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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 70

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.

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.

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 .. | 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.

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 Lands in the Auckland District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 29th August, 1898.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be opened 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 26th October, 1898.

If more than one application be received on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Rodney .. | Pakiri Parish | 102 | .. | 76 0 0 | 9 0 | 34 4 0 | 0 5·5 | 0 17 3 | 0 4·32 | 0 13 9
" .. | Ditto | 110 | .. | 42 2 0 | 9 0 | 19 7 0 | 0 5·5 | 0 9 8 | 0 4·32 | 0 7 9
Broken forest land; sandstone and clay soil; well watered. Seven miles from Matakana.

Hobson .. | Maungaru.. | 2 | XI. | 199 0 0 | 7 6 | 74 12 6 | 0 4·5 | 1 17 4 | 0 3·5 | 1 9 10
Open land of inferior quality. Access by steamer, which passes twice weekly from Dargaville to Tangiteroria.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.