Feb. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 347

WHANGAREI COUNTY.
PARISH OF HIKURANGI.

Description of Land.—Forest land.

HUKERENUl SURVEY DISTRICT.
Blocks VIII. and XII.

| 8} | 40 0 0 | 20 0 0 |
| 21} | | |

Description of Land.—Forest land, mixed bush, and some kauri.

MANGONUI COUNTY.
PARISH OF MANGONUI.

| 128 | 89 0 0 | 44 10 0 |

Description of Land.—Broken land, covered with mixed bush, with a few kauri trees; light clay soil, only suitable for grazing purposes, well watered.

BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.
PARISH OF RUAPEKAPEKA.

| 72 | 182 3 12 | 45 15 0 |
| 73 | 158 1 0 | 79 2 6 |
| 74 | 146 0 0 | 73 0 0 |
| 75 | 468 1 10 | 117 2 6 |
| 76 | 50 1 38 | 18 18 9 |
| 77 | 54 0 0 | 20 5 0 |
| 78 | 65 0 0 | 16 5 0 |
| 79 | 96 3 0 | 24 3 9 |
| 80 | 18 1 14 | 4 12 6 |
| 82 | 296 2 0 | 148 5 0 |
| 83 | 226 1 10 | 84 18 9 |
| 84 | 360 0 0 | 90 0 0 |

Description of Land.—Lot 72, pastoral land, broken, poor soil, covered with fern, about 40 acres swamp; 73, undulating fern land, soil of a better quality, nearly all ploughable, about one-third swamp; 74, undulating fern land, good soil in Otarere Valley, and suitable for cultivating, soil on higher ground of medium quality; 75, undulating fern land, soil poor; 76, undulating fern land, soil medium, about 5 acres swamp; 77, open fern land, nearly all level, soil poor, about half an acre bush; 78, broken pastoral land, soil poor, covered with fern, about 2 acres mixed bush; 79, undulating pastoral land, open, soil poor, and badly watered; 80, broken pastoral land, about 1 acre bush, the rest fern, soil medium; 79 and 80 are without road frontage, but are accessible by Karetu River; 82, broken pastoral land, about half an acre covered with mixed bush, the rest open fern land of poor quality; 83, broken pastoral land, about half covered with mixed bush, soil medium; 84, broken pastoral land, one-third mixed bush, soil poor.

NOTE.—Maps of the above lands may be seen, and further particulars obtained, on application at this office.

Schedules containing descriptions, &c., of above lands will be exhibited at railway stations and post offices.

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 henceforward be null and void.

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

Land for Leasing, Auckland District.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 28th January, 1884.

THE following parcel of land will be offered for lease (for depasturing purposes only) by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 29th February, 1884, at the hour of 11 o’clock in the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

MANGONUI COUNTY.

PART of Parish of Ahipara, 5,000 acres (third-class land), for a period of fourteen years. Upset price per annum, £5.

N.B.—Rent to be paid yearly in advance. The whole or any portion of these lands may, at any time during the currency of the lease, be resumed by the Land Board for the purpose of occupation or selection.

Sale of Crown Lands, West Coast (North Island) Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Patea, 8th February, 1884.

NOTICE.—Section No. 2, Block VIII., Wairoa Survey District, having been excluded from sale pending the survey of a road, and the said road now having been taken through it, it is hereby notified that the section at the reduced area (103 acres 1 rood 12 perches) after excluding road is now released from such exclusion, and will be again offered at public auction.

C. A. WRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Lands, Southland District.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 17th January, 1884.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be sold by auction, at the Land Office, Invercargill, at noon, on Monday, the 25th February proximo :—

ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS.

| Hodgkinson | | 1 | 16 0 0 | 72 0 0 |
| " | | 50 | 11 1 25 | 51 15 0 |
| " | | 52 | 9 3 23 | 45 0 0 |
| Mataura | VII. | 24 | 6 1 0 | 46 17 6 |
| " | | 26 | 7 2 0 | 56 5 0 |
| Seaward Bush | IV. | 11 | 5 0 30 | 39 7 6 |
| Gore | XVI. | 12 | 6 2 35 | 101 5 0* |

• This allotment will be sold subject to Ranger’s valuation of existing improvements, to be stated at time of sale.

WALTER H. PEARSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands Sale, Otago.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 18th January, 1884.

BY AUCTION, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Thursday, the 28th February, 1883, at noon.

RURAL LANDS.

Otakia District.—Sections 2 of 45 and 3 of 45, Block IV., containing respectively 41 acres and 17 acres 2 roods; Sections 1 of 29 and 35, Block V., containing 150 acres 2 roods, and 85 acres and 18 perches. Upset price, £1 5s. per acre. Also Sections 39, 42, 43, and 44, Block V., from 26 to 34 acres each, at £1 1s. per acre.

NOTE.—This land (Bush reserve) is about four miles from Henley Railway Station.