Mar. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 801

Opening Land in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

MICHAEL MYERS,
Administrator of the Government.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, and the amendments thereof, I, Sir Michael Myers, Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare and provide as follows, this 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 Friday, the second day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, at the price specified in the said Schedule, and shall be deemed to be “swamp 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 periods of one, two, or three years respectively as specified in the Schedule hereto, 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.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Hauraki Plains County.—Waihou Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent or interest for one year.)

(Exempt from payment of rent or interest for two years.)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

The sections now offered are situated on the fertile Hauraki Plains, being on an island block lying immediately to the west of the Kerepeehi Township, from which the furthest sections are about three miles distant. At Kerepeehi there is a post and telegraph office, a general store, and a good school. Kerepeehi is situated half a mile from the Auckland–Paeroa Main Highway along which there is an excellent service of passenger-cars several times daily. There is also a weekly steamer service from Auckland, and the nearest railway-station is at Paeroa, eleven miles distant.

The whole block comprises partially drained swamp land of good quality, suitable for dairying when improved, the boundary-drains having only recently been put in. All sections except 38, 39, 47, and 55 will shortly be provided with metalled access.

Several of the sections already have sufficient grass to carry a few cows, whilst there is a fair proportion of rough feed on the remainder.

Descriptions of the individual sections are:—

Section 18: Drained swamp; about 6 in. peat over clay; now carrying rough feed, comprising Yorkshire fog, while clover, puru grass, and wiwi. All boundary-drains are in existence.

Section 26: Drained swamp; about 4 in. to 8 in. peat over clay; now carrying rough feed comprising Yorkshire fog, white clover, puru grass, wiwi, and an abundance of Scotch thistles. All boundary-drains are cut.

Section 27: Drained swamp; sandy loam, alluvial deposit over clay; peat is practically non-existent; now carrying rough feed comprising wiwi, rushes, puru grass, Yorkshire fog, wild white clover, and approximately 3 acres manuka.

Section 34: Partly drained swamp; front half of section is under fairly heavy manuka, flax, toitoi, and other swamp growth; back portion has been burned.

Section 37: Drained swamp, all in rough feed, comprising mainly fog and wild white clover.

Section 38: Drained swamp, 60 acres surface sown with English grasses, balance manuka, flax, rushes, wiwi, and rough feed.

Section 39: Partly drained swamp; section is wholly under manuka, rushes, niggerhead, wiwi, little flax, and rough feed.

Section 40: Drained swamp, sandy loam over clay; peat is practically non-existent; now carrying rough feed, comprising Yorkshire fog, wiwi, puru, and wild white clover.

Section 41: Drained swamp, sandy loam of alluvial nature over clay, very little peat; now carrying rough feed, comprising Yorkshire fog, wild white clover, wiwi, and puru.

Section 42: Drained swamp; sandy loam of alluvial nature over clay; there is a little peat; now carrying rough feed, comprising wild white clover, Yorkshire fog, lotus major, wiwi, and puru.

Section 43: Drained swamp; shallow peat over clay; approximately 50 acres surface sown with English grasses, balance under manuka, flax, wiwi, and rough feed.

Section 44: Drained swamp; shallow peat over clay; whole area surface sown with English grasses—a fairly good take; scattered manuka, flax, and rushes.

Section 45: Drained swamp, shallow peat over clay; whole area under swamp growth, comprising manuka, flax (phormium tenax), rushes, wiwi, niggerhead, and puru.

Section 46: Drained swamp, shallow peat over clay; 12 acres surface sown with English grasses, balance rough feed and manuka, rushes, and wiwi.

Section 47: Drained swamp, shallow peat over clay; 30 acres surface sown with English grasses, balance rough feed among manuka, rushes, wiwi, &c.

Section 48: Drained swamp; shallow—about 18 in. peat over clay; 10 acres surface sown with English grasses, balance manuka, rushes, wiwi, with little rough feed.

Section 49: Drained swamp; shallow peat over clay; approximately 40 acres surface sown with English grasses; the balance of the section being under manuka, rushes, and other swamp growth with a little rough feed.

Section 50: Drained swamp; shallow peat over clay; approximately 60 acres surface sown with English grasses, the balance of the section being under manuka, rushes, wiwi, niggerhead, and rough feed, comprising Yorkshire fog, wild white clover, and puru.

Section 51: Drained swamp; sandy loam and a small quantity of peat over clay; all under rough feed, comprising Yorkshire fog, wild white clover, puru, and lotus major.

Section 52: Drained swamp; sandy peat loam over clay; all under rough feed comprising wild white clover; Yorkshire fog, lotus major, and puru.

Section 53: Drained swamp; shallow peat over clay; 50 acres surface sown with English grasses, the balance of the section being under good rough feed interspersed with manuka, rushes, &c.

Section 54: Drained swamp; shallow peat over clay; all good rough feed, comprising wild white clover and Yorkshire fog.

Section 55: Drained swamp; shallow peat over clay; the whole area has been surface sown with English grasses.

Improvements included in the capital value of the sections are:—

Section 18: Half-share in 42 chains drains on south-western boundary and grassing, £60.

Section 26: Grassing, £47.