Oct. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1435

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary to the Education Department.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Wellington, 15th August, 1884.

Tenders for Purchase of Steam-engine and Rock-drill.

WRITTEN tenders will be received up to the 31st December, 1884, for the purchase of a new portable steam-engine and diamond rock-drill, with bits 2 inches in diameter, 2,000 feet of rods, and all necessary gearing for working the same, to bore at any angle. Lately imported from America, at the cost of £2,160.

For further particulars apply to the Chairman of the Inangahua County Council, Reefton.

The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

PATRICK BRENNAN,
Chairman, Inangahua County Council.

Reefton, 29th May, 1884.

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Land, Parihaka Local Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 17th September, 1884.

CROWN lands as under will be open for sale, for cash, at New Plymouth, Patea, or Hawera, on Wednesday, the 29th October, 1884, and every lawful day thereafter until sold :—

CAPE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Terms of sale: One-fourth of purchase-money to be paid at sale, and the balance to the Receiver of Land Revenue, New Plymouth, Patea, or Hawera, within one calendar month from date of sale, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land thenceforth be null and void.

In the event of two or more applications for the same land being made on the same day, the upset price at which such land shall be put up at auction shall be the price stated above.

Crown-grant fee to be paid on completion of purchase.

C. D. WHITCOMBE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
Local Land Officer.

Sale of Sections in the West Coast (North Island) Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Patea, 3rd September, 1884.

THE Crown lands as under will be open for application, for cash, on Wednesday, the 15th October next, and every lawful day thereafter, until sold, at the Land Offices at Patea and Hawera :—

These sections are about four miles from Hawera, near the Tangahoe Stream, and adjoin land in the occupation of Messrs. Hicks Brothers. They are accessible from the Main South Road, and have frontages to the Dale and Manawapou Roads.

Terms of sale: One-fourth of purchase-money to be paid on application, and the balance to the Receiver of Land Revenue at Patea or Hawera within one calendar month from date of application, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land thenceforth will be null and void. Crown-grant fees to be paid on completion of the purchase. In the event of two or more applications for the same land being made on the same day, the upset price at which such land shall be put up at auction shall be the price stated above.

Further particulars can be obtained at the Land Offices, Patea and Hawera.

C. A. WRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land Sale, Auckland Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 10th September, 1884.

I HEREBY notify that the town and rural lands mentioned in the Schedule hereunder will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Monday, the 27th October next, at the hour of 11 o’clock in the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

TOWN OF HAMILTON WEST.

| III. | 25 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 |
| | 26 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 |

TOWN OF MERCER.

MANUKAU COUNTY.

PARISH OF OPAHEKE (Williamson’s Clearing).

Description of Land.—Lots 39, 50, and 52, mixed forest 73, level, light scrub and fern, good soil, accessible by road; 78, undulating, one-quarter bush, remainder bush-clearing, good soil, accessible by road; 84, level, tea-tree and fern, accessible by road.

PARISH OF WAIPPI (near Waiuku).

| 3 | 23, 23A | 80 0 10 | 100 7 0 |
| | 24, 25, 26, | 82 1 33 | 103 2 6 |
| | 27, 28, 31, | | |
| | 32, 33 | | |
| | 29, 30, 34, | 37 1 20 | 46 17 6 |
| | 35 | | |

Description of Land.—Lots 23 and 23A, 35 acres rush swamp, balance open fern land, good fall to swamp for draining all the fern land, ploughable, section is close to main Waipipi-Waiuku Road; 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, and 33, all open fern land, almost level, next to above; 29, 30, 34, and 35, open fern and tea-tree, quite level, and partially fenced, next to above.

PARISH OF OPAHEKE.