Oct. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3143

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

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, and the amendments thereof, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, 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 fifteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirty; 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, and the amendments thereof.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND. Mangonui County.—Rangaunu Survey District.

SECTION 17, Block II. Area, 42 acres 1 rood 28 perches. Capital value, £40. Deposit on deferred payments, £5; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 2s. 9d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, 16s.

Weighted with £12, for improvements consisting of shed (33 ft. by 12 ft.), iron walls and roof. This sum must be paid in cash.

Situated at Rangiputa, at entrance to Rangaunu Bay, adjacent to post-office, store, and landing. Three miles to Waingakau School. Land, except for about 5 acres, is covered with scrubby tea-tree and wiwi rush. All ploughable except steep face of about 5 acres. Very suitable for a seaside residence.

Bay of Islands County.—Suburbs of Kawakawa.

Allotment 25: Area, 11 acres 1 rood 15 perches. Capital value, £12. Deposit on deferred payments, £2; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, 6s. 6d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, 4s. 9d.

Situated on Hospital Road, adjoining Hospital Board's property. One mile from Kawakawa Railway-station, by metalled road. All undulating pipe-clay country, covered with short manuka and hakea. Suitable as homestead-site, and when developed and grassed could carry few cows.

Mangonui County.—Mangonui East Parish.

Allotment 60: Area, 104 acres. Capital value, £65. Deposit on deferred payments, £5; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 19s. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £1 6s.

Weighted with £30, for improvements consisting of approximately 15 acres of grassing and three-roomed shack (27 ft. by 21 ft.). This sum must be paid in cash.

The section is situated nine miles from Mangonui, eighteen miles from the Oruru Dairy Factory, and is approximately one mile and a half from the Kaeo-Mangonui Main Highway.

Access is from Mangonui by about seven miles metalled road and one mile and a half track. School at Oruaiti, which is four miles distant. The section comprises 3 acres flat; balance easy undulating country of a light nature, with stone rubble running through. The soil is of friable clay resting on sandstone formation. The section is well watered by a creek. The elevation of the section ranges from about 100 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level.

Mangonui County.—Hohoura East Survey District.

Sections 7 and 25, Block XV: Area, 125 acres 2 roods 8 perches. Capital value £95. Deposit on deferred payments, £5 ; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £2 18s. 6d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £1 18s.

Sections 8 and 24, Block XV: Area, 76 acres 0 roods 4 perches. Capital value, £95. Deposit on deferred payments, £5 ; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £2 18s. 6d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £1 18s.

Situated on the Hohoura-Awanui Road from two to three miles from Pukenui Wharf, school, post-office, and store. Cream-cart passes. Access by formed sandy road from Pukenui.

Sections 7 and 25: Easy undulating to level country containing approximately 30 acres peat swamp, balance sandy; covered with short tea-tree scrub on a sandstone formation. Well watered.

Sections 8 and 24 : About 20 acres sandy, resting on sandstone, in short tea-tree; balance peat swamp in wiwi rushes and raupo. Well watered.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

1. The Crown shall not be liable for any loss which may at any time be occasioned by the encroachment of sand.

2. All kauri-gum in the several sections is reserved to the Crown.

3. The Crown shall be exempt from liability for the construction or maintenance of all drains within or without the area shown on this sale plan.

Bay of Islands County.—Hukerenui Survey District.

Section 107, Block V: Area, 167 acres. Capital value, £290. Deposit on deferred payments, £15; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £8 18s. 9d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £5 16s.

Weighted with £150, for improvements consisting of 40 chains road fencing, 130 chains boundary-fencing, and 9 acres cleared and ploughed. This sum must be paid in cash. Situated on Montague Road, about two miles from Maromaku Railway-station. Access by metalled road. About 25 acres bush and flax swamp; balance undulating, easy rising to steep. Ring fenced 170 chains; 9 acres cleared, ploughed, and cropped. Now carries poor danthonia; balance unimproved, in short manuka and fern. Soil is poor clay on hills; swamp portion very fair. Altitude, 400 ft. to 750 ft. above sea-level.

Whangarei County.—Mangapai Parish.

Allotment 28: Area, 41 acres. Capital value, £26. Deposit on deferred payments, £6; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, 13s. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, 10s. 5d.

Access from Mangapai on main Mangapai-Waipu Road. Few acres flat; balance easy undulating, in fern, tea-tree scrub, and gorse. Fairly well watered by small stream. Soil clay on clay formation.

Great Barrier Island County.—Aotea Parish.

Allotment 137: Area, 131 acres 3 roods 30 perches. Capital value, £50. Deposit on deferred payments, £5; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 9s. 3d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £1.

Section is situated on the eastern slope of the dividing range running through Great Barrier Island. Access is from Whangapara, which is about four miles distant, by a formed bridle-track. Undulating to steep land in scrub and patches of danthonia. Soil is of poor quality, red clay resting on trachytic formation. Section is poorly watered by springs. Altitude varies from 100 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 6th day of October, 1930.

JOHN G. COBBE, for Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 9/2494.)

Opening Lands in North Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Land Act, 1924, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, 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 Monday, the fifteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, 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.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND. Whangarei County.—Waipu Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for three years.)

SECTION 4, Block III: Area, 333 acres. Capital value, £210. Half-yearly rent, £4 4s.

Section 1, Block VI: Area, 283 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £180. Half-yearly rent, £3 12s.

Section 2, Block VI: Area, 399 acres. Capital value, £200. Half-yearly rent, £4.

Section 3, Block VI: Area, 296 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £150. Half-yearly rent, £3.

Section 5, Block VI: Area, 345 acres. Capital value, £175. Half-yearly rent, £3 10s.

Sections 6, 10, and 11, Block VI: Area, 316 acres 3 roods 25 perches. Capital value, £160. Half-yearly rent, £3 4s.