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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

Town and Village Lands, Canterbury Land District, for Sale
for Cash by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 24th August, 1896.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Land Act, 1892,”
that the under-mentioned sections will be offered for
sale for cash by public auction, at Russell’s Hall, Pembroke,
on Wednesday, the 14th October, 1896.

SCHEDULE.
VINCENT COUNTY.
Makarora Village.

The above sections are situated a mile and a half above
the landing-place, head of Lake Wanaka, and about forty-
two miles from the Pembroke Township, and comprise
loamy and clayey soil. On each side there are permanent
streams, distant about 10 and 5 chains from the north and
south boundary respectively. There is also a large birch
bush on the north-east of the sections and about 20 chains
distant therefrom. Altitude, about 1,000ft. above sea-level.

Subdivision of Part of Reserve 2245, Block XII., Wilkin
District.

• Includes £173 for valuation of improvements.

These sections are situated adjacent to the landing-place,
head of Lake Wanaka, about forty miles distant from the
Pembroke Township, and are at present in the occupation
of Mrs. C. F. Moffat, and consist chiefly of open stony land,
Sections Nos. 2 and 3 being steep hillside. The improve-
ments on Section No. 1 comprise house, £140; garden and
stone fence, £16; barn, &c., £17: which have to be paid for
on the fall of the hammer.

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

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 5th September, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
kauri timber, situated upon the Kaimarama Block,
will be sold by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the
6th November, 1896, at 11 o’clock a.m. :—

1,100,000ft. kauri timber on unsurveyed land within
Block IV., Hastings Survey District; 500,000ft. kauri
timber on Section 2, Block XV., Coromandel, and Block IV.,
Hastings, and Sections 3 and 4, Block XVI., Coromandel,
and Block V., Hastings Survey District; and 200,000ft.
kauri timber on Sections 1 and 5, Block IV., Hastings
Survey District. Total quantity of timber, 1,800,000ft.;
upset price, £525.

Conditions of Sale.—One half the purchase-money to be
paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer,
the balance within twelve months. Timber to be removed
within two years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER.
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Taranaki, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 24th August, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small
grazing-runs will be open for lease on application at
this office on Wednesday, the 7th October, 1896, at the half-
yearly rental stated. If more than one application be
received for the runs on the same day, priority of selection
will be decided by ballot on the following day at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—RAWHITIROA BLOCK.
Second-class Pastoral Country.

Section 1: All forest, pastoral country, very rough and
broken, no flat land; papa, sandstone, and shell-rock forma-
tion; well watered. The timber is chiefly tawa, rimu, rata,
and tawhero. Altitude from 600ft. to 2,000ft. above sea-
level. No road-access at present, but will be by Puteore
Ridge Road.

Section 3: All forest, pastoral country, very rough and
broken, no flat land, well watered; formation is papa, sand-
stone, and shell-rock. Timber same as Section 1, with some
black-birch. Altitude from 400ft. to 1,500ft. above sea-level.
No road-access at present, which will be by Omaru Ridge
Road.

Section 4: All forest, pastoral country, very rough and
broken, well watered, no flat land; formation, papa, sandstone,
and shell-rock. Timber mostly tawa, rata, rimu, and tawhero.
Altitude 500ft. to 1,800ft. above sea-level. No road-access
at present, which will be by Omaru Valley Road.

Section 5: All forest, pastoral country, very rough and
broken, mostly black-birch razorback ridges; formation,
papa, sandstone, and shell-rock. From 250ft. to 1,600ft.
above sea-level. Well watered. Road-access by the Wai-
totara Valley Road, formed 6ft. wide. Same timber as
preceding section.

Section 7: All forest, pastoral country, 400ft. to 1,700ft.
above sea-level, very rough and broken, mostly razorback
black-birch ridges; formation, papa and sandstone; well
watered. Bush chiefly black-birch, tawa, rimu, rata,
tawhero. There are several small flats along the Pokeka
Valley, cut up by gutters between the bends of the river—
about 20 acres altogether. No road-access at present, which
will be by Pokeka Valley Road.

Section 8: All forest, pastoral country, very rough and
broken, mostly razorback ridges covered with black-birch.
Altitude from 500ft. to 1,800ft. above sea-level. Formation,
papa and sandstone, well watered. Bush is chiefly black-
birch, tawa, rimu, rata, tawhero. There are some small
flats along the Pokeka Valley, very much cut up by gutters,
the total area of these being about 15 acres. No road-
access at present, which will be by Pokeka Valley and Omaru
Ridge Roads.

Section 9: All forest, pastoral country, very rough and
broken, mostly black-birch razorback ridges. From 230ft.
to 1,670ft. above sea-level. There are some small alluvial
flats in the Pokeka Valley, between the bends of the river,
subject to high floods; total area of these, about 5 acres.
Formation is papa and sandstone, well watered. The timber
is chiefly black-birch, tawa, rimu, rata, and tawhero. Road-
access is by the Waitotara Valley Road, which is formed 6ft.
wide.

Section 10: All forest, pastoral country, very rough and
broken, mostly black-birch razorback ridges. From 400ft.
to 1,690ft. above sea-level. Well watered. There are about
30 acres flat land, mostly alluvial, along the Pokeka Stream,
subject to high floods. 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.