Crown Lands Auckland Land District Settlement Plan 5011

A manuscript plan of Rural lands for immediate sale in the Punui Survey District - Korakonui Improved farm settlement, West Taupo County, annotated with the names of purchasers upon payment. Drawn by Lands and Survey Auckland for the Auckland Crown Lands Commissioner. Records improved farm settlements at Korakonui, has the survey district name of Mangaorango written adjacent to the farm blocks, which have been divided into four blocks by a hand drawn green line, numbered III, IV, XV, XVI. Section numbers, some lot numbers, acreages - some revised, dates of ownership and names of current and previous owners are handwritten within each block. The boundaries of each section are prominently marked, while some sections are coloured in green and brown. No reference key is provided. Two areas shaded in pink are named Tokanui Mental Asylum and Reformatory Farm. Formed roads, proposed roads and waggon tracks are drawn. The Mangaorongo settlement is bordered by the Mangatuku Stream, Korakonui block and Rangitoto A Nos. 3B, 52, 54, 1, 58B, all numbers followed by N.L. Two areas of Crown Land are marked. A school site, creamer, whare and old cultivations are marked and an area of self-sown grass.

The inset map is a locality plan of Puniu and Mangaorongo which is divided into grid-like sections numbered I to XVI. The Mangaorongo sections are coloured pink. The main trunk railway, Kawa and Te Puhi railway stations, Puniu River, Mangatutu Stream, the settlements of Te Awamutu and Kihikihi, Tokanui Mental Asylum, the Reformatory Farm, Korakonui, Rangitoto 'A', Ouruwheru and Kakepuku areas are named..

Names listed are: W.R. Lawson, I.J. Kerr, Dougald McDonald, Dr. & Mrs. I.E. Christie, W.J. Shaw, Thos. Holden Jnr., H.W. Peake, F.H. Terry, G. Wheatley, T. Quinn, T. Slater, W.E. Orr, C. McDonald, J. Girven, J.R. Kay, H. Coad, T.H. Lawry, G. Beckerleg, A.H. Moyle, W. Hellier, T. Kay, D. McCarthy, H.O. Kay, Eliz. Jamieson, W. Skirvington, E.M. Froggatt, F. Walker, F.&A. Walker, J.A. Jamieson, C.F. Wilson, R. Burgess, E.H. Kerr, J.T. Middlebrook, W.S. Hobbing, R. Best, Margt. Findlay, N.L. Findlay, A.P. Thompson, N.V. Middlebrook, J. Fraser, P. Dowd.

D.G. 4-1-26 handwritten on bottom right corner.

The name, Rold. Burgess is pencilled in adjacent to Block 9 and Rangitoto 'A' No. 52. N.L.

Numbers 5011, 14 has been scribbled over, 10 has been struck through and replaced with 15.

See 6 Blk. IV. withdrawn from I.F.S.-Gaz. 14.9.11, p. 2765.

Inset: Puniu and Mangaorongo locality plan. Scale [1:126 720]

Base map: Korakonui improved farm settlement, West Taupo County. [s.l.], [s.n.], 1926.

Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s).

Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, 71.3 x 63.6 cm.