1458
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 118

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.

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 MERCER.

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

MANUKAU COUNTY.

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 WAIPITI (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.

Description of Land.—Section 157, forest, totara, with ordinary timber, broken, well-watered; 160, mixed forest; 229, 230, 241, 242, fern land, broken and undulating, watered, accessible by road; 236, mixed forest with kauri, very broken, watered; 247, undulating, mixed forest.

PARISH OF MAUNGATAWHIRI.

Description of Land.—Sections 202, 203, 206, 207, swamp, accessible by river; 208, about 73 acres swamp, remainder fern land, accessible by road; 209, about 12 acres swamp, remainder fern land, accessible by road.

PARISH OF WAIUKU EAST.

| 212 | 32 3 30 | 33 0 0 |
| 213 | 87 1 35 | 87 10 0 |
| 214 | 161 2 0 | 161 10 0 |
| 215 | 496 3 0 | 496 15 0 |
| 216 | 80 0 0 | 80 0 0 |
| 217 | 80 0 0 | 80 0 0 |
| 218 | 80 0 0 | 100 0 0 |
| 219 | 80 0 0 | 60 0 0 |
| 220 | 80 0 0 | 60 0 0 |
| 221 | 80 0 0 | 60 0 0 |
| 222 | 76 3 0 | 38 7 6 |
| 223 | 18 3 22 | 19 0 0 |
| 224 | 44 2 33 | 44 15 0 |

Description of Land.—Sections 212, 213, and 214, all open swamp, flax, and raupo; 215, about 60 acres kahikatea swamp, balance covered with manuka and flax, manuka 10 to 20 feet high, soil black loamy peat 1½ to 2 feet deep, lying over a white marly clay, and quite dry during summer; 216, about 10 to 15 acres kahikatea, balance open swamp, fronts partially-drained road; 217, about 3 acres dry land, balance open swamp, fronts partially-drained road; 218, about 3 acres dry land, balance open swamp, fronts partially-drained road and close to dry land; 219, 220, and 221, all open swamp, very wet; 222, all open swamp, very wet, growing stunted manuka and moss; 223 and 224, all open swamp, covered with rushes and not very wet. There is a fall of from 7 to 9 feet in the mile over all this part of the swamp on a bearing of 189° 27′ (the direction of main road), with peat 2 to 9 feet deep overlying the clay. The peat is deepest on the land side, getting shallower as it approaches the Waikato River.

Description of Land.—Lots 54, 55, 56, 57, 63, and 67, all open fern or short scrubby tea-tree land, clay soil, undulating, suitable for crops or grass, accessible by good road from Waiuku; 91, open swamp covered with rushes.

Description of Land.—Lot 151, 55 acres kahikatea forest, balance manuka, all swamp, and mostly covered with water in winter, subsoil is a hard white clay, carries cattle for part of the year; 152, about 100 acres kahikatea forest, balance open swamp.

PARISH OF KOHEROA.

| 124 | 621 0 0 | 155 5 0 |

Description of Land.—About 120 acres swamp, remainder fern land, accessible by road.