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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

Township,] to which there is a good road. Twenty miles from Waitara.

Generally broken; from 80 to 100 acres flats on the streams, which are first-class land; remainder pastoral; heavily timbered, with mixed forest.

7 | XI. | 275 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
About 100 acres of flats and slopes near streams, remainder a high ridge; flats liable to be flooded; heavily timbered with rata, rimu, kahikatea, a little totara, &c.

8 | XI. | 538 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
About 60 acres of good land, flats and slopes; remainder a high ridge and spurs; pastoral; heavily timbered with mixed forest containing a little puriri.

1 | XII. | 2,000 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
About 250 acres of good land, flats and slopes; about 300 acres of fair land on back of section, remainder rough broken spurs, 600 acres of which are covered with black-birch; other timbers are rata, rimu, kahikatea, matai, a little totara, &c.; thick undergrowth.

Clifton County.—Upper Waitara Survey District.

1 | II. | 464 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
Generally broken; about 60 acres of rich land on the flats near streams; two high ridges in section; about 20 acres of black-birch on south-west corner; heavy mixed forest.

2 | II. | 510 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
Generally broken; about 90 to 100 acres good flats, balance steep hill-sides; 20 to 30 acres of high scrub, otherwise heavy forest.

4 | II. | 1,590 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
About 300 acres of good flats and slopes, remainder rough gullies and spurs, with many gutters and landslips; about 300 acres of black-birch, a little totara, remainder mixed forest.

5 | II. | 695 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
About 200 acres much broken on back portion, with numerous slips and gutters; about 100 acres of good flats and slopes near streams; 30 acres covered with high scrub, 40 acres with black-birch; some long spurs, all heavily timbered.

11 | II. | 681 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
About 150 acres of good slopes and flats, remainder rough gullies and spurs. Timber: rata, rimu, kahikatea, tawa, towai, a little totara, &c.; no birch.

12 | II. | 1,210 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
About 200 acres of flats on streams, fairly good land; remainder rough hill-sides, with a large quantity of birch on summits; heavy mixed forest containing a little totara.

1 | III. | 830 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
About 150 acres of good land, 250 acres rough black-birch, remainder rough broken spurs; heavily timbered with mixed forest.

2 | III. | 960 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
About 200 acres of good land, about 400 acres of fair spurs, remainder rough sharp spurs, principally black-birch; one stream liable to flood; heavily timbered with mixed forest.

The general character of the country is broken, with ridge of papa formation, liable to slip, rising from 300ft. to 900ft. above the flats, which are rich alluvial land. The block is well watered, and is situate about twenty miles from Waitara, fourteen miles of which are along the North Road, the best in the district, and the remaining six are on a new-formed cart-road up the Mimi Valley. At present the roads are not felled or formed in the block.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands open for Sale or Selection, Southland Land District.

Lands and Survey Department,
Invercargill, 16th July, 1891.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, in terms of sections 3 to 11 of “The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887,” either for cash, on deferred payments, or on perpetual lease, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 2nd September, 1891.

In cases where more than one application is received for the same section, priority of choice will be decided by priority of application for unsurveyed land, and by lot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the Crown Lands Office, Invercargill, for surveyed land.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SURVEYED FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Aparima Hundred.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d.
2 | V. | 32 0 25 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
Situated some two miles south-west of Otatau, on the eastern margin of Longwood Forest; mostly open. Subject to £6 valuation for survey.

New River Hundred.

39 | IX. | 72 1 23 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
Situate on eastern side of Invercargill–Kingston Railway-line, some four miles south of Winton. Land open and flat soil passable, though with stiff clay subsoil.

Oteramika Hundred.

103 | I. | 8 2 1 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
Situated some three and a half miles due south of Woodlands, abutting on the road Invercargill to Oteramika. Narrow frontage to road; land open.

49 | II. | 11 1 25 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
Situated some six miles south-east of Woodlands. Land open and flattish; tussock-clad.

Waikai District.

35 | IX. | 11 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
Situated some two and a half miles north-west of Waikai Township, on the west bank of Dome Creek.

SURVEYED SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Centre Hill District.

2 | III. | 274 0 34 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 9
3 | " | 222 2 9 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 9
10 | " | 249 0 13 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 9
11 | " | 269 0 38 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
13 | " | 280 0 26 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
14 | " | 279 1 27 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
15 | " | 317 0 9 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
Situated near terminus of Lumsden–Mossburn Railway, averaging three miles from Mossburn. Open, flat, terrace land, of fair quality, though, owing to stiff clay subsoil, requiring drainage. Section 14 partly peaty.

2 | IV. | 298 2 29 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 9
3 | " | 295 2 15 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 9
4 | " | 246 2 16 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 9
5 | " | 249 2 16 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
6 | " | 249 0 31 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
7 | " | 234 1 17 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
8 | " | 272 0 5 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
9 | " | 258 1 20 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
10 | " | 240 1 11 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
11 | " | 196 2 33 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
12 | " | 318 1 9 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
Situated some four miles from Mossburn Railway-terminus. Land mostly terrace, though partially river-flat; flat and open; soil similar to above. Sections 5 and 6 partly peaty, and Section 8 nearly wholly peaty.

11 | V. | 264 2 28 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
17 | " | 232 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
Situated between the Hamilton Burn and Aparima River. Land mostly consisting of open spurs; soil ranging from moderate to inferior.

1 | VI. | 269 2 14 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
2 | " | 288 3 29 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
1 | VII. | 304 2 4 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
2 | " | 305 3 35 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
3 | " | 300 0 25 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
4 | " | 318 1 37 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
5 | " | 252 1 28 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
6 | " | 233 0 34 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
7 | " | 233 1 24 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
8 | " | 223 2 37 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
9 | " | 214 3 7 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
10 | " | 186 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
11 | " | 239 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
12 | " | 136 3 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
13 | " | 169 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
Situated, on an average, some six miles from the Mossburn Railway-terminus. Land consists mostly of terraces and spurs. Sections 1 to 4, Block VII., partially peaty. Soil mostly similar to above, though land is on the whole more broken.