Aug. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 957

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 payments, 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, Auckland:—

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 portion 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 9
16 | " | 96 3 34 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6

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.

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 scraggy 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 literature 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 for Sleepers, New Zealand Railways.

Railway Department (Head Office), Wellington, 17th August, 1891.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders for the supply and delivery of black-birch sleepers for the New Zealand railways is published for general information.
By order of the Commissioners.

E. G. PILCHER, Secretary.

Tenders for Sleepers, New Zealand Railways.

Railway Department (Head Office), Wellington, 4th August, 1891.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders for the supply and delivery of totara sleepers for the New Zealand railways is published for general information.
By order of the Commissioners.

E. G. PILCHER, Secretary.