[Creator unknown] :Flax-cutting area in Whareorino Survey District Awakino County for lease by public auction [map with ms annotations]. 1906.

A poster-plan map number 839 made up of two maps, one a cadastral map of Whareorino survey district available for lease, the other a locality plan of the locality in the Waikato, from North Cape to Taupo.

The cadastral map depicts Whareorino S.D. VII as Crown Land, and highlights in red the narrow strip of 230 acres along the cliffs as the land available for lease. Also depicts 1231 acres of Crown Land assigned to WH Cummings and GP Moore, 596 acres of Crown Land assigned to J T Hatton, Lot 1 of 2 assigned to W F Spence, with 666 acres of Lot 1 and 2 of X assigned to WF Kelly and HJ Kelly.

Map also includes sevceral paragraphs of text outlining terms and conditions of the lease and condition of the land.

Base map: Flax-cutting area.... Series, Auckland Land District No. 839. [Wellington, N.Z.], John Mackay, Govt. Printer, [1906]. Compiled at Head Office (WDB Murray), Department of Lands and Survey, 525.9/06 750.

Stamped on map 'Sale map' top right corner.

Stamped on map 'Approved Commissioner of Crown Lands 17/10/06 AH (signature indecipherable).

Written on map in blue pencil 'Flax cutting areas (SR 839' bottom middle of map.

On reverse of map the same map has been glued onto the linen. (Has annotation 'Superceeded - see map on face'. Glued over the map are three pages of typewritten terms and conditions of the lease, by District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 18 October, 1906, stamped '14'.

On locality plan, the number '4' has been crossed out and replaced with '13'. '14' has also been crossed out.

Other Titles - flax cutting

Quantity: 1 map(s).

Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, scale [1:31 680] and [1: 25 344 000], 55 x 43 cm.

Provenance: Donated by Valuation Department, 1991.