Mar. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 641

hundred and twenty-four, 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 intalments of rent payable by him for a
   period of four 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 con-
   ceded 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.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WHAKATANE COUNTY.—PART
UREWERA BLOCK.

Third-class Land.

(Exempt from Rent for Four Years.)

WAIMANA SURVEY DISTRICT.

UREWERA SURVEY DISTRICT.

AIKIKERERU SURVEY DISTRICT.

DESCRIPTION.

The sections in the Waimana and Urewera Survey Districts,
are situated in the valley of the Waimana and Tauranga
Rivers and adjacent thereto, the northernmost sections being
distant about three to six miles from Waimana, while the
southernmost is distant about twenty-nine miles from Wai-
mana, which lies about eighteen miles southerly from Wha-
katanе and about twenty miles south-westerly from Opotiki.

The main road up the valley of the Waimana has been
constructed nearly as far as the southernmost section, and
will ultimately form a main line of communication between
the Bay of Plenty and Lake Waikaremoana and thence to
Wairoa and the East Coast.

The nature of the country is generally hilly and broken,
with small areas of river flat and of easy undulating country.
The soil is mostly of fair quality on pumice overlying clay,
slate, or sandstone formation. Except where mentioned
below, the sections are nearly all in heavy bush, comprising
principally tawa, tawhero, rata, hinau, rimu, with some
scattered totara, kahikatea, matai, and miro in parts. The
undergrowth is heavy and includes raurekau, nikau, punga,
supplejack, mahoe, and water-fern. The altitude ranges
between 400 ft. and 1,000 ft. above sea-level at the northern
end, and towards the southern end the highest parts of the
sections reach an altitude of about 2,700 ft. All the sections
are well supplied with water by streams.

Sections 1 of Block VI, Waimana Survey District, 688 acres
2 roods, has 140 acres of overgrown clearings in fern and
rough feed.

Section 3 of Block VII, Waimana Survey District, 1,116
acres, has 100 acres of clearing in grass, fern, and second
growth.

Section 3 of Block XV, Waimana Survey District, 1,079
acres 3 roods, has 20 acres of clearing in grass, fern, and
second growth.

Section 4 of Block VIII, Urewera Survey District, 725
acres, has 30 acres of flat old clearing in fern.

The sections in the Ahikereru Survey District, with the
exception of Section 1, Block V, which is situated in the
watershed between the Whirinaki and Mangawiri Streams,
are contiguously situated in the valley of the Whirinaki
Stream. The motor and wagon road from Rotorua to
Ruatahuna gives direct access to Section 1 of Block V, fifty-
one miles from Rotorua, and passes within a mile of the
contiguous sections in the Whirinaki Valley, access to these
sections being provided by a junction road laid out up the
Whirinaki Valley at present only roughly formed in a pack-
track stage, this junction being fifty-eight miles from Rotorua.
The nearest of these sections is about one mile and the further-
most about six miles from the Te Waiti Post-office, and
store, which is situated on the Rotorua Ruatahuna Road,
fifty-five miles from Rotorua. The Rotorua to Ruatahuna
Road will eventually form, when constructed, a main through
road to Lake Waikaremoana.

The general nature of this country is about equally divided,
one-half being open, flat, and undulating, in fern, manuka,
and a little grass, the other being broken hills in mixed bush
of tawa, tawhero, rimu, rata, mahoe, kotukutuku, &c., with
a fair undergrowth of raurekau, karamu, supplejack, punga
fern, &c. The country is all well watered by streams. The
soil is generally a pumiceous loam of light quality. The
altitude varies from 1,000 ft. to 2,700 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 1st day of March, 1924.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

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Opening Lands in the North Auckland 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, having received the report of
the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by 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 twelfth day of
May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four; 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 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.

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SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Mangonui County.—Maungataniwha Survey District.

SECTION 2, Block IX: Area, 178 acres 1 rood 30 perches.
Capital value, £335. Occupation with right of purchase:
Half-yearly rent, £8 7s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly
rent, £6 14s.

Weighted with £112, valuation for milling-timber.

Easy undulating land, in heavy bush, comprising 150,000 ft.
of milling-timber, valued at £112. The soil is of good quality
clay resting on sandstone formation. Well watered by
permanent streams. Access is from Victoria Valley, which is
about three miles distant by good road.

Waitemata County.—Paremoremo Parish.

Section 179; Area, 34 acres 1 rood 24 perches. Capital
value, £310. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-
yearly rent, £7 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent,
£6 4s.

The elevation ranges from 30 ft. to 100 ft. above sea-level.
The section comprises undulating to steep country in fern
and scrub. All more or less ploughable. Soil is of clay
resting on sandstone formation. Well watered by Lucas
Creek. Situated on the road from Albany to Brown’s Bay.
Access is from Albany, which is about one mile and a half
distant by a formed road of which about one mile is metalled.
Albany has a daily bus service to Birkenhead and a good
launch service to Auckland.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waitemata County.—Paremoremo Survey District.

Section 244: Area, 22 acres 0 roods 30 perches. Capital
value, £80. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly
rent, £2. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 12s.

Weighted with £3 10s., valuation for improvements, con-
sisting of 7 chairs fencing.