Dec. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2197

Village-homestead Allotments in Wellington open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on and after Wednesday, the 22nd December, 1897.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

Kiwitea County.
Rewa Village Settlement.

| 8 | .. | 9 0 0 | 3 2·4 | 0 14 5 |

Wairarapa North County.
Pongaroa Village Settlement.

| 1 | .. | 100 0 0 | 1 0 | 2 10 0 |
| 7* | .. | 25 0 0 | 1 7·2 | 1 0 0 |
| 17 | .. | 50 0 0 | 1 3·6 | 1 12 6 |
| 18 | .. | 46 0 0 | 1 4·8 | 1 12 3 |
| 27† | .. | 20 0 0 | 1 9·6 | 0 18 0 |
| 31 | .. | 19 3 0 | 1 9·6 | 0 17 10 |

Rakaunui Village Settlement.

| 7 | .. | 10 0 0 | 1 4·8 | 0 7 0 |

* This section is weighted with £40 10s. for improvements.
† This section is weighted with £40 for improvements.

Section 8, Rewa Village Settlement, is situated in the Rewa Village Settlement, in the Rangitikei Valley, on the main road from Feilding to Sandon Block, and consists of flat land, rather swampy in places. The soil is good, being river-deposit overlying gravel. It is covered with forest of a mixed character, containing rimu, matai, kahikatea, tawa, &c., with the usual undergrowth. The section is about twenty miles from Feilding, and about three miles from Waituna Post- and Telegraph-office, by a good dray-road. There is a school close to the section.

Section 1, Pongaroa Village Settlement, is situated on the Manuhara Road, in the Pongaroa Village Settlement, and consists of somewhat broken country, with a permanent stream. The soil is fairly good, on a sandstone-and-papa formation, and covered with forest of a mixed character, containing tawa, rimu, rata, matai, &c., with an undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section is distant about four miles from Pongaroa Township, two miles being by dray-road and two miles by cleared road.

Section 7, Pongaroa Village Settlement, is situated on the Alfredton–Weber Road, in the Pongaroa Village Settlement, and consists of undulating country, with about 3 acres of flat land. The soil is clayey, on a papa formation. Eighteen acres of the section are in grass, the remaining 7 acres being covered with forest of a mixed character, containing rimu, rata, hinau, &c., with an undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section is distant about two miles from Pongaroa Township. The improvement consists of 18 acres in grass, valued at £40 10s.

Section 17, Pongaroa Village Settlement, is situated on the Paraengahuata Road, in the Pongaroa Village Settlement, and consists chiefly of low flat spurs sloping gradually towards the south and west. Water can be obtained by sinking. The soil is good, on a papa formation, and covered with forest containing rimu, tawa, &c., with an undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section is about two miles and a half from Pongaroa Township, half the distance being by the Alfredton–Weber dray-road, and the other half by the Paraengahuata Road, which has been cleared and formed for horse traffic.

Section 18, Pongaroa Village Settlement, is situated on the Paraengahuata Road, in the Pongaroa Village Settlement, and consists of low flat spurs, with a homestead-site. Water can be obtained by sinking. The soil is good, on a papa formation, and covered with forest containing tawa, rimu, kahikatea, &c., with an undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section is distant about two miles from Pongaroa Township, one mile and a quarter being by the Alfredton–Weber Road, which is formed for dray traffic, and the remaining distance by the Paraengahuata Road, formed for horse traffic.

Section 27, Pongaroa Village Settlement, is situated on the Alfredton–Weber Road, in the Pongaroa Village Settlement, and consists of low flat spurs, all ploughable. Water is obtainable by sinking a few feet. The soil is good, on a papa formation, and is grassed. The section is about half a mile from Pongaroa Township, by dray-road. The improvement consists of 20 acres in grass, valued at £40.

Section 31, Pongaroa Village Settlement, is situated on the Alfredton–Weber Road, in the Pongaroa Village Settlement, and consists of low flat spurs on the frontage, rising towards the back line, the greater portion of the section being ploughable when clear. Water can be obtained by sinking a few feet. The soil is good, on a papa formation, and is covered with forest consisting of tawa, &c., with an undergrowth of supplejack, rangiora, &c. The section is about a mile from Pongaroa Township by dray-road.

Section 7, Rakaunui Village Settlement, is situated on the Alfredton–Weber Road, in the Rakaunui Village Settlement. It consists of land sloping from a long ridge running through the section. The soil is fair, on a papa formation, and covered with forest of a mixed character, containing rimu, rata, kahikatea, &c., with an undergrowth of lawyer, supplejack, &c. The section is distant about half a mile from the school and post-office, and a mile from Rakaunui Village, by dray-road.

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

Crown Lands in Wellington District for Sale under Section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land will be offered for sale under section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on or after Wednesday, the 2nd March, 1898.

Section 45, Block VII., Mangaone Survey District, containing 10 acres and 16 perches ; upset price, £1 per acre.

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

Reserve at Woodville for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 24th November, 1897.

THE under-mentioned section in the Woodville Survey District will be offered for lease by public auction, at Woodville, on Wednesday, the 12th day of January, 1898, at 11 a.m. :—

Woodville District.

Description of Land.—The section, known as the “Ferry Reserve,” is situated within five miles of Woodville, on the main road from that place to Palmerston North, at the entrance to the Manawatu Gorge. The section is of limestone formation, undulating, and well watered. Good soil, carrying mixed light bush and scrub, with patches of native grass.

Conditions of Lease.

The lease shall be for the term of seven years, commencing from the 1st day of January or July following the date of auction.

The lessee is to open up a limestone quarry upon the section within six months from the granting of the lease, and shall sell lime upon the following scale :—

For agricultural purposes—
Unslacked lime, at not more than £1 per ton, delivered free on board to farmers’ carts or into railway-trucks.
Crushed lime, at not more than £1 3s. per ton, delivered free on board to farmers’ carts or into railway-trucks.

For building purposes—
Unslacked lime, at not more than 2s. 6d. per bag, delivered free on board into railway-trucks.

The lessee also to undertake, if there be demand, to produce an output of not less than 50 tons per month.

The successful bidder at the auction shall pay one year’s rent on the fall of the hammer, and also £1 1s. for the preparation of his lease.

If the land be again let at the termination of the present lease, the improvements existing thereon which have been effected by the lessee will be valued, and the lease offered weighted with such valuation.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.