THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 303

For the information of parties desiring to tender
it may be stated that the official returns show that
there were imported into New Zealand, within the
last eight years, 15,500 tons of cast-iron, and 93,000
tons of wrought-iron, exclusive of iron for Govern-
ment and other railways, during which period 1,068
miles have been constructed and opened for traffic.

JOHN KNOWLES,
Under Secretary for Public Works.

deposit of £1 for each Crown grant must be paid on
completing the purchase.

Dated at the Crown Lands Office, Blenheim, the
7th day of February, 1879.

CYRUS GOULTER,
Chief Commissioner of the Land Board.

NOTICE.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, New Zealand,
6th November, 1878.

THE foregoing advertisement will be published in
the United Kingdom, the North American
States, and the Continent of Europe.

New Zealand colonists who may have friends and
correspondents connected with the iron manufacture
are requested to be good enough to draw attention to
the highly advantageous and profitable field for enter-
prise which this colony presents to those who can
bring the necessary capital and practical experience
to bear upon such manufacture.

JOHN KNOWLES,
Under Secretary for Public Works.

SCHEDULE.
TOWN OF PICTON.

TOWN OF KAIKOURA.

| 61 | 0 2 0 | 15 0 0 |

DISTRICT OF PICTON SUBURBAN, NEAR PICTON.

| 136 | 4 0 0 | 12 0 0 |
| 137 | 2 0 0 | 6 0 0 |

Under clause 18 of "The Marlborough Waste Lands
Act 1867 Amendment Act, 1874:"—

DISTRICT OF PICTON SUBURBAN, WAITOHI VALLEY.

| 159 | 38 0 19 | 33 2 6 |

Sale of Crown Lands. — Moonlight Grey Valley.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 13th February, 1879.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
allotments of Crown land will be offered for
sale by public auction, at the Courthouse, Ahaura,
on Wednesday, the 2nd day of April, 1879, at 11
o'clock a.m.

One-fourth of the purchase-money to be paid at
the sale, and the remainder within one calendar
month, or the deposit forfeited.

ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 4th February, 1879.

NOTICE is hereby given that there will be offered
for sale by public auction, at the District Land
Office, Patea, on Tuesday, the 11th day of March,
1879, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, the following
sections of surveyed Town, Suburban, and Rural
Crown lands, situate in the Wairoa District.

Maps and printed Schedules, containing detailed
particulars, can be seen at the District Land Office,
Patea, the Public Works Office, Wanganui, the Dis-
trict Post Offices, and at the Land Office, Wellington.

Twenty-five per cent. of the purchase-money to be
paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance
in a month.

JOS. G. HOLDSWORTH,
Chairman, Land Board.

BLOCK XV., WAIWHERO.

SCHEDULE.

TOWNSHIP OF RICHARDSON, WAIROA DISTRICT.
Town.

Sale of Crown Lands.

IN pursuance of "The Land Act, 1877," "The
Crown Lands Sale Act, 1877," and "The Marl-
borough Waste Lands Acts, 1867 and 1874," the
Land Board for the Land District of Marlborough
hereby notifies that the allotments of town, suburban,
and rural lands mentioned in the following Schedule
will be offered for sale by public auction, at the
upset prices specified in the said Schedule, at the
Survey Office, Blenheim, at noon, on Tuesday, the
18th day of March, 1879.

One-fourth of the purchase-money must be paid at
the sale, and the remaining three-fourths within one
month, or the amount paid will be forfeited. A