MAY 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 717

MAKETU SURVEY DISTRICT.
Pukeroa Block.
Near Maketu, Bay of Plenty.

Description of Land.-Open fern land, undulating,
situated 12 miles from the Town of Tauranga, on
the Tauranga-Napier coach-road.

PARISH OF KATIKATI.

Description of Land.-Open land.

NOTE.-Plan of the above lands may be seen on
application at this office, at the Land Offices, Tau-
ranga and Gisborne; at the offices of the County
Councils, Tauranga and Whakatane; and at all the
principal Land Offices in the colony.

Terms of sale: One-fourth of purchase-money to
be paid at time of sale, and the balance within one
month thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-
money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and
the contract for the sale of the land shall hence-
forward be null and void.

Crown-grant fee to be paid on completion of pur-
chase.

Southland Runs.--Leases which expire March, 1883.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 21st April, 1882.

THE following Licenses of Runs for a term of ten
years, commencing the 1st March, 1883, will
be offered by auction, at the Land Office, Invercar-
gill, on Wednesday, the 14th day of June proximo,
at 12 o'clock, at the upset rental of twopence
per acre per annum, under the general conditions
contained in "The Land Act, 1877," and "The Land
Act 1877 Amendment Act 1879." Plans showing
boundaries can be seen at the Survey Office, Inver-
cargill, and at all Land Offices throughout the
colony.

WALLACE COUNTY.
Subdivision of No. 173, Blackmount Station, front-
ing the Waiau River:---
Run 173c, about 15,775 acres. License for ten
years. Upset rental, 2d. per acre per annum.
Run 173A, about 15,180 acres. License for ten
years. Upset rental, 2d. per acre per annum.

WAIHI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Description of Land.-The Maniatutu Village,
situated on the future main road from Tauranga to
Opotiki, is about the centre of the above lands, and
is distant from Tauranga 23 miles, from Te Puke 11
miles, and from Maketu 9 miles, by partly-formed
roads, the road from Kaikokopu to the village and
onwards through the block being now under con-
struction by Government. The lands in the Maketu
and Waihi Survey Districts are all open, and consist
of undulating fern hills running out to swamps in
the northern portions, whilst the southern blocks are
more broken. The soil is light, the vegetation con-
sisting of fern, tutu, and flax. The swamp lands are
in many cases of a superior character. Maketu
Survey District-Block VIII.: Section 2 contains
23 acres good swampland; Section 3, 6 acres swamp;
Section 4, 5 acres swamp; Section 6, 19 acres
swamp; Section 7, 21 acres swamp; Section 8,
58 acres swamp; Section 9, 46 acres swamp;
Section 11, 41 acres swamp; Section 12, 23 acres
swamp; Section 13, 12 acres swamp; Section 14,
4 acres swamp, remainder of sections undulating
open land, soil sandy loam. Block XI.: Section 1,
25 acres good swamp land, remainder open land, soil
sandy loam. Block XII.: Section 2, 8 acres swamp;
Section 3, 7 acres swamp; Section 4, 11 acres swamp;
Section 5, 11 acres swamp; Section 6, 35 acres
swamp; Section 7, 10 acres swamp; Section 8, 3
acres swamp; Section 9, 12 acres swamp; Section 11,
31 acres swamp; Section 12, 13 acres swamp;
Section 13, 5 acres swamp; Section 14, 1 acre
swamp; Section 15, 6 acres swamp; Section 16, 17
acres swamp; Section 17, 8 acres swamp; Section
18, 7 acres swamp; Section 19, 7 acres swamp;
Section 20, 6 acres swamp; remainder of the sections
open undulating land; soil sandy loam. Waihi
Survey District, Block V.: Section 1, 37 acres good
swamp land, with tea-tree; Section 2, 28 acres good
swamp land, with tea-tree; Section 3, 6 acres swamp,
with tea-tree; Section 4, 2 acres swamp, with tea-
tree; Section 5, 1 acre swamp, with tea-tree; Section
6, 1 acres swamp, with tea-tree; Section 9, acre
swamp, with tea-tree; Section 10, 12 acres swamp,
with tea-tree; Section 11, 27 acres flat, slightly
swampy, with heavy manuka; Section 12, 14 acres
flat, slightly swampy, with heavy manuka; Section
13, 15 acres flat, slightly swampy, with heavy manuka;
remainder of the sections undulating, good fern land,
loamy soil.