[Creator unknown] :Taumarunui rural [map with ms annotations]. [Lands for sale or lease to discharged soldiers]. 1922.

Cadastral maps of rural lands for sale or lease to discharged soldiers. The larger map is of Sections 1 to 9, some numbers having been added in pencil, of Block 3 of the Piopiotea Survey District, adjacent to Ohira South and including the Mangarautawhiri and Pungapunga Streams and a small loop of the Wanganui River. This base map has numbered sections, including acreages, which have been outlined and include owners' names and dates handwritten in each section. The second map is of Section 15, Block XII of the Pirongia Survey District and has 'For this section see Waitomo drawer' handwritten across it. Both of these maps have been struck through with a scribbled line. The Pirongia on the reverse is outlined in red while the Piopiotea map is coloured in red.

The larger of the base maps is a plan of sections in the Piopiotea survey district of the West Taupo County. Auckland land district No. 1407. The smaller map is of a section in the Pirongia survey district in Waitomo County. Schedules of this second class land are referred to in a key. The vegetation is described, tramways are included and a small part of the Wanganui River, Mangarautawhiri and Pungapunga Streams are named. Includes several references to worked out bush and timber milling and includes the printed name of Ellis & Burnard Ltd. Instructions to applicants and a caution follow the with the printed name of H.M. Skeet, Commissioner of Crown Lands. A statement on the left side of the map verso reads 'Lands for sale or lease to discharged soldiers, 1421 acres'. Includes the application date of 23rd. January 1922 at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland. The map of Pirongia on the reverse is outlined in red while the Piopiotea map is coloured in, in red.

A map, inset on the bottom right, is a locality plan of the area from the Hauraki Gulf to New Plymouth and Taumarunui. Both locations are indicated with arrows on the map on the reverse.

Printed names listed in the Pirongia Survey District are: J. Cannons, N.J. Shakespear.

Handwritten names in the Piopiotea Survey District are: J.J. Pendray, W.E. Fifield, J.O. Gough, Wm. Marshall, J. Burnard, H.A. Cunningham, J. Palmer, M.D. Real, A.E. Phelan, E. Donaher, G.Hampton, W. Egan.

Inset: Pirongia and Piopiotea locality plan. Scale [1:2 027 520]

Base map: Pirongia Survey District ; Piopiotea Survey District. Series, Auckland Land District No. 1407. [Wellington, N.Z.], Marcus F. Marks, Govt. Printer, [1921]

Title written in blue pencil along bottom edge and subtitle adapted by cataloguer from that of the base map.

Quantity: 4 map(s).

Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, scales vary, 31.7 x 37.3 cm. and smaller, on sheet 64.4 x 75 cm.

Provenance: Donated by Valuation New Zealand, February 1991