[Creator unknown] :Pukemapou settlement (SP 1386) [map with ms annotations]. Lands for sale or lease to discharged soldiers. [1921]

A base map of lands open for sale or lease to discharged soldiers under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, in the Pukemapou settlement, West Taupo County. The boundaries of farm blocks, Sections 1S to 12S, are prominently outlined and include owners' names and applicable dates handwritten in each section. The entire settlement is surrounded by a rabbit-proof fence and fencelines within the sections are marked as P&W and P&N. A good metal road, waterfall and the Waikeria Stream are marked. Section 1S is labelled 'Reproclaimed DSSA', Section 3S is labelled 'Forf' (i.e. forfeited), both having Gazetteer numbers. Descriptions of the state of the agricultural land is included. Windmills, a stable and homestead are marked. Six references are made to Rangitoto 'A' sections and Mangaorongo S.D. id written prominently close the boundaries of the subdivisions.

The base map itself is of sections in the Pukemapou settlement of West Taupo County which includes the Mangaorongo S.D. Auckland Land District No. 1386. A schedule of this district includes the valuations, acreages and rent. Instructions to applicants and a caution follow with the printed name of H.M. Skeet, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Includes an abstract of conditions of lease. A statement on the left side of the map begins with '1,122 acres' while the statement on the reverse map begins 'Lands for sale or lease to discharged soldiers'. Includes the application date of 21 February 1921 at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland.

The inset map is a locality plan of the area from Dargeville to Bream Bay south to Te Kuiti and Tolaga Bay. Pukemapou is indicated by a red arrow, east of Otorohanga on the verso map. Two cuttings about land in the Pukemapou Settlement are mounted on the inset map with handwritten details of the posters from which they came.

Handwritten names listed are: G.S. Mexted, M.L., J. McIntyre, R.Gabell, J.Mc Dewitt, R. Dyemore-Brown, E.M. Guemier, F.W. Limsden, R. Newnes, A.L. Hignet, G.M. Wright, G.T. Griggs, D. McIntyre, W.L. Thomson, P.W. Griffith, F.G. Warren, W.S. Terry, D. Hickey, C. Leek.

W.E. Lumsden's name is printed on the verso, on Section 3S, and written as F.W. Lumsden on the recto.

Inset: Pukemapou locality plan. Scale [1:2 027 520]

Base map: Pukemapou settlement. Series, Auckland Land District No. 1386. [Wellington, N.Z.], Marcus F. Marks, Govt. Printer, [1921]

Title adapted by cataloguer from that of the base map.

Quantity: 2 map(s).

Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on card, coloured, scale[1:7 920], 46.1 x 46.6 cm on a sheet measuring 77.7 x 66.8 cm.

Provenance: Donated by Valuation New Zealand, February 1991

Donated by Valuation New Zealand, 26.02.1991.