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20 acres second class, 22 acres third class, half
undulating, 22 acres swamp, no forest; Section 11,
28 acres second class, 15 acres third class, chiefly
broken, 15 acres swamp, 8 acres forest containing
puriri, totara, &c.; Section 12, 35 acres second class,
15 acres third class, chiefly broken, 15 acres swamp,
25 acres forest containing puriri, totara, &c.; Sec-
tion 13, 48 acres second class, 8 acres third class,
chiefly broken, 10 acres swamp, 23 acres forest con-
taining puriri, totara, &c., two or three kauris; Sec-
tion 14, 58 acres second class, 10 acres third class,
chiefly broken, 10 acres swamp, 1½ acres forest con-
taining puriri, totara, &c.; Section 15, 97 acres
second class, all broken, 60 acres puriri, totara, &c.;
Section 16, 80 acres second class, all broken, 79
acres forest, puriri, totara, &c.; Section 17, 78
acres second class, 1 acre third class, nearly all
broken, 1 acre swamp, 60 acres forest, puriri, totara,
&c., six or seven kauris; Section 18, 40 acres second
class, 3 acres third class, nearly all broken, 3 acres
swamp, 8 acres forest, puriri; Section 19, 55 acres
second class, 9 acres third class, nearly all broken,
9 acres swamp, 4 acres forest, puriri, &c.; Section
20, 62 acres second class, 15 acres third class, nearly
all broken, 15 acres swamp.

NOTE.-Plans may be seen, and further particu-
lars of the land obtained, on application at this
office.
Terms of sale: One-fourth of purchase-money to
be paid at time of sale, and the balance within one
month thereafter.
Crown-grant fees to be paid on completion of pur-
chase.

Public Notification.

LEASE OF RURAL LANDS.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 24th September, 1879.

THE following parcels of land will be offered for
lease (for depasturing purposes only) by public
auction, at this office, on Monday, the 27th day of
October next, at the hour of eleven o'clock in the
forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lot. Area. Upset Price.
OPOTIKI DISTRICT.—PARISH OF WAIOTAHI.

SCHEDULE.
MANGONUI DISTRICT.
Muriwhenua Block, N.M. part, 5,000 acres (third-
class land), for a term of fourteen years, at an
upset price of £5 per annum.
Muriwhenua Block, M. part, 5,000 acres (third-
class land), for a term of fourteen years, at an upset
price of £5 per annum.
Wharemaru Block, W. part, 5,555 acres (third-
class land), for a period of fourteen years, at an
upset price of £6 per annum.
Puheke Block, N. part, 5,000 acres (third-class
land), for a period of fourteen years, at an upset
price of £5 per annum.
Waiake Block, E. and W. part, 8,000 acres (third-
class land), for a period of fourteen years, at an
upset price of £8 per annum.
Waiake Block, S. part, 2,000 acres (third-class
land), for a period of fourteen years, at an upset
price of £2 per annum.

WAIUKU DISTRICT.
640 acres of third-class land, to the west of lots
143A, 146, and 147, Parish of Waipipi, for a period
of fourteen years, at an upset price of £5 per
annum.

WHANGAMATA DISTRICT.
Tautahanga Block, 1231 acres (third-class land),
for a period of five years, at an upset price of £5 per
annum.
N.B. Rent to be paid yearly in advance. The
whole or any portion of this land may at any time
during the currency of the lease be resumed by the
Waste Lands Board for the purposes of occupation
or selection.

Description of Land. - Lots 156, 176, open land, part
swamp; Lot 396, flat, fern and toitoi, a little swamp;
Lot 397, flat, fern and toitoi; Lot 399, flat, part fern,
soil good, about one-third bush, consisting of puriri,
rata, tawa, rewarewa, and rimu; Lot 401, broken, soil
light, about one-half swamp; Lot 402, broken, 50 acres
swamp, dense fern and tutu from 3 to 10 feet high,
about 15 to 20 acres mixed bush; Lot 403, very
broken, about 80 acres swamp, dense fern and tutu
from 3 to 10 feet high, good supply of water, about
50 acres of mixed bush suitable for fuel only; Lots
404 and 405, soil light sandy, about one-half swamp,
remaining portion thickly covered with fern and
tutu; Lot 406, broken, one-third swamp; Lot 407,
broken, one-third swamp, dense growth of fern and
tutu from 3 to 7 feet high, about 3 acres light bush,
several springs at the west end. Sections 401, 402,
and 403 are accessible for bullock drays or stock by
the Beach Road from Opotiki; distance by this road
about ten miles to Section 403; distance by the road
laid off along the north boundary of the block is
about 3 miles to Section 401, but will not be avail-
able until formed. Lots 411, 412, 413, open land,
part swamp.

Public Notification.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, September 23rd, 1879.

TENDERS in writing will be received at this office,
until 12 o'clock noon, on Tuesday, the 28th day
of October next, for the right, during a period of two
years, at a premium or foregift, to dig for and
remove kauri gum, from the lands mentioned in the
following Schedule.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.
Maunganui Block, situated between the Kaihu
and Hokianga Heads, containing 37,592 acres.

PARISH OF WAIOEKA.

| 341 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 0 |
| 342 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
| 343 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 0 |

Description of Land. - Forest land, broken.