Sept. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1561

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 10 acres flat land along Pokeka Stream, very much cut up by gutters. Formation is papa and sandstone. The timber is mostly black-birch, tawa, rimu, rata, and tawhero. No road-access 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. Formation is papa, sandstone, and shell-rock. The timber is mostly black-birch, tawa, rimu, rata, and tawhero. Access by the Waitotara Valley Road, which is formed 6ft. wide.

General Description of the Block.

The Rawhitiroa 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 gutters, and, when cleared, will only be suitable for grazing sheep. All 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 Rotokohu Stream to the junction 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 steepest grade on the block. The formation of the valley of the Pokeka is papa and sandstone, that of the Omaru Valley is papa, sandstone, and shell-rock.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Timber and Lease of Town Lands by Public Auction, Hawke’s Bay Land District.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 1st August, 1896.

THE under-mentioned timber in the Tautane Survey District will be offered for sale, and the under-mentioned sections in the Township of Ormondville will be offered for lease, by public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday, the 30th September, 1896.

SALE OF TIMBER.

Section 13, Block V., Tautane Survey District.

Terms of Sale.—The purchaser shall pay 50 per cent. of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance within thirty days from the date of sale. He shall have the sole use of the land, and the right to cut and remove all timber thereon, during a period of three years from the same date.

FOR LEASE.

Ormondville Town.

Conditions of Lease.—The leases shall be for a term of five years, commencing from the 1st January, 1897. The successful bidder at the auction shall pay one year’s rent on the fall of the hammer. No compensation shall be allowed, nor shall any be claimed, at the termination of the lease, for any improvements effected on the land during the term of lease.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run, Southland, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 1st August, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 23rd September, 1896:—

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Pastoral Run No. 207, Hokonui Survey District: Area, 6,047 acres; term, ten years; upset annual rental, 2d. per acre.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 1st August, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application 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 ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

FIRST- AND SECOND-CLASS PASTORAL COUNTRY.

• Weighted with £2,000 for improvements.

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

FIRST- AND SECOND-CLASS PASTORAL COUNTRY.

Run No. 32 is nearly all covered with mixed bush, mostly tawa, matai, totara, &c. The southern portion is easy, sloping country, and the open parts are covered with fern and tutu. The soil on tops of hills is poor, but on the slopes is good. Access can be gained from the Hangaroa Village and from Tiniroro, a pack-track coming within 20 chains 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 bush on the northern portion, about 600 acres of which have been cleared of forest and sown in English grass. Access is given by roads both from the Hangaroa and Tiniroro Villages. About 725 acres in the southern portion, near the homestead, is surface-sown in English grass, but has gone back a little, and is partially covered with fern and manuka. However, as the run carries some 1,600 sheep, 30 cattle, and 6 horses throughout the year, during some weeks of which they are kept entirely on the southern portion, it is of value. The run contains a homestead and woolshed, both recently erected, store, stockyards, and sheep-dip, together with some fencing, and, on account of the improvements effected, has been loaded with £2,000 to be paid by the incoming tenant.

Run No. 36 is hilly pastoral country, soil light, overlying a calcareous marl or papa formation. It is well watered, and distant about twenty-three miles from Wairoa, on the sea-coast. It is chiefly covered with fern and scrub, with some patches of mixed bush.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
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. C. WALKER,
Minister of Education.