Dec. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2927

Notice as to Areas in the Auckland Land District declared to be Fire Districts.

State Forest Service,
Wellington, 25th November, 1924.

PURSUANT to section 27 of the Forests Act, 1921–22, I do hereby notify that, on the recommendation of the Director of Forestry and the Land Board of the district, the areas described in the Schedule hereto are hereby declared by me to be fire districts, and I do further specify the period from the 16th day of October in any year to the 15th day of April in the following year, inclusive, as the period during which it shall not be lawful for any person within the said districts, save pursuant to the written permit of a Forest Officer, to set on fire, or cause to be set on fire, any timber (whether standing or not), or any undergrowth, or any debris from forest operations or land-clearing operations, or any grass or other specially inflammable material, without taking such precautions as may be prescribed by a Forest Officer.

SCHEDULE.

TAPU-TAIRUA FOREST FIRE DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 91,000 acres, more or less, situated in Blocks XIII, XIV, and XV, Coromandel Survey District, Blocks II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, and XVI, Hastings Survey District, Blocks VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, Whitianga Survey District, Blocks I, II, and III, Thames Survey District, and Blocks I, II, III, and V, Tairua Survey District, in the counties of Coromandel and Thames, and bounded as follows: Commencing at the southernmost corner of H.P.L. 143, Block II, Hastings Survey District, towards the north generally by the aforesaid H.P.L., M.O.L. 1, Manaja No. 1b No. 1 (Crown land) and No. 1b No. 2 Blocks, Kakaterahae Block, Tihikonui Block, by the Manaja Creek, and a stream forming the southern boundary of the Kakaterahae Block, again by the last-mentioned block, Subdivisions B, D, C, E, and A of the Taurarahi Block, and Section 5, Block XIV, Coromandel Survey District, Sections 11, 10, 9, and 1, Block XV, Coromandel Survey District, a stream, Sections 5 and 16, Block V, Hastings Survey District, the Ounuaroa River, the Whanaurora Block, and Sections 12 and 11, Block V, Hastings Survey District; thence towards the east generally by a road reserve, Section 18, Block V, Hastings Survey District, the Waimahoe Block, a timber lease of 4,642 acres, a road reserve, Section 3, Block XII, Hastings Survey District, a timber lease of 9,132 acres, Sections 14 and 21, Block XV, Hastings Survey District; thence towards the north generally by a public road, again by the aforesaid Section 14, Block XV, Hastings Survey District, a track, the Waiwawa River, the last-mentioned timber lease, a timber lease of 8,182 acres, that freehold land shown on Lands and Survey plan 2727, the Coromandel County boundary, Willis’s grant, and the Pepe Stream; thence towards the south east and south generally by the Tairua River, Sections 5, 4, 1, of Block II, Tairua Survey District, a road, a stream, and again by the Tairua River to the southernmost point of the boundary of H.P.L. 49, Crown land, a timber lease of 2,190 acres, a timber lease of 6,755 acres, a timber lease of 1,000 acres, the Waiwhakaurunga River, the Waiwawa Stream, Section 2 (Waiwawa Block), again by the Waiwhakaurunga River, Sections 5, 6, 7, and 8, Block III, Thames Survey District, Section 9, Block VI, Thames Survey District, the Mangarehu Stream, Mangakirikiri Block (northern portion), a timber lease of 1,277 acres, the northern boundary of Block V, Thames Survey District; thence towards the west generally by the eastern boundary of Block I, Thames Survey District, to the Tararu Stream, by the last-mentioned stream, H.P.L. 309, H.P.L. 400, the Otohi Stream, Section 10, the Pokopokorau Stream to the western boundary of Section 7; thence by Sections 1 and 3, Block I, Thames Survey District, the Thames–Coromandel Road, Section 6, 1b (Waiomu Block), again by Section 6, M.D.L.O. 9, and M.D.L.O. 8, Waiomu No. 3 Block, the Te Pohue-o Stream, Sections 11 and 5, Block XIV, Hastings Survey District, Sections 28, 27, Crown land, the Tapu Gumtown Road, Section 31, again by the aforesaid road, Sections 33 and 37, Block XI, Hastings Survey District, Te Mata River, Section 29, portion of Mata North Block, the sea, Waikawa No. 4 Block, the Waikawa River, Section 13 (H.P.L. 180), Block VI, Hastings Survey District, H.P.L. 390, H.P.L. 375, and Section 11, Block II, Hastings Survey District, to the point of commencement. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan marked 22/3, deposited in the Head Office of the State Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

KENNEDY BAY FOREST FIRE DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 8,000 acres, more or less, situated in Blocks IV, VI, VII, IX, and X, Harataunga Survey District, in the County of Coromandel, and bounded as follows: Commencing on the sea-coast at the south-eastern corner of Moehau No. 1 East “B” Block, and bounded towards the north and east generally by the sea, Te Mangiao Block, again by the sea to the northern boundary of Moehau 2b 4c 1b Block; thence towards the south-east and south generally by the last-mentioned block, subdivisions of the Moehau Block 2b 4c 1a, 2b 4c 2a, 2b 4c 3, 2b 4b to the Whareroa Stream, by the last-mentioned stream to its confluence with the Mataiterangi Stream, and by that stream to the western boundary of Section 1, Block IX, Harataunga Survey District; thence by the last-mentioned Section to the Mangatu Stream, and by the last-mentioned stream and Moehau 2c Block to Trig. H. 1; thence towards the west generally by Section 3, Block IX aforesaid, Sections 1, 2, and 5, Block VI aforesaid, Section 1, Block IV aforesaid, and Moehau No. 1 East B Block, to the point of commencement. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan marked 22/3 deposited in the Head Office of the State Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

KUAOTUNA FOREST FIRE DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 10,500 acres, more or less, situated in Blocks IV, V, VII, and VIII, Otama Survey District, and Blocks VIII and XII, Coromandel Survey District, in the County of Coromandel, and bounded as follows: Commencing at the north-western corner of the Otanguru Block, and bounded towards the north generally by the Whangapoua Harbour, Mapouriki Stream, Section 4, Crown land, and Section 1, Block IV, Otama Survey District, the Kuaotunu–Whitianga Road, Section 5 and a Mining Reserve, Block V aforesaid, to the Waitaia Road; thence towards the east generally by the aforesaid road, Section 2, Block V aforesaid, the sea, Kuaotunu No. 3c Block, Section 8 aforesaid, Kuaotunu No. 3b Block, the Akeake River to the Kuaotunu–Whitianga Road; thence towards the south-east and south generally by the last-mentioned road to the northern boundary of M.O.L. 1, Block VII, Otama Survey District; thence by the last-mentioned section, the crossing of a public road, the Tarapatiki Block, a stream, and the sea to the northern boundary of the Arerowhero Block, by the last-mentioned block and the Moewai Block to a road; thence towards the west generally by the last-mentioned road and the Owerā Block to the point of commencement. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan marked 22/3, deposited in the Head Office of the State Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

TE AROHA–KATIKATI FIRE DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 40,400 acres, more or less, situated in Blocks III, IV, VI, VII, VIII, X, XI, Aroha Survey District, Blocks III, IV, V, VII, VIII, Katikati Survey District, and Block X, Aongatete Survey District, in the Counties of Ohinemuri, Tauranga, and Piako, bounded as follows: Commencing at the north-west corner of Section 5, Block VI, Aroha Survey District, bounded towards the north generally by Provisional State Forest No. 76 (New Zealand Gazette, 1920, page 925), Section 6 and H.P.L. 81, Block VI, Aroha Survey District, Section 30, Block II, Aroha Survey District, Sections 27, 32, 35, 34, and 3 (Native Reserve), Block II, Aroha Survey District; thence towards the east generally by Sections 26, 9, and 42, Block IV, Aroha Survey District, a road, Section 2, Block VIII, Aroha Survey District, a road, Sections 1, 25, 26, and 27, Block IV, Katikati Survey District, Sections 11, N.W. 14, a road, Sections 20 and 21, Block V, Katikati Survey District, Section 22, Block IV, Katikati Survey District, Sections 23, 24, 26, 27, 78, 74, and 63, a road, and Section 60, Block VIII aforesaid, a public road, and Section 69, Block 1, Aongatete Survey District; thence towards the south generally by the old county road to its intersection with the Te Aroha – Shaftsbury Road; thence towards the west generally by the aforesaid road to the south-east boundary of Section 12, Block XII, Aroha Survey District, the last-mentioned section, Waiorongomai Township, Sections 14, 15, and a road, Block XII, Aroha Survey District; again by the Te Aroha – Shaftsbury Road to the south-east boundary of Section 15, Block IX, Aroha Survey District, the last-mentioned section, a road, Sections 18, 30c, 30b, 30a, the abutment of a public road, Section 29a, Subdivisions 5, 4, 3, and 2a of Section 28, Sections 27a, 27b, 24, 23, 22, and 21, Block IX, Aroha Survey District, Sections 3 and 2, Block VI, Aroha Survey District, and Section 24, Block V aforesaid, to the point of commencement. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan marked 26/3, deposited in the Head Office of the State Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon marked red.

NGARUAWAHIA FIRE DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District containing by admeasurement 5,600 acres, more or less, situated in Blocks II, III, VI, and VII, Newcastle Survey District, and bounded as follows: Commencing on a road at the southernmost corner of Lot 16 of Allotment 166, Pepepe Parish, and bounded towards the north generally by the aforesaid Lot, Allotment 223 (scenic reserve), Allotments 109, the abutment of a road, Allotments 110, 111, 112, 113, 122, and 127, Pepepe Parish, to the road forming the eastern boundary of Allotments 44, 34, and 35, Waipa Parish; thence towards the east, south, and west generally by the aforesaid road, the Ngaruawahia – Waingaro Road, and the road forming the western boundary of Allotments 189, 188, 187, 186, and 227, Waipa Parish, and Lot 15 of Allotment 166, Pepepe Parish, to the point of commencement. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan marked 27/2, deposited in the Head Office of the State Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Commissioner of State Forests.