1764
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 82

Lands in Taranaki for Sale and Selection.

Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, 3rd October, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection in terms of sections 96 and 136 of "The Land Act, 1892," either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 11th December, 1895. If more than one application be received for a section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth.

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Stratford | Ngatimaru .. | 22 | IX. | 570 0 0 | 1 11 0 | 883 10 0 | 1 6·6 | 22 1 7 | 1 2·88 | 17 13 6

Weighted with £59 15s. valuation for improvements, which must be paid with application. The section is about eighteen miles from Stratford on the Mohakau Road; and comprises fair soil with papa formation, well watered, with usual timber and undergrowth; 25 acres are in grass, and 77 chains boundary-fence erected at the back by adjoining holders.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Clifton .. | Huiroa .. | 13 | VIII. | 435 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 435 0 0 | 1 0 | 10 17 6 | 0 9·6 | 8 14 0

Situate on the Autawa Road, about ten miles from Tarata; a bridle-track is formed into the section; the soil is fair, with papa formation; well watered; the timber is tawa, tawhero, rimu, &c., with usual undergrowth.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Hawke's Bay District, open for Lease upon Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 20th September, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application on and after Wednesday, the 20th November, 1895, at the annual rental noted below. In case of more than one application for any run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

HANGAROA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

Run No. 29, 7,955 acres; annual rental, £119 3s. 6d.: Hilly country, with light soil; about one-fourth of it covered with bush—tawa, rimu, hinau, &c.—the remainder fern, tutu, and manuka; well watered. It is about forty-two miles from Gisborne, and a bridle-road has been made by way of the Hangaroa Village to within a mile of the run.

Run No. 30, 6,514 acres; annual rental, £56 17s. 6d.: This run, which adjoins No. 29, is rough and steep at the southern end; about one-half is covered with tall fern, tutu, and manuka, the remainder heavy black-birch bush; it is well watered, but the soil is poor. By one of the roads to Hangaroa Village it is eight miles to present bridle-road, and by the other it is eleven miles to formed road near Tiniroto.

Run No. 31, 5,600 acres; annual rental, £66 8s.: About five-sixths of this run is covered with mixed forest, the remainder tall fern; soil is light though fair, but on the tops of the hills poor; the southern portion is broken, but the whole run is well watered. Access will be by way of Tiniroto, the distance being about ten miles, the last six not yet cleared and formed.

Run No. 33, 5,135 acres; annual rental, £93 9s. 6d.: The soil in this run is fairly good; it is well watered throughout; about half is covered with mixed forest, consisting of tawa, rimu, hinau, &c., the balance fern, tutu, and in places toitoi and koromiko. There is a bridle-road within a mile of the south-eastern corner, near the Ruakituri River, and it will also be eventually reached by road via Tiniroto, sixteen miles distant, the first part of which is formed for a few miles.

Run No. 34, 4,020 acres; annual rental, £60 4s. 6d.: The run is chiefly open country covered with fern, with bush in the gullies; but it is more broken than Run 33. It will have

two ways of access—one by Ruakituri, at which point it is but a little distance from the present bridle-road, the other from Tiniroto, distant about eight miles.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Ashley Gorge Estate, open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 10th October, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application on and after Wednesday, the 4th day of December, 1895, at the rentals noted below.

In the event of more than one application being received for the same run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

ASHLEY COUNTY.—OXFORD SURVEY DISTRICT.—ASHLEY GORGE ESTATE.

First-class Pastoral Country.

Section 1, Block IV., and Section 36590: 1,325 acres 1 rood 3 perches; annual rent, £132 10s. 8d.

Section 2, Blocks IV. and III., and Section 36589: 915 acres 2 roods 2 perches; annual rent, £101 11s.

Term of lease, twenty-one years. Full particulars may be obtained on application.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 24th September, 1895.

IN pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1897, the period of literature will be the reign of Elizabeth, and the special books will be George Eliot's "Romola" and Shakespeare's "Tempest."

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.