Dec. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1733

Sale of Crown Lands at Kaponga.

District Land and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 13th December, 1892.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned allotments of land at Kaponga will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at this office, on Saturday, the 28th January, 1893, at noon :—

KAPONGA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.—KAUPOKONUI SURVEY DISTRICT.—BLOCK XI.

Plans of Kaponga may be obtained at this office.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village and Rural Lands in the Auckland Land District for Sale by Auction.

District Land and Survey Office,
Auckland, 8th November, 1892.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned village and rural lands will be offered for sale by public auction at the Land Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, the 11th January, 1893, at 11 a.m. :—

PORT CHARLES.—HARATAUNGA SURVEY DISTRICT.—SECTION 6, BLOCK I.

| Lot 1 | 0 3 4 | 2 6 0 |
| " 2 | 1 0 6 | 3 1 0 |
| " 4 | 0 2 27 | 2 1 0 |
| " 5 | 0 3 24 | 3 0 0 |
| " 6 | 1 0 0 | 3 0 0 |
| " 7 | 1 0 8 | 3 1 0 |

These lots are situated at the mouth of the Parakete Creek, Port Charles.

MANUKAU COUNTY.—PARISH OF OPAHEKE.—SECTION 2.

| Lot 85 | 4 1 8 | 17 5 0 |

At Maketu Settlement, Great South Road.

WHANGAROA COUNTY.—PARISH OF MATAWHEROHIA.

| S.E. 3 | 15 0 0 | 73 15 0 |
| S.W. 8 | 92 1 0 | 81 0 0 |
| S.W. 9 | 49 2 0 | 49 10 0 |
| 11 | 90 3 0 | 667 0 0 |
| 19 | 140 0 0 | 65 0 0 |
| 23 | 400 2 0 | 139 15 0 |
| 24 | 221 3 36 | 84 0 0 |
| 25 | 155 2 0 | 78 0 0 |
| 26 | 527 0 0 | 400 0 0 |
| 28 | 313 3 30 | 160 0 0 |
| 30 | 252 2 0 | 80 0 0 |

All very broken forest land with clay soil, situated about four miles from Kaeo Post-office, and containing timber as follows: S.E. 3, about 140,000ft. of kauri; S.W. 8, 135,000ft. of kauri and 20,000ft. of totara; S.W. 9, 27,000ft. of kauri and 24,000ft. of totara; Section 11, about 1,290,000ft. of kauri, including a squared log of 3,969ft.; Section 19, 20,000ft. of kauri and 60,000ft. of totara; Section 23, about 66,000ft. of kauri and 40,000ft. of totara; Section 24, about 21,000ft. of kauri and 55,000ft. of totara; Section 25, 85,000ft. of kauri and 21,000ft. of totara; Section 26, about 260,000ft. of kauri and 540,000ft. of totara; Section 28, about 200,000ft. of kauri and 20,000ft. of totara; and Section 30, 30,000ft. of kauri and 14,000ft. of totara.

TERMS OF SALE.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance with Crown-grant fee within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land shall henceforth be null and void.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Hammer Plains Reserve.—Sale of Leases of Town and Rural Lands.

District Land and Survey Office,
Nelson, 5th December, 1892.

IT is hereby notified that the town and rural lands, being subdivisions of the Hammer Plains Reserve, described in the Schedule hereunder, will, in pursuance of subsection (2) of section 242 of “The Land Act, 1892,” be offered for lease by public auction, for the term of forty-two years, at Culverden, on Monday, the 9th January, 1893, at the hour of 1.15 p.m.

SCHEDULE.

TOWN SECTIONS.

Block I.

| 3 | 1 0 0 | 1 10 0 |
| 4 | 1 0 0 | 1 10 0 |
| 7 | 0 3 32 | 1 0 0 |
| 8 | 1 0 13 | 1 0 0 |
| 9 | 0 3 24 | 1 0 0 |
| 11 | 1 1 19 | 1 10 0 |
| 12 | 1 0 0 | 1 10 0 |

Block II.

| 3 | 0 1 32 | 1 15 0 |
| 4–7 | 0 1 32 | 1 10 0 |
| 8, 9 | 0 3 0 | 1 0 0 |
| 12 | 0 3 30 | 1 0 0 |
| 14, 15 | 0 3 0 | 1 0 0 |
| 18 | 1 0 31 | 1 0 0 |

Block III.

| 8–12 | 0 1 32 | 1 10 0 |
| 13, 14, | | |
| 15, 16, | 0 3 0 | 1 0 0 |
| 18, 19, | | |
| and 20) | | |
| 17 | 0 3 22 | 1 0 0 |

• Each.

RURAL SECTIONS.

| 1 | 15 0 39 | 1 10 0 |
| 2 | 12 0 0 | 1 15 0 |
| 5 | 11 1 26 | 2 5 0 |
| 7 | 13 1 11 | 1 5 0 |
| 9 | 18 2 12 | 0 12 6 |
| 10 | 36 2 30 | 1 16 0 |
| 11 | 19 1 32 | 0 10 0 |
| 12 | 18 2 23 | 0 10 0 |
| 13 | 14 1 30 | 0 14 0 |
| 14 | 27 0 6 | 1 7 0 |
| 15 | 14 2 25 | 1 8 0 |
| 16 | 14 2 29 | 1 8 0 |
| 17 | 12 0 0 | 1 4 0 |
| 18 | 10 3 23 | 1 1 0 |
| 19 | 22 1 22 | 1 2 0 |
| 20 | 11 3 36 | 0 10 0 |
| 21 | 36 3 13 | 2 14 0 |
| 22 | 66 0 25 | 1 13 0 |
| 23 | 38 0 2 | 1 18 0 |
| 24 | 41 1 31 | 2 1 0 |
| 25 | 42 0 0 | 3 13 0 |
| 26 | 22 2 27 | 1 0 0 |
| 27 | 24 2 3 | 1 0 0 |
| 28 | 23 0 32 | 0 10 0 |
| 29 | 21 0 22 | 2 2 0 |
| 30, 31 | 108 0 20 | 3 11 0 |
| 32 | 40 0 0 | 3 0 0 |
| 33 | 26 1 14 | 1 0 0 |
| 34 | 20 0 0 | 0 15 0 |
| 35 | 27 2 29 | 2 15 0 |
| 36 | 24 0 13 | 2 8 0 |
| 37 | 20 0 0 | 0 10 0 |

Rural Sections 1, 2, and 7, chiefly covered with manuka scrub, undulating clay soil. Section 5, covered with flax, manuka, and tussock; fairly good undulating soil. Section 6, covered with flax, manuka, and tussock; one-third good swampy ground, one-third cold clay soil, remainder shingly flat. Section 9, nearly all tussocked-covered flat, poor soil. Section 10, fairly good soil towards the river, remainder poor and shingly. Section 11, shingly soil covered with tussock, some short native grass on top of terrace. Section 12, flat covered with tussock, poor stony soil. Section 13, tussocked-covered flats, shingly, fairly good soil. Section 14, one-third good flax and manuka swamp, remainder rather poor shingly soil covered with tussock. Sections 15 and 17, about three-fourths good easily-drained flax and manuka swamp, remainder poor soil. Section 16, all good easily-drained flax and manuka swamp. Section 18, about three-fourths good easily-drained flax and manuka swamp, a little dry soil covered with tussock and manuka, good section. Section 19, fairly good soil, tussock, and a little manuka scrub. Section 20, covered with tussock, inferior soil, much broken by terraces. Section 21, fairly good soil, portion good flax and manuka swamp, rather good section. Section 22, tussocked-covered hills, fit only for grazing. Section 23, tussocked-covered hillside, a little manuka scrub, poor soil. Section 24, half tussocked-covered hillside, about one-third manuka, poor clay soil. Section 25, tussock and a little manuka scrub, well sheltered, front part between road and river very poor, remainder fairly good. Section 26, covered with tussock and a little manuka, fairly good soil along the creek. Section 27, about one-fourth good easily-drained flax and manuka swamp, remainder poor shingly soil. Section 28, dry shingly soil, three-parts manuka scrub, remainder tussock. Section 29, about two-fifths good drainable swampy soil, remainder rather poor manuka and tussock-covered soil. Section 30, about seven-eighths fairly-good hills for grazing, covered with tussock, about one-third ploughable at the foot of the spurs, one-eighth good flax and manuka swamp. Section 31, poor tussock-covered hillside. Section 32, two-thirds drainable good flax and manuka swamp, remainder poor shingly soil. Section 33, about 10 acres fairly-good soil, remainder poor tussock-covered flat.