MAY 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1441

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Mangonui County.—Rangaunu Survey District.

Section 8; Block XIII: Area, 213 acres 0 roods 25 perches. Capital value, £160. Half-yearly rent, £3 4s.

Situated on the Para Para—Lake Ohia Road, twelve miles from Mangonui and seventeen miles from Awanui. Access is from Awanui by formed road, partly metalled. Undulating land in ti-tree, fern, and scrub, with small clumps of bush. Soil is clay resting on sandstone formation. Poorly watered by swamps. Altitude 100 ft. to 360 ft. above sea-level.

Waitemata County.—Paremoremo Parish.

Section, 268: Area, 52 acres 2 roods 31 perches. Capital value, £60. Half-yearly rent, £1 4s.

Situated on a clay road between Albany and Riverhead. Access is from Albany, four miles distant, and the nearest school and store is Coatesville, two miles and a half distant. Country is undulating to steep, there being practically no level ground. Soil is poor clay on clay formation. Fairly well watered by stream on eastern side. Section is rather exposed.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 7th day of May, 1927.

O. HAWKEN, for Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in Gisborne Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Land Act, 1924, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twentieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, 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 provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

(Exempt from Rent for Three Years.)

Wairoa County.—Waiau Survey District.

SECTION 5, Block III: Area, 880 acres 2 roods 10 perches. Capital value, £5,000. Half-yearly rent, £100.

Comprises undulating to hilly country, steep in places. Generally good soil on papa formation with a fair sole of mixed grasses, principally native, excepting about 300 acres in the south-west of which the soil is of fair quality of a light pumiceous nature; mostly in fern, with grass showing through portions of it. The whole well watered by permanent springs, small lakelets, and the Waikaretakeke Stream; ranging in altitude from about 1,200 ft. to 2,300 ft. above sea-level. Situated on the Waikaremoana Road, which is metalled, about thirty-three miles from the shipping port and freezing-works at Wairoa.

The improvements which go with the land comprise half share of 300 chains of boundary, 320 chains of road, and roughly 180 chains of internal fencing, valued at £325, and 600 acres of grassing, valued at £1,800. The fences are old and the posts require renewing. Principally black wire on boundary and internal fencing with galvanized wire along the road-fence.

SPECIAL CONDITION.

The section is exempt from rent for three years conditional on amount remitted being spent on improvements annually.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 6th day of May, 1927.

O. HAWKEN, for 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, 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 Friday, the twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven; 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 those 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.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Tauranga County.—Te Puna Parish.

SECTION 234: Area, 261 acres 3 roods. Capital value, £300; *£200. Deposit on deferred payments, £15; half-yearly instalment, £9 5s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £6; †£12 19s.

• Buildings.

† Half-yearly instalment of principal and interest on buildings, comprising a dwelling of three rooms and scullery valued at £200, repayable by cash or in ten years by twenty half-yearly instalments of £12 19s. each.

Situated about seven miles from Tauranga, and three miles from Bethlehem School. The land is suitable for grazing or dairying; about eighty acres flat, easy ploughable; three acres worn-out pasture; balance of area unimproved. Watered by Ruangarara Stream and springs. Subdivided into four paddocks.

Improvements, included in capital value, comprise about 35 chains of fencing, half-share of 100 chains boundary fencing, cowshed, and maize crib and hay-shed, valued at £70.

Rotorua and Whakatane Counties.—Waihi South Survey District.

Part Section 3 and Sections 7 and 8, Block XI: Area, 1,119 acres 0 roods 27 perches. Capital value, £380. Deposit on deferred payments, £20; half-yearly instalment, £11 14s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £7 12s.

Weighted with £182 10s., valuation for improvements, comprising 60 chains road boundary fence, 70 chains subdivisional fence, and a four-roomed cottage—to be paid in cash.

Situated four miles from Forrest Gate School; sixteen miles from Matata store and Post-office, and eight miles from Pikowai Railway-station. Unimproved, hilly to broken, poor pumice land, covered with stunted ti-tree. Section well watered by Whakahaupapa Stream and springs.

Otorohanga County.—Mangaorongo Survey District.

Section South 20, Lot 2 of Section 21 and Lot 2 of Section 27, Block IX: Area, 556 acres 23 perches. Capital value, £560; *£90. Deposit on deferred payments, £30; half-yearly instalment, £17 4s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £11 4s.; †£5 16s. 7d.

• Buildings.

† Half-yearly instalment of principal and interest on buildings, comprising a two-roomed house in state of disrepair, valued at £90, repayable in ten years by twenty half-yearly instalments of £5 16s. 7d. each.

Grazing property, situated about eleven miles from Otorohanga Railway-station and dairy factory, and about one mile from Tahai School and Post-office. Undulating to broken country in fern, tutu, and ti-tree scrub. Light soil of inferior quality, resting on sandstone formation; watered by small stream and swampy creeks. Ragwort is making its appearance.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Hauraki Plains County.—Piako Survey District.

Section 9, Block XI: Area, 291 acres. Capital value, £110. Deposit on deferred payments, £10; half-yearly instalment, £3 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £2 4s.

Situated about nine miles from Waitakaruru by formed road, and seven miles from Kaihere School. All undulating to hilly; open fern and scrub. Soil is of poor loam resting on clay formation. Well watered by running streams.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 4th day of May, 1927.

O. HAWKEN, for Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Land in North 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