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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 25

Crown Lands open for Selection.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 8th April, 1889.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lands
will be open for selection, for cash only, under sec-
tion 92 of "The Land Act, 1885," on and after Friday, the
10th day of May next, at 11 a.m.

A. F. F. ETHERIDGE,
(For Commissioner of Crown Lands.)

SCHEDULE.
TAURANGA COUNTY.—MAKETU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Description of Land: Block I., all the sections in this
block are broken and forest lands of fair quality, except 13
and 14, which have half the area of each open fern lands;
they are well watered, and near Te Puke Settlement.
Block IX., all sections forest and undulating forest and
open lands of good quality, in Te Puke Settlement.

Terms: One-fifth cash; balance, together with £1 Crown-
grant fee, within thirty days.

Auction Sale of Crown Lands, Tauranga.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 8th April, 1889.

IT is hereby notified that the town and rural lands in-
cluded in the Schedule hereunder will be offered for
sale by public auction, at the Land Office, Tauranga, on
Wednesday, the 15th day of May next, at 11 a.m.

A. F. F. ETHERIDGE,
(For Commissioner of Crown Lands.)

SCHEDULE.

| Section. | Area. | Upset Price
per Section. |
|---|---|---|
| | A. R. P. | £ s. d. |
| TOWN LANDS.—TOWN OF RICHMOND. | | |
| 59 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 |
| 60 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 |
| 61 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 |
| 62 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 |
| RURAL LANDS.—PARISH OF TE PUNA, TAURANGA COUNTY. | | |
| 215 | 91 1 0 | 91 10 0 |
| 216 | 33 1 8 | 33 10 0 |
| 217 | 42 0 15 | 42 5 0 |
| 218 | 56 0 0 | 56 0 0 |
| 219 | 56 2 0 | 56 10 0 |
| 220 | 48 0 0 | 48 0 0 |
| 221 | 51 0 16 | 51 5 0 |
| 222 | 51 0 32 | 51 5 0 |
| 223 | 48 0 20 | 48 5 0 |
| 224 | 68 1 20 | 102 15 0 |
| 225 | 81 2 0 | 163 0 0 |

Description of Land: Open fern land, good soil; about
three-fourths of Lot 224 and all Lot 225 have been in culti-
vation; 217 has frontage to Te Puna River; 220 to 225 have
frontage on Tauranga Harbour; 224 has frontage to Te Puna
River.

Terms: One-fifth cash; balance, together with £1 Crown-
grant fee, within thirty days.

Auction Sale of Crown Lands, Auckland.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 8th April, 1889.

IT is hereby notified that the lands contained in the Sche-
dule hereunder will be offered for sale by public auction
at the Crown Lands Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, the
15th day of May next, at 11 a.m.

A. F. F. ETHERIDGE,
(For Commissioner of Crown Lands.)

SCHEDULE.
WAIKATO COUNTY.

| Section. | Area. | Upset Price
per Section. |
|---|---|---|
| | A. R. P. | £ s. d. |
| | Taupiri Parish. | |
| 14 | 12 2 0 | 37 10 0 |
| 14B | 10 3 10 | 22 0 0 |
| 23A | 28 2 24 | 28 15 0 |
| 28 | 43 1 32 | 21 15 0 |
| 30 | 61 0 8 | 22 17 6 |
| 31 | 50 0 0 | 12 10 0 |
| 32 | 56 2 9 | 14 2 6 |
| 33 | 50 0 19 | 12 12 6 |
| 34 | 29 3 23 | 7 10 0 |
| 389 | 102 3 0 | 38 12 6 |
| 397 | 44 0 22 | 13 7 6 |
| 473 | 50 0 33 | 12 15 0 |

Description of Land: Sections 14 and 14B are flat alluvial
land near Huntly; 23A, flat land, good soil, liable to be flooded
by Waikato River; 28, about half fern hills, remainder
swamp; the two last-named lots are between Ohinewai and
Huntly; 30 to 473 inclusive, open and swamp land, poor soil,
near Ohinewai Lake. Coal is supposed to underlie all this
country.

| 435A | 103 2 0 | 25 17 6 |
| 436 | 168 0 20 | 42 2 6 |

Description of Land: Section 435A, about 20 acres swamp
remainder a fern spur, soil very poor; 436, near Ohinewai,
supposed to have coal underlying.

Terms: One-fifth cash; balance, together with £1 Crown-
grant fee, within thirty days.

Tenders for Occupation of Reserve 461, Canterbury Land
District.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 25th March, 1889.

NOTICE is hereby given that tenders for the yearly occu-
pation, for grazing purposes only, under section 25 of
"The Public Reserves Act, 1881," of the under-mentioned re-
serve, will be received at this office up to 5 p.m. on Wednes-
day, the 1st May, 1889:—

Reserve 461, 200 acres, upset annual rental £15, situated
in the fork of the Kowai and Waimakariri Rivers, about
two and a half miles from Springfield.

Every tender must be accompanied by marked cheque or
post office order for five months' rent up to the 1st October,
1889, at the rate tendered.

Plans may be seen at the Lands Office, Christchurch.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1888.

IN pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service
Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the
Senior Examination of January, 1890, the period of litera-
ture will be the latter half of the Eighteenth Century, and
the special books will be Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice,
and Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield.

GEO. FISHER.