1808

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 104

NOTE.--Every purchaser shall forthwith, after the
auction, deposit with the Receiver of Land Revenue
an amount equal to one-thirtieth of the price of the
land.

Rural Lands for Sale on Deferred Payments.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 4th November, 1882.
I HEREBY notify that the Lands described in the
Schedule hereto have been set apart for sale on
deferred payments, and that Monday, the 4th De-
cember next, has been appointed as the day on
which the said lands shall be open for application at
the Land Offices at Auckland and Gisborne.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

Block.
Section.
Area.
Upset Price.

COOK COUNTY.-WAIHAU AND, WHAKAONGAONGA BLOCKS.-
HANGAROA SURVEY DISTRICT.

WAIMATA BLOCK.-WAIMATA SURVEY DISTRICT.

NOTE.-Applications for the above lands will be
received at this office and at the Land Office, Gis-
borne.

In the event of more than one application being
received for any one section, the right to occupy the
same will be decided by public auction on Thursday,
the 7th December, 1882, at 11 o'clock in the fore-
noon, at the Land Office, Gisborne.

Deposit of one-twentieth of the price of the land
to be tendered with application.

Description of Lands in Hangaroa Survey Dis-
trict. These lands are situated on the formed road
from Gisborne to Wairoa, the Village of Tiniroto
being about twenty-four miles south-west from Gis-
borne. The smaller sections, under 200 acres, are
agricultural, the others agricultural and pastoral,
consisting of broken ranges, covered with fern and
tutu, with a little grass. Patches of bush exist in
most of the gullies, the timber being mixed, but with
some totara and rimu. The soil is light, resting on
marl and sandstone.

Description of Lands in the Waimata Block.-These
lands are eighteen miles north of Gisborne by a
formed road. The general nature of the surface is
broken, but with numerous flats suitable for home-
stead and agricultural purposes. The vegetation is
fern, tutu, and other scrub, with a good deal of grass
in places. The forest found in most of the gullies is
mixed, but with some totara, matai, and other fencing
timbers. The soil is generally good.

Lithographic plans will be exhibited at all the
Railway-stations and Post Offices throughout the
colony, and copies can be obtained at any Land
Office.

Sale of Rural Lands, Land District of Auckland.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 4th November, 1882.
I HEREBY notify that the Rural Lands mentioned
in the Schedule hereunder will be offered for sale
by public auction, at the Land Office, Gisborne, on
Thursday, the 7th December, 1882, at the hour of
11 o'clock in the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.
COOK COUNTY.

MANGAORONGO Block, being Section 1, Block IV.,
Mangatu Survey District, and Section 1, Block I.,
Waingaromia Survey District, containing 942 acres.
Upset price, 7s. 6d. per acre.
Description of Land.-Pastoral land, third-class,
covered with fern and scrub, a small quantity of
timber.

Block.
Section.
Area.
Upset Price.

PATUTAHI BLOCK, PATUTAHI SURVEY DISTRICT.

These lands are situated about fifteen miles from
Gisborne, on the formed main road to Wairoa, and
on that leading to the Hangaroa village site. The
surface soil is light, resting on marl. The country is
a good deal broken, but with small flats on most of
the sections. The vegetation consists of fern, tutu,
and flax, and a little grass, with patches of mixed
bush in the gullies.

WAIMATA BLOCK, WAIMATA SURVEY DISTRICT.

WAIHAU AND WHAKAONGAONGA BLOCKS, PATUTAHI SURVEY
DISTRICT.