SEPT. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1255

Land Sale at Gisborne.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 25th August, 1887.

THE following lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Land Office, Gisborne, on Thursday, the 6th October, 1887, at the hour of 11 o’clock in the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Terms of Sale: One-fourth of purchase-money to be paid at time of sale, and the balance within two months 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 thenceforward be null and void. Crown-grant fees to be paid on completion of purchase.

Maps of the above lands may be seen and further particulars obtained on application at this office, and at the Land Office, Gisborne.

Land for Sale, Wellington Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 26th September, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that the sections of land as per Schedule hereunder will be offered for sale on deferred payments, perpetual leases, village settlement on cash system, and the small-run system, in terms of “The Land Act, 1885.”

Applications for the deferred-payment sections will be received on Tuesday, the 1st November, 1887, up to 4.30 p.m. In cases of contested deferred-payment sections, applicants will be informed, in order that they may forward tenders. If personal attendance is not possible, agents should be appointed, in order that tenders may be received before the 8th November.

Tenders for perpetual leases will be received till Tuesday, the 8th November, up to 4.30 p.m.

The small-run sections will be offered at auction on Monday, the 7th November, at 11 a.m., at the Survey Office, Wanganui.

The Hastwell Village Settlement section will be offered at auction, at this office, on Thursday, the 10th November, at 2.30 p.m.

All applications, tenders, &c., must be sent to this office. Arrangements will be made for showing intending purchasers over the blocks at given times by Mr. Assistant Surveyor A. E. Ashcroft, Marton, in regard to the Otairi Block, and Mr. A. D. Wilson, Geodesical Surveyor, Mangamahu, as regards the Maungakaretu Block.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

LAND ON DEFERRED PAYMENT.

MANGAONE DISTRICT.

| 169 | XIV. | 4 2 32 | 2 0 0 | 9 8 0 |

WAIOHINE DISTRICT.

| 538 | VIII. | 299 3 17 | 1 0 0 | 299 17 2 |

PERPETUAL-LEASE LANDS.

SMALL GRAZING RUNS.

VILLAGE-SETTLEMENT LAND FOR CASH.

DESCRIPTION OF SECTIONS.

The sections in Blocks XII., XV., and XVI., Tiriraukawa, form part of the Otairi Block, about seven and twenty-three miles north of Hunter ville and Marton respectively, on or adjacent to the Marton-Murimotu Road and the track made by the Public Works Department from Pokiore to the Rangitikei River. The country is generally of a hilly broken character, with flats and undulating land on some of the sections; the soil on the flats is generally fair or good, but on the hills it varies from poor to fair quality; the forest comprises generally birch on the hills, rata, rimu, kahikatea, &c., on the flats, and the ordinary undergrowth of scrub; there is some totara on Section 9 of Block XVI. Except where fronting the Rangitikei and Porewa, the sections are only watered by small streams, which are not permanent. The Marton-Te Awamutu North Island Trunk Railway has been surveyed through the eastern portion of the block. When cleared and grassed, the sections would be classed generally as fair pastoral lands.

The sections in Blocks III., IV., and VII., Apiti, form a portion of the Otamakapua Block, adjacent to the Pemberton Special Settlement, about twenty-seven to thirty-six miles from Feilding; access is by the Kimbolton Road extension, which is opened for horse-traffic to Rangiwahia within about two miles of the sections. The area comprises generally hilly country, with flats on Sections 10 and 43; the soil varies from fair to very good; the forest consists of rimu, matai, maire, tawhero, &c., and usual undergrowth; the sections are intersected by small streams. The country, though of considerable elevation above sea-level, would, when cleared, be classed as good pastoral land.

The small runs in the Ngamatea and Mangawhero Districts are part of the Maungakaretu Block, and are situated about eight miles from Mangamahu and about thirty-six miles from Wanganui, fronting upon Hale’s, Wanganui-Murimotu Road. The block comprises hills and spurs, with flats in the Wangaehu Valley, some of which are of large extent; the soil is generally good, and of a loamy character; the area is covered chiefly with mixed scrub, such as karamu, konini,