Aug. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1383

Rural Land in Hawke’s Bay open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, 15th August, 1898.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 28th September, 1898.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 1 | XV. | 272 0 0 | 1 2 0 | 299 4 0 | 1 1·2 | 7 9 7 | 0 10·5 | 5 19 8
Undulating, open country, with manuka scrub. Well watered. Soil, medium to poor. About four miles and a half from Ormondville Railway-station.

Hawke’s Bay| Pohui .. | 2 | XVI. | 343 2 0 | 1 5 0 | 429 7 6 | 1 3 | 10 15 0 | 1 0 | 8 12 0
Broken land, with deep gullies. About 25 acres clear land. Fair soil. Timber chiefly rimu and matai, with dense underscrub. About two miles from Pohui.

Wairoa .. | Waiau .. | 2 | I. | 165 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 165 0 0 | 1 0 | 4 2 6 | 0 9·6 | 3 6 0
Forest land, with fair soil. Well watered. Distant thirty-four miles from Wairoa.

Waiapu .. | Waiapu .. | 2 | I. | 58 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 59 0 0 | 1 0 | 1 9 6 | 0 9·6 | 1 3 8
Undulating bush land, covered with tawa, matai, &c. Good soil. About six miles from Awanui, and close to the Awanui–Kawakawa Inland Road.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Cook .. | Motu .. | 2 | XVI. | 965 0 0 | 0 11 6 | 554 17 6 | 0 7 | 13 17 6 | 0 5·5 | 11 2 0
Undulating, hilly country, chiefly covered with mixed timber, consisting of tawa, rimu, rata, &c. Well watered. Fair soil. About forty-two miles from Gisborne.

Wairoa .. | Nuhaka N. | { 5 | XI. } | 1,075 0 0 | 0 14 0 | 752 10 0 | 0 8·4 | 18 16 3 | 0 6·7 | 15 1 0
{ 16 | XV. }
Undulating and broken country, covered with mixed timber—rimu, rata, tawa, &c. Well watered. Distant about twelve miles from Nuhaka. Weighted with £200 for improvements.

Cook .. | Patutahi .. | 125 | X. | 218 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 81 15 0 | 0 4·5 | 2 1 0 | 0 3 6 | 1 12 10
Hilly country, covered with light bush. Well watered. Medium soil. Distant about twenty-five miles from Gisborne by a dray-road.

Waiapu .. | Mata .. | { 2 | I. } | 1,525 0 0 | 0 8 6 | 648 2 6 | 0 5·1 | 16 4 0 | 0 4·1 | 12 19 3
{ 2 | V. }
Hilly broken country, covered with mixed timber, containing a little totara. Well watered. Distant about fourteen miles from Waipiro.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Land in Taranaki District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, 1st August, 1898.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 23rd day of November, 1898.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.

Hawera .. | Oeo .. | 26 | II. | 3 3 0 | 25 0 0 | 93 15 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 7 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 17 6

Weighted with £548, valuation for improvements. This land is situate on the Main South Road, right bank of Oeo Stream; distant from Manaia about ten miles, and from Opunake nine miles. The Oeo Hotel stands on the section.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.