SEPT. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2499

Opening Land 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-second day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, 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.

Waikato County.—Whangamarino Parish.

PART Allotment 152: Area, 52 acres 2 roods 14 perches. Capital value, £240. Deposit on deferred payments, £15; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £7 6s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £4 16s.

Situated adjacent to the Whangamarino Railway-station and post-office on the Main Trunk Line; five miles from Te Kauwhata Township. Good metalled road access to bituminized main highway, two miles distant. Whangamarino School is one mile and a half distant. Section comprises approximately 10 acres wattle, pinus insignus, and gum plantation; balance undulating fern and tea-tree land, including one narrow gully and approximately 1 acre undrainable peat swamp. The soil is of a clay nature, resting on clay formation. Watered by springs.

Hauraki Plains County.—Piako Survey District.

Section 4, Block VII: Area, 370 acres 3 roods. Capital value, £190. Deposit on deferred payments, £10; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £5 17s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 16s.

Mixed-farming proposition, situated on the north road, about three miles from Mangatarata Post-office and school; eighteen miles from Kopu Railway-station; eight miles from Waitakaruru Saleyards. Cream is collected at Mangatarata Junction. Access is by formed and partly metalled road from Waitakaruru via Mangatarata. The soil is a light clayey loam resting on sandstone blue metal formation; watered by springs and Waitakaruru Stream. The section is wholly unimproved, comprising easy to hilly, mainly open land in fern and scrub, with small patches of very light bush in gullies. About 140 acres ploughable.

Section 3, Block VII: Area, 447 acres. Capital value, £225. Deposit on deferred payments, £15; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £6 16s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £4 10s.

Weighted with £410, value of improvements comprising dwelling of four rooms (porch and veranda), three-roomed outhouse, and about 160 chains of fencing. Payable in cash.

Situated about seven miles from Waitakaruru and one mile from the Waitakaruru—Morrinsville Road. Chiefly fern and scrub country, with patches of bush. About 150 acres is easily ploughable; the balance being steep to broken. The soil is of a light clay loam of inferior quality resting on clay formation. Well watered by stream and springs.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Kawhia County.—Kawhia South Survey District.

Section 3, Block XV: Area, 523 acres. Capital value, £150. Deposit on deferred payments, £10. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £4 11s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3.

Weighted with £40, value of improvements comprising approximately 160 chains of subdivisional fencing; payable in cash.

Situated off the Mangapohue Road, six miles and a half from Te Anga Post-office; two miles and a half from Piri Piri School, and twenty-three miles from Haigatiki; twenty miles by metalled road and three miles by formed road. Approximately 270 acres have been felled and grassed, but have now totally reverted to second growth; balance in standing bush. The section lies high and is very broken; ragwort and gorse being in evidence. The soil is a light loam resting on sandstone and limestone formation; watered by running streams.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 13th day of September, 1929.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in the North 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 Monday, the twenty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, 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.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Whangaroa County.—Kaeo Survey District.—Omaunu No. 1 Block.

SECTIONS 2 and 3, Block IX, and Section 10, Block X: Area, 367 acres 2 roods 10 perches. Capital value, £370. Deposit on deferred payments, £20; half-yearly instalments on deferred payments, £11 7s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £7 8s.

Sections 4, 5, 9, and 11, Block X: Area, 283 acres 1 rood 6 perches. Capital value, £425. Deposit on deferred payments, £25; half-yearly instalments on deferred payments, £13. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £8 10s.

Sections 3, 6, and 7, Block X: Area, 408 acres 1 rood 17 perches. Capital value, £510. Deposit on deferred payments, £30; half-yearly instalments on deferred payments, £15 12s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £10 4s.

Section 8, Block X: Area, 396 acres. Capital value, £400. Deposit on deferred payments, £20; half-yearly instalments on deferred payments, £12 7s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £8.

The sections are situated fronting the Omaunu River, and are about eight miles from Whangaroa Wharf from the nearest point, by a good formed road. The land comprises good rich river-flats to undulating and hilly country. Partly covered in mixed bush consisting of puriri, rimu, totara, taraire, with a strong undergrowth of nikau, punga, &c. The soil consists of a good rich loam on the river-flats, while remainder consists of fair to good clay soil with the exception of the hilly portion of the block, where the soil is poor. The sections are well watered by several streams. Elevation varies from 400 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level.

Sections 2 and 3, Block IX, and Section 10, Block X.—Flat undulating to hilly land in manuka and fern, with patches of green bush. Worked-out kauri bush. Soil varies from good clay to poor gum land resting on sandstone formation. Sections are well watered by several permanent streams.

Sections 4, 5, 9, and 11, Block X.—Comprise portion of rich flat and undulating to hilly land in mixed bush, fern, and manuka, carrying rough feed. Bush comprises puriri, totara, rimu, taraire, tawa, with an undergrowth of nikau, punga, &c. Soil is of good alluvial to good clay resting on sandstone formation. Sections are well watered by several streams.

Sections 3, 6, and 7, Block X.—Flat undulating hilly to steep and broken land in mixed bush, manuka, and fern. Soil varies from fair to good clay resting on sandstone formation. Bush comprises puriri, taraire, totara, towai, rimu, and some kauris, with a heavy undergrowth of nikau, punga, &c. Sections are watered by streams.

Section 8, Block X.—Undulating to steep and broken land in mixed bush, manuka, and fern. Soil varies from good clay to poor clay resting on sandstone formation. Bush comprises rimu, totara, puriri, taraire, and kauri, with a heavy undergrowth of toitoi, punga, nikau, &c. Section is watered by several streams.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 13th day of September, 1929.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.