AUG. 27.], THE NEW ZEALAND GAZE TTE. 1371

Section 11: All forest, pastoral country, very rough and broken, mostly black-birch razorback ridges, from 500ft. to 1,800ft. above sea-level. Well watered. About 10acres flat land along Pokeka Stream, very much cut up by gullies. No road-acc ess at present, which will be by the Pokeka Valley Road.

Section 12: All forest, pastoral country, very rough and broken, mostly razorback black-birch ridges, from 250ft. to 1,700ft. above sea-level. Well watered. No flat land. Forma-tion is pana and sandstone, and shell - rock. The tim ber is mostly black-birch, tawa, rima, rata, and taw hero. Access by the Waitotara Valley Road, which is formed 6ft. wide.

General Description.

The Rauwhiti roa Block is a very rough one, rising from 250ft. above sea-level on the Waitotara River to 2,000ft. near Puteore Trig. The whole block is very much cut up with slips and gullies, and, when the sections are well watered. At present the only access is along the Waitotara Valley Road, which is formed as a horse - road 6ft. wide. The Waitotara River is navigable for canoes from the mouth of the Roto kohu Stream to the junc-tion of the Omaru with the Waitotara River. The general grade of the road-lines is from 1 in 20 to 1 in 40. The last mile of the Pokeka Road rises 1 in 15, which is the steepe st grade on the block. The formati on of the valley of the Pokeka is pana and sandstone, that of the Omaru Valley is pana, sandstone, and shell - rock.

IOHNS TRAUC HON,
Commissi oner of C rown Lands.

Sales of Kauri Timbe r by Public Auctio n.

Lands and Surve y Office,
Auck land, 19th June, 1896.

T HE under - mentioned clumps of dead and scorched kauri tim ber in the Aponga State For est, within Block s I V. and V I I I., Mangakahi a Surve y District, will be offered for sale by public auctio n at this office on Friday, the 4th September, 1896, at 11 o'c lock a.m.

No. 1 Clump.—30 old dead kauri - trees, containing about 30,000ft.; upse t price, £7 10s. 24 scorched kauri - trees, containing about 83,678ft.; upse t price, £27 18s.

No. 2 Clump.—4 old dead kauri - trees, containing about 4,320ft.; upse t price, £1 1s. 6d. 19 scorched kauri - trees, containing about 96,376ft.; upse t price, £32 2s. 6d.

No. 3 Clump.—81 old dead kauri - trees, containing about 101,793ft.; upse t price, £25 9s. 269 scorched kauri - trees, containing about 1,178,449ft.; upse t price, £392 16s.

Conditions of Sale.—One - half the purchase - money to be paid by cash or marked chequ e on the fall of the hamme r, the balance within twelv e months. Tim ber to be removed within two years from date of sale.

Plans can be seen at this office and at the Post - office at Whangarei.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissi oner of C rown Lands.

Kauri Timbe r, Auckland Land District, for Sale by Public Auctio n.

Lands and Surve y Office,
Auck land, 15th July, 1896.

N OTICE is hereb y given that the under - mentioned kauri tim ber upon Section 94, Parish of Pakir i, and upon the C rown land adjoining, about three miles from Pakir i, will be offered for sale by public auctio n, at this office, on Friday, the 18th September, 1896, at 11 o'c lock a.m.

Lot 1.—209 scorched kauri - trees, upon Section 94, con-taining about 412,000ft.; upse t price, £103.

Lot 2.—40 scorched kauri - trees, upon C rown land adjoin-ing Section 94, containing about 113,000ft.; upse t price, £28 5s.

Conditions of Sale.—One - half the purchase - money to be paid by cash or marked chequ e on the fall of the hamme r, the balance within six months. Tim ber to be removed within two years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissi oner of C rown Lands.

La nd in Auck land for Sale by Public Auctio n.

Distr ict Lands and Surve y Office,
Auck land, 26th May, 1896.

I T is hereb y notif ied that the under - mentioned r ural land will be submitted for sale at this office on Friday, the 4th September, 1896, at 11 a.m.:

Parish of Okura, adjoining Wad e V illage, Section 30, 1 acr e 2 r o ods 30 perches; upse t price, £3 7s. 6d.

Te r ms of Sale.—One - fif th of the purchase - money to be paid on the fall of the hamme r, and the balance, with C rown -

grant fee £1, within thir ty days thereaf ter, otherw is e the part of the purchase - money paid by way of dep osit shall be forf eited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissi oner of C rown Lands.

Sm all Grazing - runs open for Leas e on Application.

Distr ict Lands and Surve y Office,
Napier, 1st August, 1896.

N OTICE is hereb y given that the under - mentioned small grazing - runs will be open for leas e on applica-tion on and after Wednesday, the 30th September, 1896.

In the case of more than one application for the same run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ball ot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

FIR ST- AND SECON D-CLAS S PASTORAL COUNTR Y.

• Weighed with £2,000 for improv ements.

Run No. 35 is first - class pastoral country, and Runs Nos. 32 and 36 are second - class pastoral country.

FIR ST- AND SECON D-CLAS S PASTORAL COUNTR Y.

Run No. 32 is nearly all covered with mixed bus h, mostly tawa, matai, totara, &c. The souther n portion is easy, slopes country, and the open parts are covered with fern and tuta. The soi l on top s of hills is poor, but on the slopes is good. Access can be gain ed from the Hangar oa V illage and from Tin iroto, a pack - track coming within 20 chain s of the run from the former place, and a formed road leading to within a mile of the latter.

Run No. 35 is chiefly open land, with some mixed bus h on the norther n portion, about 600 acr es of which have been clear ed of forest and sown in English grass. Access is given by road s both from the Hangar oa and Tin iroto V illages. About 725 acr es in the souther n portion, near the hom est ead, is surface - sown in English grass, but has gone back a little, and is partiall y covered with fern and manu k a. However, as the run car ries some 1,600 shee p, 30 cattle, and 6 horse s throughout the year, during some weeks of which they are kept entirel y on the souther n portion, it is of value. The run contains a hom est ead and woolsh ed, both recentl y erect ed, store, stockyards, and shee p - di p, together with some f encing, and, on account of the improv ements effect ed, has been loaded with £2,000 to be paid by the incom ing ten ant.

Run No. 36 is hilly pastoral country, soi l light, overlying a calcareous mar l or pana formati on. It is well watered, and dist ant about twent y - three miles from Wair oa, on the sea - coast. It is chiefly covered with fern and scr u b, with some patch es of mixed bus h.

THOS. HUMPH RIES,
Commissi oner of C rown Lands.

Na tive Land Court Notices.

Notice of Dismissal of Application under Section 13 of "The Na tive Land Court A cts A mendment Act, 1889. "

Chie f J u dge's Office, Wellington.

I HEREBY give notice that the application of Rir ipe ti Whi uwh iu, under section 13 of "The Na tive Land Court A cts A mendment Act, 1889," complai n ing of an alleged error of the Court in not including her as a successor to the interests of Tute r e and Tio pira Huk iki in Lots 20 and 21, Parish of Waim ana, has been dismis sed.

Dated the 21st August, 1896.

GEO. B. DAVY,
Chie f J u dge.

Notice of Proposed Sitting of Court.

Na tive Land Court Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1896.

N OTICE is hereb y given that it is proposed to hold a sitting of the Na tive Land Court at Hokitika, on the west coast of the South Island, at some future date before the close of the present year, such date to be fixed by the Chie f J u dge of the said Court. All persons having applica-tions and claims to prefer to the Court are hereb y requested to at once send in their applications and claims to me, at Wellington, in order that they may be included in the list of cases to be heard at such Court.

EDW ARD B UCKLE,
Reg istrar.