2296
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 64

Land proclaimed as a Road, and Road closed, in Block I,
Toaroha Survey District, Westland County.

[L.S.]
JELLICOE, Governor-General.
A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by
section eleven of the Land Act, 1908, I, John Rush-
worth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion
of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim as a road the land in
Toaroha Survey District described in the First Schedule
hereto; and also do hereby proclaim as closed the road
described in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
LAND PROCLAIMED AS A ROAD.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land proclaimed as a
road:—
A. R. P.
0 2 1
2 0 36} Portion of Lot 1 of Section 1561 coloured red.
5 0 23

SECOND SCHEDULE.
ROAD CLOSED.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of road closed :—
A. R. P.
0 0 10
5 0 23} Adjoining or passing through Lot 1 of Section
3 0 3 1561; coloured green.

All situated in Block I, Toaroha Survey District (West-
land R.D.).

All in the Westland Land District; as the same are
more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D.
59490, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public
Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District,
and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued
under the Seal of that Dominion, this 1st day of October,
1924.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING !

Opening Lands in the 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 Tuesday, the twenty-fifth day of
November, 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.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Otorohanga County.—Wharepapa Survey District.

SECTION 12, Block XV: Area, 470 acres 3 roods. Capital
value, £715. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-
yearly rent, £17 17s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly
rent, £14 6s.

Weighted with £525 valuation for improvements, con-
sisting of small dwelling, cow-byre, shed, 94 chains fencing,
and 122 acres bush felled, burned, and grassed, to be paid
for in cash.

Distant about thirty-five miles from Te Awamutu Railway-
station, via Kihikihi, by formed dray-road. There is a school
at Ngaroma three miles distant. Undulating to broken land:
about 122 acres of bush felled and grassed, 70 acres in fern
and tea-tree, balance in fairly heavy mixed forest comprising
tawa, rewarewa, rata, tawhero, and a few rimu, with a heavy
undergrowth of raurekau, supplejack, makomako, &c. The
soil is of medium quality, on volcanic formation; well watered
by streams. Suitable for grazing. Altitude, 1,500 ft. to
1,800 ft. above sea-level.

Section 13, Block XV: Area, 367 acres 1 rood. Capital
value, £1,150. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-
yearly rent, £28 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent,
£23.

The improvements which are included in the capital value
consist of corrugated iron whare with two rooms and leanto,
old cow-shed, 77 chains fencing, and 120 acres of bush felled
and grassed; valued at £537.

Distant about thirty-five miles from Te Awamutu Railway-
station, via Kihikihi by formed dray-road. There is a school
at Ngaroma two miles distant. Undulating to broken land,
about 120 acres bush felled and grassed, 39 acres in fern and
scrub, the balance in mixed bush comprising tawa, rewarewa,
rata, tawhero, and a few rimu, with a heavy undergrowth
of raurekau, supplejack, makomako, &c. The soil is of
medium quality; watered by good running streams. The
section when further improved should make a fair grazing-
run. Altitude, 1,500 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level.

Waitomo County.—Pakaumanu Survey District.

Section 5, Block X: Area, 356 acres 1 rood. Capital
value, £540. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-
yearly rent, £13 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent,
£10 16s.

Weighted with £702 valuation for improvements, con-
sisting of 25 acres good pasture, 110 acres in poor pasture,
204 chains fencing, four-roomed cottage and two old sheds,
all in bad repair. Repayable in cash or by a cash deposit
with an approved mortgage.

Distant about one mile and a quarter by formed dray-road
from Kopaki Railway-station and school, the nearest dairy
factory being at Otorohanga about twenty-five miles distant.
Undulating to broken country, about 25 acres in good pasture,
110 acres in poor pasture, balance in fern and scrub and
light forest, comprising tawa, hinau, rata, rimu, rewarewa,
and tawhero with an undergrowth of mahoe, makomako,
supplejack, &c. Light soil of poor quality resting on sand-
stone formation; watered by running streams. The section
has been subdivided into five paddocks and the holding
when further developed should prove suitable for dairying
as regards the low-lying land, and for grazing purposes as
regards the ridges. Altitude, 700 ft. to 1,300 ft. above
sea-level.

Waitomo County.—Kawhia South Survey District.

Section 9, Block XVI: Area, 315 acres 2 roods. Capital
value, £500. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-
yearly rent, £12 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent,
£10.

The improvements which are not included in the capital
value and which have to be paid for separately comprise—
120 acres of bush felled and grassed, 35 chains seven-wire
fencing, and iron whare in fair order; valued at £480; to
be paid for either by cash or by a cash deposit and approved
mortgage.

Distant about sixteen miles from Te Kuiti Railway-station,
eight miles from Mairoa School and eighteen miles from
Waitanguru Dairy Factory. Undulating land to broken in
parts; about 120 acres in grass, balance heavy mixed forest
comprising principally tawa and rimu, with a moderately
thick undergrowth of supplejack, mahoe, tawhero, and mako-
mako. Soil of good quality on limestone formation, well
watered by streams. Capable of being made a good sheep
farm when the whole of the section is brought in. Altitude,
600 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General this 6th day of October, 1924.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Auckland 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 lands
described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection
on renewable lease on Tuesday, the twenty-fifth day of
November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, at the
rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare
that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to section
one hundred and thirty-five of the said Act, as they contain,
or are supposed to contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone.