MAORI LANDS.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 19 July 1911, Page 3

MAORI LANDS.

LARGE AREA OFFERED. I Maori land aggregating 28,313fl acres will be offered by sale and leafl by the Tokerau District Maori I^^M Board next month. Tenders for tfl purchase of certain areas and for tIH lease of others will be received up fl August 9th. fl The following are particulars of sections for sale : — Pouto No. 2e, No. 10 Block : — fl 138 acres, which, with the excopt^H of about 300 acres and the fresh w^H lakes, are purely drift sand ; u^H price, £300. Ohao, No. 2b Block. — 547$ nj^t at the head of the Parengarenga I^H bour, covered with stunted man^H ana fern, and possibly kauri £^H bearing ; upset price, £137. Ohao; No. 2c Block. — 324J r^M adjoining Block 2% upset price, ~^H Pikinga Block.— 25 acres of class land, near Omapere, at Hokianga Heads; upsei price, £^^| The J eases of three sections^^H offered. Pouto, Ho. 2. Nos I 2 Blocks, comprise 12,132 acre^H third-class land, situated on^^| Wairoa River, below Dargavillejj^^B upset annual rental is £75. second section is 1000 acres of j^H class gum land, covered with manuka and f6rn, in the Kaka^^J Block, on tho Kaipara Harbour-^^M upset annual rental is £25. third section comprises 147 acna^^H perches of thii d class land, coi^^H witli manuka, in the Opito Bloclf^^H or three miles from Russell; the^^H ual rental is £4. Towards the middle of Augus^^H Tokerau Maori Land Board vnll^^H for lease the Motatau No 2 l^^H comprising 35,000 acres of 11,000 acres will l>e reservec^^^B Maori occupation. The porti^^H be disposed of to Europeans w^^^J leased for 22A years with the of renewal. A number of se^^H are covered with timber. The^^H ber on the land reserved for occupation, principally kahikotc^^H kauri, amounting to over 29,00^^^J superficial feet, will be su)d.