Aug. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 963

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Allotments, Town of Stratford, Taranaki Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 11th August, 1890.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned allotments of Crown land in the Town of Stratford will be offered for sale at this office by public auction, for cash, at noon, on Saturday, the 13th September, 1890.

Schedules and plans and all information may be obtained at this office.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

Sale of Second-class Land, Taranaki Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 12th August, 1890.

7582 ACRES of second-class land, in 32 sections of from 160 to 521 acres each, in the Cape and Opunake Survey Districts, will be open for selection on the 10th September next,

This block is situated about six miles eastward of the South Road, and is accessible by the Newell, Kahui, and Ngariki Roads. The nearest township is Rahotu, thirty miles south of New Plymouth, and ten miles north of Opunake.

Plans, schedules of prices, forms of application, &c., may be obtained at this office, and at the Land Office, Hawera.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Lands, Westland, open for Sale on Application.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 7th August, 1890.

IN accordance with section 173 of "The Land Act, 1885," I hereby give notice that the under-mentioned runs have been submitted to auction and not sold, and will be open for sale on application, at the upset rental, after the 21st September next:-

Runs Nos. 34, Kawhaka, 9,500 acres; 46, Turnbull, 13,000 acres; 51, Wataroa, 20,000 acres; 53, Matakaitaki Range, 13,000 acres (term, twenty-one years); 62, Diedrich's Range, 8,500 acres; 65, Blue River, 15,000 acres; 66, Jackson's River, 12,000 acres; 68, Stafford River, 10,000 acres; 85, Mount Sale Range, 8,000 acres; 86, Mount Reeves Range, 11,000 acres; 88, Meta Range, 10,000 acres. All, with the exception noted, for the term of ten years, and at the annual rental of £1 per 1,000 acres.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands for Sale by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 26th July, 1890.

IT is hereby notified that the sections enumerated in the Schedule hereunder will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 12th September next, at 11 a.m.

THOS. HUMPHRIES.
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

COROMANDEL COUNTY.

Harataunga Survey District.

Block III.

Description of Land: Section 2, broken forest land, containing a quantity of kauri; 4, broken forest land, containing a quantity of kauri; situated at Cabbage Bay.

MANUKAU COUNTY.

Parish of Tuakau.

Description of Land: All the above are rich swamp sections, covered with flax, raupo, manuka, &c. Sections 109 and 110 have a few young kahikatea trees upon them. With the exception of Section 105, all the sections front the Waikato River, and are situated from two and a half to five miles from Tuakau Railway-station.

RODNEY COUNTY.

Pakiri Survey District.

Block IX.

Description of Land: Section 1, all heavy forest, containing 1,250,000ft. of kauri; 2, heavy forest, containing about 2,000,000ft. of kauri; 3, all heavy forest, containing about 1,250,000ft. of kauri; 5, heavy forest, containing about 300,000ft. of kauri; 11, and Section 5 of Block V., nearly all burnt bush, containing about 250,000ft. of dead kauri.

Block V.

Description of Land: Section 4, about half open fern and tea-tree land, remainder burnt bush, containing about 115,000ft. of dead kauri; 7, about two-thirds open fern and tea-tree, remainder burnt bush, containing about 250,000ft. of burnt kauri.

WAIPA COUNTY.

Parish of Pukete.

Description of Land: Section 26A is good soil and level, fronting the main road Hamilton to Ngaruawahia; 32 fronts Waikato River, it is poor, gravelly, flat, open land.

WAITEMATA COUNTY.

Parish of Makarau.

Description of Land: Nearly all heavy forest; Section 180 contains about 250,000ft. of kauri, 181 about 250,000ft. of kauri, 90 about 150,000ft. of kauri, 97 about 250,000ft. of kauri. The kauri is very scattered throughout the sections.

WHANGAREI COUNTY.

Parish of Otakairangi.

Description of Land: Section 16, all forest, containing 172 green and 6 dead kauri trees, about 350,000ft. of timber; 17, about 20 acres fern and scrub, remainder forest, containing 98 green and 1 dead kauri trees, about 200,000ft. of timber.

Plans showing the positions of sections may be seen, and further information obtained, on application at the Crown Lands Office, Custom Street, Auckland.

Terms of Sale: One-fifth to be deposited at close of sale; balance, together with Crown-grant fee (usually £1), within thirty days.