Aug. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1375

Offices opened and closed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 17th August, 1898.

THE following particulars of offices opened and closed are published for general information.

W. C. WALKER,
For Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner.

*Now post and telephone combined; also bureau. † Now post and telephone combined. ‡ Now post and telephone separate.

Crown Lands Notices.

Village-homestead Allotments in Wellington open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Wednesday, 19th October, 1898.

SCHEDULE.

RANGITIKEI COUNTY.—MANGAWEKA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.
First-class Land.

Subdivisions 1 and 2 of Section 43, Mangaweka Village Settlement, are situated on the main road from Marton to Tokaanu, which here forms the main street of Mangaweka Township. The access is from Mangaweka, where there is a post-office, the distance being about a quarter of a mile by metalled road. The area comprises cleared flat land with a small creek at one end. The soil is of very good quality, is from 12 in. to 18 in. in depth, and rests on clay-and-papa formation. The forest was heavy, comprising chiefly kahikatea, rimu, and matai. The land is watered by a small creek. The elevation ranges from about 1,050 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise a two-roomed whare, half the cost of 2·3 chains of boundary-fence, and half an acre of bush-felling.

Subdivision 3 of Section 43, Mangaweka Village Settlement, is situated at the junction of the Mangaweka–Te Kapua Road and the main road from Marton to Tokaanu, which here forms the main street of Mangaweka. The access is from Mangaweka, where there is a post-office, the distance being about a quarter of a mile by metalled road. The area comprises cleared flat land; on which there is a small creek. The soil is of very good quality, varying in depth from 12 in. to 18 in., and resting on clay-and-papa formation. The forest was heavy, comprising chiefly kahikatea, rimu, and matai. The elevation ranges from about 1,050 ft. above sea-level. The improvements consist of a quarter of an acre of bush-felling.

Subdivision 4 of Section 43, Mangaweka Village Settlement, is situated on the Mangaweka–Te Kapua Road near its junction with the main road from Marton to Tokaanu, which here forms the main street of Mangaweka. The access is from Mangaweka, where there is a post-office, the distance being about a quarter of a mile, by a road which, with the exception of about 3 chains, is metalled. The section comprises flat cleared land, on which there is a small creek. The soil is of very good quality, ranging in depth from 12 in. to 18 in., and resting on clay-and-papa formation. The forest was heavy, comprising chiefly kahikatea, matai, and rimu. The elevation ranges from about 1,050 ft. The improvements comprise half an acre of bush felled, and half the value of 1½ chains of boundary-fence.

Subdivision 5 of Section 43, Mangaweka Village Settlement, is situated on the Mangaweka–Te Kapua Road, near its junction with the main road from Marton to Tokaanu,