Mar. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 541

Situated on the Ridge Road between Albany and Riverhead. Access is from Albany, about four miles and a half distant. There are about 5 acres of level land at the top end of the section, the balance being undulating and broken. Soil is poor gum resting on clay formation. Watered by creek. Section is ring-fenced.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Waitemata County.—Paremoremo Parish.

Section 288: Area, 35 acres 1 rood 22 perches. Capital value, £10. Half-yearly rent, 4s.

Situated on a clay road, six miles from Albany. The access is from Albany or Riverhead (three miles). Comprises broken and hilly country with only sufficient level land at one end of the section to build a home. The soil is of poor quality gum land resting on clay formation. Well watered by a creek. No improvements. The general quality of this section is very poor.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 27th day of February, 1928.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in the Auckland 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Friday, the twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Otorohanga County.—Pirongia Survey District.

SECTION 14, Block XIV: Area, 338 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £210. Half-yearly rent, £4 4s.

The improvements which are not included in the capital value but which have to be paid for separately, consist of of about 40 acres felling and grassing, valued at £120, repayable in cash or on instalment mortgage over a period of fifteen years (interest 5½ per cent.) by half-yearly instalments of principal and interest combined amounting to £5 18s. 6d.

Situated about sixteen miles from Otorohanga Railway-station and dairy factory, and four miles and a half from Te Rau-a-Moa School. Undulating to slightly broken country. About forty acres have been felled and grassed; 20 acres heavy bush, 10 acres swamp; the balance being open fern country, mostly ploughable when cleared. The soil is of a medium quality, resting on volcanic formation. Poorly watered.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Hauraki Plains County.—Waiota Survey District.

Section 5, Block I, Area, 512 acres. Capital value, £255. Half-yearly rent, £5 2s.

Weighted with £10, valuation for improvements consisting of half-share in about 30 chains boundary-fence, payable in cash.

Situated about two miles from Patetonga and twenty-two miles from Morrinsville by metalled road for nineteen miles; balance formed clay road. All open hilly country of poor quality, covered in scrub and fern. Watered by running streams.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 27th day of February, 1928.

A. D. McLEOD, 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 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 thirtieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, 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 Acts.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Waitemata County.—Kumeu Survey District.—Motutara Settlement.

SECTIONS 11s, 12s, and 19s: Area, 618 acres 3 roods 11 perches. Capital value, £1,550; * £400. Half-yearly rent, £38 15s.; †£17 2s. 4d.

• Valuation for buildings.

† Half-yearly instalment of principal and interest on buildings, consisting of kauri dwelling of four rooms and lean-to, wash-house (built of kauri), stable, shed, wool-shed, dip and yards valued at £400, to be paid for in cash or in eighteen years by thirty-six half-yearly instalments of £17 2s. 4d. each. Total half-yearly payment on lease, £55 17s. 4d.

Sections form part of the Motutara Settlement, near Muriwai, on the West Coast. Access is from the Waimauku Railway-station, six miles and a half distant by formed road, four miles and a half of which is metalled. Soil is clay on clay and sandstone. There are about 235 acres useless, being cliff faces and sandstone outcrops; balance undulating to steep, more or less ploughable. In grass, but pasture worn out. Danthonia and brown top are the principal pasture crops. Scrub also beginning to get a hold. Well watered by springs and small streams. Section generally is rather exposed. Fencing consists of about 400 chains of fencing, dividing the property into five paddocks. Most of the wire needs to be renewed.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 27th day of February, 1928.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the third day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

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

Hauraki Plains County.—Orongo Settlement.

SECTIONS 1 and 3: Area, 155 acres 2 roods 36 perches. Capital value, £5,605. Half-yearly rent, £140 2s. 6d.

Sections 2 and 4: Area, 171 acres 2 roods 30 perches. Capital value, £6,180. Half-yearly rent, £154 10s.

Sections 6, 8, and 40: Area, 149 acres 1 rood 7 perches. Capital value, £5,375. Half-yearly rent, £134 7s. 6d.

The Orongo Settlement is situated on the western bank of the Waihou River, about two miles and a half from Turua Township; from which there is a metalled road to the boundary of the settlement. Access to the Kopu Railway-station, which is situated about one mile distant from the settlement, is by ferry; but a bridge is now in course of construction (over the Waihou River). The sections now being offered are situated at the northern end of the settlement, and comprise level land of good quality, covered with fescue.

NOTE.—The shed erected on Section 8 remains the property of the Crown, and all rights necessary for its removal are reserved to the Crown.

Tauranga County.—Ohauiti Settlement.

Section 26: Area, 428 acres. Capital value, £2,350. Half-yearly rent, £58.

Weighted with £605, valuation for improvements comprising 100 chains of boundary-fence, 100 chains road-boundary fence, 50 chains subdivisional fence, four-roomed house, shed, cowshed, and pasture. The sum of £285 requires to be paid