New Zealand Gazette – 1891 – No. 53

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 53

of 1000 links to lagoon; thence south-west along lagoon and
creek for a distance of 1600 links to road-line; thence south-
west along road-line for a distance of 1050 links; thence
north-east by a line bearing 2° 15' for a distance of 2442
links to the starting-point: be all the aforesaid linkages
more or less.

Rainfall for June, 1891.

Meteorological Office.

THE following is the rainfall for the month of June,
1891:—

Station. Observer. Rainfall Days of Rain. Maximum Fall and Date.
Pakaraka (Bay of Islands) H. Williams .. 3·58 12 0·68 on 3rd.
Auckland Govt. Observer 1·47 10 0·30 on 7th.
Cuvier Island Lightkeeper .. .. .. ..
Omokoroa (Tauranga) L. A. Shadwell 2·96 7 1·21 on 2nd.
Te Aroha P. Snewin .. 1·71 8 0·49 on 3rd.
Rotorua Dr. Ginders .. 3·04 6 1·54 on 4th.
Gisborne Archd. Williams 2·64 22 0·49 on 16th.
Mahia Peninsula G. C. Ormond 3·13 16 0·60 on 22nd.
Matahiia (Gisborne) F. J. Kemp .. 2·84 10 0·80 on 4th.
Papatu Station (Poverty Bay) H. N. Watson 2·01 16 0·47 on 15th.
Waipiro S. Dodgshun.. 3·43 14 0·86 on 28th.
Napier.. E. Lyndon .. 1·70 8 0·41 on 4th.
Onepoto F. R. Phillips .. .. ..
Waimarama, H.B. W. Davidson 2·14 15 0·45 on 4th.
Mt. Vernon, H.B. E. H. Wright 2·88 16 1·00 on 6th.
Gwavas, H.B. J. Nicoll .. 2·18 16 1·14 on 5th.
Inglewood Miss N. Trimble 5·80 11 1·70 on 4th.
Ngatimaru Miss A. Hutchinson 3·02 11 1·10 on 1st.
Opunaki A. H. Moore .. 2·14 12 0·75 on 5th.
Manaia G. A. Hurley 2·68 10 0·57 on 5th.
Kaponga E. J. Ellerm.. 3·55 10 0·76 on 3rd.
Hawera (Waipapa) J. Livingston 3·16 12 0·73 on 15th.
Wanganui W.L. Mountfort 2·29 7 1·04 on 5th.
Feilding S. Goodbehere 1·95 10 0·51 on 6th.
Palmerston North Capt. S. Brown 2·35 10 1·04 on 5th.
Ashurst Claude Francis 1·70 9 0·52 on 4th.
Manawatu Gorge J. Bourne .. .. .. ..
Masterton B. Gouborne .. 2·77 13 0·45 on 1st.
Otahua J. Bennett .. 1·75 8 0·55 on 15th.
Carterton H. Braithwaite 2·19 11 0·49 on 5th.
Featherston H. C. Smith .. 2·28 10 0·63 on 1st.
Dry River (near Martinborough) C. Phillips .. 2·06 8 0·57 on 6th.
Summit M. Cronin .. 5·01 15 1·26 on 1st.
Upper Hutt T. Lewis .. 2·15 6 0·45 on 4th.
Taita .. T. Mason .. 3·40 12 1·17 on 1st.
Petone.. Sir J. Hector 2·67 10 0·96 on 1st.
Wellington Govt. Observer 2·88 15 0·73 on 15th.
Wainuiomata Keeper .. 4·29 12 1·57 on 15th.
Wellington Reservoir W. Edmonds 2·35 15 0·55 on 15th.
Flaxbourne W. Tatchell .. 0·80 5 0·29 on 4th.
Cape Campbell Lightkeeper .. 0·75 3 0·34 on 3rd.
Kaikoura Miss E. Collins 0·15 4 0·06 on 12th.
The Brothers Lightkeeper .. .. .. ..
Farewell Spit Lightkeeper .. 3·57 5 1·50 on 4th.
Lincoln E. Wilkinson 1·29 8 0·28 on 1st.
Rangiora T. W. Rowe .. 1·22 8 0·43 on 6th.
Hororata Sir J. Hall, M.H.R. 1·08 5 0·42 on 1st.
Kapunatiki Hon. W. Rolleston, M.H.R. 0·97 4 0·60 on 5th.
Methven E. Chapman .. 1·31 5 0·64 on 1st.
Winchmore (Ashburton) R. W. Hart .. 0·71 4 0·27 on 7th.
Dunedin Govt. Observer 1·03 7 0·48 on 1st.
Greymouth J. Conner .. 5·40 7 1·63 on 5th.
Milford Sound W. J. Mullin.. .. .. ..
Balclutha J. A. Algie .. 0·89 7 0·34 on 6th.
Bealey.. J. Ryan .. 1·81 4 0·80 on 1st.
Maheno (Otago).. R. A. Chaffey 0·32 4 0·15 on 4th.
Dipton R. D. MacLachlan 2·06 8 1·08 on 6th.
Invercargill J. L. Bush .. 8·25 15 1·00 on 8th.
Puysegur Point.. Lightkeeper .. .. .. ..
Queenstown L. Hotop .. 0·71 2 0·39 on 4th.
Chatham Islands A. Shand .. 2·65 22 0·50 on 5th.

J. HECTOR, Director.

Crown Lands Notices.

Land for Sale by Auction for Selection on Deferred Payments,
Wellington Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 1st July, 1891.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of the Land Acts, that the
under-mentioned sections will be offered at auction, for
selection on deferred payments, at the Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, on Wednesday, the 12th August, 1891, at 11 a.m.
Plans and particulars can be obtained at this office.
A deposit of one-twentieth of the purchase-money, together
with £1 1s. license-fee, and the stated value of the improve-
ments, if any, must be deposited on the fall of the hammer,
and the selector shall make the statutory declaration re-
quired under the deferred-payment system.
All sections unsold at the auction will be withdrawn till
further notice.

SCHEDULE.

Section. Block. Area. Upset Price.
£ s. d.
OMAHINI DISTRICT.
1 IV. 86 0 0 1 0 0
This section is situated about nine miles inland of Wa-
verley and Waitotara, and comprises rough broken second-
class land, covered with mixed bush.
PUKETOI DISTRICT.
13 I. 640 0 0 1 11 3
16 ,, 133 0 0 1 14 4
These sections, together with those in Block XII., Makuri,
and Block I., Puketoi, now being offered under "The Land
Act, 1887," comprise about 3,686 acres, and are part of the
South-west Puketoi Block, which is situated south-east of
the Township of Pahiatua, and adjoining the Tiraumea-
Makuri and Mangaone-Tiraumea Blocks. The access to the
sections on the north is by way of the Tiraumea and Toritea
Roads, and to the southern sections by way of the Hawera
and Tane Roads. The land is covered with forest, including
tawa, rata, hinau, rimu, mahoo, konini, rangiora, with rata,
&c., and occasional totara trees. The soil is good through-
out, the formation being limestone or papa. Mount Mar-
chant is a limestone hill, and the limestone crops out on
most of the sections in that vicinity. The sections are
watered by small streams, and it is probable that permanent
water can be obtained on the high limestone hills from
springs and creeks. The land is all well adapted for pastoral
purposes.
APITI DISTRICT.
27 XIII. 100 0 0 1 2 6
This section is situated on the McBeth Road, about three
miles west of Birmingham, and comprises hilly land of good
quality, covered with mixed bush.
MANGAONE DISTRICT.
5 III. 154 2 25 1 0 0
Weighted with £17 10s. for improvements.
This section is situated on the Makakahi Road, about one
and a half miles north of the Hawera Road, and comprises
hilly land of fair quality, covered with mixed bush.
WAIROA DISTRICT.
6 IX. 122 2 0 1 5 0
Weighted with £4 18s. for fencing, ploughing, and grassing.
This section is situated in the Waitotara District, inland
of the Momokaki Gorge, and comprises generally hilly land,
intersected by deep gullies. The section was originally
taken up, and has been slightly improved.
POHANGINA DISTRICT.
37 X. 105 0 0 1 0 0
38 ,, 100 0 0 1 0 0
These sections are situated at the back of Awahou-Poha-
ngina Special-settlement Block, east of the Pohangina River,
about twelve miles from Ashurst, and comprise hilly land of
fair quality.

J. H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands to be sold by Auction.—Town of Levin,
Wellington Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 1st July, 1891.

IT is hereby notified that the town sections in the Town of
Levin, enumerated in the accompanying Schedule, will
be offered for sale by public auction, at the Crown Lands
Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, the 12th August, 1891, at
11 a.m., for cash.

J. H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.



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