Aug. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 931

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

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 25th 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, 1887," either for cash, on deferred pay-
ments, or for perpetual lease, at the option of the selector,
on and after Wednesday, the 16th September, 1891. In
cases where more than one application is received for the
same section, priority of choice will be decided by lot on the
following day, at 11 a.m., at the Crown Lands Office, Auck-
land:—

Section. | Block. | Area. | Cash Price
per Acre. | Deferred-
payment
Price per
Acre. | Perpetual-
lease Rent
per Acre.

SECOND-CLASS SURVEYED LAND.

Bay of Islands County.—Omapere Survey District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
7A | IX. | 51 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
Mixed bush land of fair quality, on Utakura River and
main coach-road.

Hokianga County.—Omapere Survey District.

10A | IX. | 153 2 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
18 | " | 125 2 25 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
Section 10A, mixed bush land, on the Utakura River and
main coach-road; 18, mixed bush and open land of fair
quality, close to main road.

Hokianga County.—Waipoua Survey District.

7 | I. | 9 3 15 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
Poor open land, close to Kawerua Landing.

Otamatea County.—Hukatere Survey District.

1 | I. | 238 3 34 | 0 7 6 | 0 9 4½ | 0 0 4½
2 | " | 235 1 14 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
3 | " | 199 1 11 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
4 | " | 272 3 3 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
5 | " | 216 1 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 9 4½ | 0 0 4½
6 | " | 102 1 0 | 0 5 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 0 3
Sections 1 and 2, about 45 acres mixed bush on each, the
remainder being open land with a little rough grass; 3 and
4, about 25 acres of each mixed forest, remainder open land
with patches of high tea-tree and rough grass, a small por-
tion of limestone formation; 5 and 6, about 20 acres of
mixed bush on each, remainder open land, inferior soil,
about 5 acres in each section covered with rough grass.

1 | II. | 82 0 13 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
2 | " | 34 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
4 | " | 115 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
5 | " | 112 3 32 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
6 | " | 142 1 32 | 0 7 6 | 0 9 4½ | 0 0 4½
7 | " | 169 3 27 | 0 7 6 | 0 9 4½ | 0 0 4½
8 | " | 147 1 16 | 0 7 6 | 0 9 4½ | 0 0 4½
9 | " | 198 3 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 9 4½ | 0 0 4½
11 | " | 154 2 10 | 0 5 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 0 3
12 | " | 30 3 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
13 | " | 112 2 24 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
14 | " | 160 1 28 | 0 7 6 | 0 9 4½ | 0 0 4½
15 | " | 139 1 12 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9½
16 | " | 96 3 34 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6

Section. | Block. | Area. | Cash Price
per Acre. | Deferred-
payment
Price per
Acre. | Perpetual-
lease Rent
per Acre.

Sections 1 to 8, undulating fair land, covered generally with
high tea-tree; the remainder are open and high tea-tree
lands, with patches of mixed bush on each lot. These lands
lie between the Wairoa and Arapaoa Rivers, and can only be
said to be really accessible by water.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1 | VI. | 301 2 26 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
2 | " | 260 1 16 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
3 | " | 509 2 39 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
4 | " | 115 0 30 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
5 | " | 125 2 24 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
6 | " | 118 2 30 | 0 7 6 | 0 9 4½ | 0 0 4½

All these sections consist of about one-third mixed bush,
the remainder being tea-tree, with a little rough grass
scattered over the lots; the soil generally is rather inferior.
Access is gained by water, the lands being adjacent to the
Wairoa River.

Whangarei County.—Purua Survey District.

3 | IV. | 101 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 9 4½ | 0 0 4½
4 | " | 16 2 36 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
18 | VII. | 21 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
19 | " | 109 3 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
Section 3, only 5 acres of dry land, the remainder being
kahikatea, rush, raupo, and flax swamp; 4, open fern land,
light volcanic soil, covered with stones. The only access to
these lots is through Crown lands. Section 18, principally
stony land, covered in scrappy bush scorched by fire; 19,
about 40 acres good soil, covered with mixed bush, remainder
more or less swampy. The only access to these sections is
through Crown land.

Whangarei County.—Parish of Ruatangata.

69 | .. | 55 2 0 | 0 5 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 0 3
E.pn.70 | .. | 25 3 0 | 0 5 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 0 3
71 | .. | 52 0 12 | 0 5 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 0 3
Poor open fern and tea-tree land, with a few acres of bush
in each.

Whangarei County.—Parish of Tauraroa.

161 | .. | 565 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
All heavy mixed bush, swampy along Manganui River,
good soil.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 1st December, 1890.

IN pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service
Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the
Senior Examination of January, 1892, the period of litera-
ture will be the period of the Commonwealth, and the special
books will be Shakespeare's King Lear and The Tempest.

FRED. WHITAKER,
For the Minister of Education.

Tenders.

Post Office and Telegraph Department: General Post Office, Wellington, 10th August, 1891.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders for letter-carriers' uniforms is published for general informa-
tion.
J. G. WARD, Postmaster-General.

Tenderer. | Address. | Tunic. | Trousers. | Overcoats.
| | | Walking. | Riding. | With Cape. | Without Cape. | Riding.

Accepted.

Ross and Glendining .. | Dunedin .. | 23/6 and 28/ | 18/ and 17/9 | 25/ and 24/6 | 39/6 | 34/6 | 55/
Zealandia Waterproof Co. | Dunedin .. | .. | .. | .. | 39/ | .. | ..

Declined.

Coogan, J. .. .. | Wellington .. | 31/6; | 21/3; | 32/6 | 51/6 | 39/ | ..
| | duck, 11/ | duck, 8/ | | | |
Smith and Co., W. A. .. | Dunedin .. | 27/6 to 29/6; | 16/6 to 19/; | 22/ to 25/ | 39/6 to 44/ | 30/ to 33/ | ..
| | drill, 12/ | drill, 7/9 | | | |
Kaiapoi Woollen Manufac- | Christchurch | 25/ to 27/9 | 15/9 to 18/ | 21/9 to 24/9 | 31/ | 25/9 | ..
turing Company (Limited)
Hallenstein Bros. and Co. | Dunedin .. | 23/ to 27/9 | 16/6 to 19/3 | 23/6 to 27/6 | 37/6 | 28/6 | ..