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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 75

undergrowth of supplejacks, konini, and mahoe. The soil
is of a light loam quality, resting on sandstone and papa
formation. Well watered by permanent streams.

Waitomo County.—Mapara Survey District.
Section 17, Block XII : Area, 186 acres. Capital value,
£520. Deferred payments: Deposit, £25; half-yearly instal-
ment, £16 ls. 9d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent,
£10 8s.
Weighted with £50, valuation for improvements, to be paid
in cash or taken over on mortgage to State Advances Depart-
ment.
Situated on the Tatu Road, about fourteen miles from the
Waimiha Railway-station. It comprises undulating to steep
bush land. About 80 acres has been felled and grassed,
balance in heavy bush comprising rimu, tawa, hinau. The
soil is of fair quality, resting on papa and sandstone formation.
It is well watered by creeks and springs. Altitude, 1,000 ft.
to 1,400 ft.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 28th day of October, 1926.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in the Auckland Land District for Sale or
Selection.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, and the
amendments thereof, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson,
Baronet, 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 seventy-six
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 thirteenth day of December, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-six; and also that the lands mentioned
in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be
purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or be selected
on renewable 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, 1924, and the
amendments thereof.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Piako County.—Hapuakohe Survey District.
SECTION 5, Block VIII : Area, 187 acres. Capital value, £440.
Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £8 16s.
Situated in the Mangawara Valley, about eighteen miles
from Morrinsville by road, of which sixteen miles has been
metalled. It comprises about 40 acres of easy ploughable
land most of which has been grassed but now run out, the
balance being poor high hills covered with tea-tree and fern.
The soil is light loam, resting on clay formation; fairly well
watered by a stream on the front portion of the section. The
improvements included in the capital value comprise fencing,
grassing, dwelling in disrepair, and cow-shed.

Otorohanga County.—Pirongia Survey District.
Section 9, Block XV : Area, 300 acres 1 rood 18 perches.
Capital value, £300. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £6.
Weighted with £30 valuation for improvements.
Situated about nine miles from Otorohanga Railway-station
and dairy factory and three miles from Honikiwi School. The
section is watered by streams, and comprises 40 acres standing
bush and 260 acres in natural state, of which 100 acres is in
fern, ploughable, and the balance 160 acres rough. The land
is suitable for grazing but is generally described as being poor
country; rabbits are numerous and ragwort and Canadian
thistle are in evidence.
Improvements comprise about 25 chains six- to seven-wire
fencing, totara posts, in fair order, and one-roomed whare.

Waitomo County.—Kawhia South Survey District.
Section 9, Block XVI : Area, 315 acres 2 roods. Capital
value, £430. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £8 12s.
Improvements included in the capital value comprise
35 acres fair pasture, 40 acres bush land felled and grassed,
62 chains six- and seven-wire foundary-fencing, and iron whare
in fair order.
Distant about sixteen miles from Te Kuiti Railway-station,
eight miles from Mairoa School, and eighteen miles from Wai-
tanguru Dairy Factory. Undulating land to broken in parts ;
about 120 acres in grass, balance heavy mixed forest, com-
prising principally tawa and rimu, with a moderately thick

undergrowth of supplejack, mahoe, tawhero, and makomako.
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 1st day of November, 1926.
RICHD. F. BOLLARD, for Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, and the
amendments thereof, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet,
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby
declare and provide as follows, that is to say :

1. The rural land enumerated in the Schedule hereto is
   hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on
   Monday, the thirteenth day of December, one thousand nine
   hundred and twenty-six, at the price specified in the said
   Schedule, and shall be deemed to be " heavy-bush land."
2. The said land may be purchased for cash or on deferred
   payments, or be selected on renewable lease.
3. After the first half-year's rent, or the deposit fixed under
   deferred payments, as the case may be, has been paid by the
   selector the further instalments of rent, or such part of the
   aforesaid instalments as consist of interest 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 or interest
   so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the
   Land Board may remit such instalments of rent or interest
   payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate
   the amount previously conceded to the selector, as the
   Board shall think fit.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
(Exempt from Payment of Rent or Interest for Four Years.)
Kawhia County.—Kawhia North Survey District.
SECTION 7, Block IV : Area, 266 acres. Capital value, £660.
Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £13 4s.
Weighted with £30, 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.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 1st day of November, 1926.
RICHD. F. BOLLARD, for Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Land in Auckland Land District for
Selection.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, and the
Land for Settlements Act, 1925, I, General Sir Charles
Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of
New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement land
described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection
on renewable lease on Monday, the thirteenth day of Decem-
ber, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, at the rental
mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that
the said land shall be leased under and subject to the pro-
visions of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.—SECOND-
CLASS LAND.

Tauranga County.—Ohauiti Settlement.
SECTION 20 : Area, 236 acres. Capital value, £295; £300.*
Half-yearly rent, £7 7s. 6d.; £14 9s.†

• Buildings.
  † Half-yearly instalment of principal and interest on build-
  ings consisting of a four-roomed dwelling (one room and