JUNE 24.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 943

7. Competitors are advised to keep copies of their
   essays, as those sent to the Board will not be re-
   turned.

G. S. COOPER,
Chairman.

Description of Land.—The quality of the soil is
good, and is covered with a dense growth of fern and
tutu on the hills, with deep gullies, generally with
bush in them.

WATAU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Block. Section. Area. Price.
III. 1,795 0 0 £ 897 10 0
IV. 1 216 2 20 108 7 6
2 235 2 22 117 17 6
3 220 0 0 110 0 0
4 243 1 21 121 15 0
VI. 4,448 1 0 1,112 1 3
VII. 4,627 2 25 1,156 19 9
VIII. 3,889 0 0 972 5 0
IX. 3,558 0 0 889 10 0
X. 1 354 1 12 88 12 6
2 239 2 20 119 17 6
3 219 0 0 109 10 0
4 228 3 22 57 5 0
6 276 3 0 69 3 9
XI. 2,421 0 0 605 5 0
XIII. 4,319 1 0 1,079 16 3
XIV. 1,710 3 21 427 15 0
XV. 5,142 0 32 1,285 11 3
XVI. 4,010 0 0 1,002 10 0
XVII. 2,912 0 0 728 0 0

Auckland Domain Board.

BALANCE-SHEET of the Accounts of the Auck-
land Domain Board for the Year ending 31st
December, 1879.

DR. £ s. d. £ s. d.
To Balances forward from 1878—
Cash in Bank of New Zealand 112 15 8
Cash in hand 17 17 0
Rents outstanding 86 12 6 217 5 2
To Rents to be collected in 1879 268 9 0
To Investments—
At Savings Bank on 31st December,
1878... 229 4 8
Interest on ditto to 31st December, 1879 5 8 2 234 12 10
To Mortgages 275 0 0 509 12 10
£995 7 0

Description of Land.—Block III., broken fern and
tutu hills, soil good, light vegetation, a little bush.
Block IV., Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, undulating fern, tutu,
and grass hills, excellent soil on river flats: a well-
formed bridle-road runs through these sections.
Block X., Section 1, broken fern and tutu hills;
Section 2, broken fern and tutu hills, with a little
bush, excellent soil on river flat; Sections 3 and 4;
undulating fern and tutu hills, with a little bush, ex-
cellent soil on river flats; Section 6, broken fern and
tutu hills, excellent soil on river flat: a well-formed
bridle-road runs through Sections 2, 3, and 4.
Blocks VI., VII., VIII., IX., XI., XIII., XIV.,
XV., XVI., XVII., third-class land, broken hills,
covered with fern, tutu, and a little grass, suitable
for runs. Many of these blocks have timber, such
as red pine and totara on them. They are all well
watered, and are accessible from Clyde, Wairoa, by
a bridle-road lately formed, partly through some of
them, by the Government, and by the excellent Con-
stabulary bridle-road from Fraser Town to Lake
Waikaremoana. The average height of these lands
is about 1,000 feet.

TARAMARAMA SURVEY DISTRICT.

CR. £ s. d. £ s. d.
By Payments—
Secretary's salary, &c. 55 3 4
Wages 311 19 8
Fencing 39 6 6
Sundries 77 4 10
Repairs to houses 69 3 6 552 17 10
By Investments—
At Savings Bank... 34 12 10
Mortgages 275 0 0 309 12 10
By Balances on 31st December, 1879—
Cash in Bank of New Zealand 70 8 5
Cash in hand 5 5 5
Rents outstanding 57 2 6 132 16 4
£995 7 0

GEORGE M. MITFORD, Chairman.
WILLIAM MORGAN, Chairman, New-
market Highway Board.

Examined and found correct, excepting the sum of
16s. 3d., overcharged as commission on collection of
interest on investments in Savings Bank, and which
sum is to be refunded in next year's accounts.

JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD,
21st June, 1880. Controller and Auditor-General.

Block. Section. Area. Price.
I. 7 3,741 1 0 £ 935 5 0
8 2,451 2 0 612 17 6
II. 9 3,863 0 0 965 15 0
V. 4 2,064 1 0 1,032 5 0
6 920 1 0 460 2 6
VI. 1 1,894 0 0 947 0 0
2 983 2 0 491 15 0
3 2,455 1 0 613 16 3

Description of Land.—These sections are a good
deal broken, but suitable as runs. The soil is light,
pumiceous or vegetable on the hills, with rich alluvial
marly deposits along the main and other river flats.
A little bush is to be found in the gullies, but not
sufficient for fencing purposes. Abundance of water
everywhere. A well-made bridle-road runs along the
Waikaretaheke River, giving access to several of
these sections, the nearest of which is distant about
fourteen miles from Clyde, Wairoa.

NOTE.—Plans may be seen, and further particulars
of the land obtained, on application at this office,
and at the office of the Resident Magistrate, Clyde.

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Rural Lands, Land District of Auckland.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 3rd June, 1880.

I HEREBY notify that the rural lands mentioned
in the Schedule hereunder will be open for free
selection at this office on and after Thursday, the
22nd day of July next.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

WAIROA, NEAR HAWKE'S BAY.—OPOITI SURVEY
DISTRICT.

Section. Area. Price.
32 A. R. P. £ s. d.
1,085 0 0 271 5 0