THE OHINEMUTU TOWNSHIP.

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1376, 28 April 1881, Page 3

THE OHINEMUTU TOWNSHIP.

The laying out of the Ohinemutu township and its rural and surburban land is, we are glad to say, completed, and there is eveey probability that, in the course of of a few weeks, the plans will be published, and the sections offered for sale. It is understood that in consequence of the numerous pnquiries that have been made about theHe lands, Government will advertise freely in most of the Australian and New Zealand newspapers, giving time for applicants at a distance to make arrangements for applicants from a distance to make arrangements for purchasing. Mr A.B. Morrow, of Auckland, surveyor, has been engaged for sometime past in laying off the township, and this work may now be said to be completed, as far as the public are concerned, though m.my of the native claims have still to be investigated by the court. Tho township has been cut up into quarter-acre sections. It lies to the back of the present road, a poition of it directly behind Mrs Morrisons Hotel ; it contains about 500 acres, whilst the whole land handed over by the native? has an extent of over 3,000 acres, the hill known as Pukeroa and all hot springs being reserved by the Government for public purposos. There is also a cemetery reserve, and racecourse md recreation ground reserve. The township is. enclosed by a town belt five chains wide. Arikikapakapa, a place well known for its valuable springs, and hot and cold water of a mineral character, has alson been reserved. This must, undonbtly, be, some day, be one of the most importdnt places in the Lake District, for, an a sanatorium, it can hardly be equalled ; not only is it well supplied with hot and cold mineral springs, but is also well situated, and has unlimited frebh water, an article not to plenty in many parts of the district. The main street in the township runs due north and south from the present main road to the geyser at Whakarewarewa. Mr J. L. K. Reay, of this town, Government Surveyor, has just returned from Ohmeraatu, where he has been engaged in laying off the rural and suburban lots. Adjoining the town belt are a number of five acre sections, behind these a number of 10 acre sections, and to the rear of these agaiu the 40 aero sections of rural lands. These latter sections have a frontasro on the Utuhina river, which not only supplies them with good fresh water, but also gives <i means of access for canoes and small boats. The Government scheme for settling this part of the Lake District appears to be one which will meet with very general favor and the day that sees this township and the adjoining lands offered for sale, with tho title guaranteed by Government, will coommeuce a new era in both Ohinemutu and Tauranga. — Bay of Plenty Titmct>.