank, shed; 38 chains boundary fence, 37 chains road fence, 47½ chains fence, 15 acres old bush clearing (grassed), and 52 acres new bush clearing (grassed); value, £675. Repayable in cash; or reasonable deposit, and balance secured by mortgage on easy terms.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 29th day of September, 1923.
RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening National-endowment 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 Dominion 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-sixth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, 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.

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

Coromandel County.—Harataunga Survey District.
Section 2, Block III: Area, 436 acres; capital value, £220; half-yearly rent, £4 8s.
Weighted with £60, valuation for improvements comprising clearing, fencing, and grassing, to be paid in cash.
Situated about two miles and a quarter from Coroglen Post-office by good cart-road. Broken country, mostly covered with mixed forest comprising tawa and rata, with a thick undergrowth of whitewood, punga, &c. Inferior clay soil, on clay formation; well watered by streams. Altitude, 150 ft. to 350 ft. above sea-level.

Taumarunui County.—Piopiotea Survey District.
Section 2, Block III: Area, 268 acres 2 roods; capital value, £960; half-yearly rent, £19 4s.
Situated about two miles from Manunui and five miles from Taumarunui on the Main Trunk Railway. About 6 acres in bush, comprising tawa, matai, rata, &c., with a medium undergrowth of mahoe, makomako, konini, &c.; balance flat to undulating country in fern and tea-tree; about 230 acres ploughable. The soil is of fair-quality pumice, resting on papa formation; sparsely watered by swampy streams. Altitude, 1,000 ft. to 1,100 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 29th day of September, 1923.
RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Lands.

Lands temporarily reserved in the North Auckland, Auckland, Wellington, Marlborough, Otago, and Southland Land Districts.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section three hundred and twenty-one of the Land Act, 1908, and section sixty-nine of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the lands in the North Auckland, Auckland, Wellington, Marlborough, Otago, and Southland Land Districts described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purposes specified in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

| Parish of Waiuku West | Allotment 193 | .. | A. R. P. 4 0 0 | Public-school site. |
| Parish of Paremoremo .. | ,, 332 | .. | 0 1 0 | Post-office site. |
| Parish of Kaiwaka | ,, 177 | .. | 1 0 38 | Recreation. |

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

| Thames Survey District | 27 | XI | 4 0 0 | Public-school site. |

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

| Retaruke Survey District | Section 13 (formerly portion of Section 11) | XII | 5 0 37 | Public-school site. |

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

| Pine Valley Survey District | Section 1 of 2 | XVIII | 2 0 0 | Public-school site. |

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

| Clifton Settlement | 28s | .. | 0 0 14 | Quarry. |

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

| Town of Kingston | 1 | XV | 3 1 8 | Railway. |

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 26th day of September, 1923.
RICH'D. F. BOLLARD, for Minister of Lands.