1638
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT—continued.

FIRST-CLASS LAND—continued.

A. B. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.

Kaikoura .. | Mt. Fyffe | 57 | V. | 103 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 115 17 6 | 1 1 | 2 17 11 | 0 10·8 | 2 6 4
This section consists of flat terraces, covered with fern and very stony; the soil is good in places, but would entail a lot of labour to get it into working-order; no water visible; average altitude, 400 ft. About six miles and three-quarters from Kaikoura by dray-road.

Kaikoura .. | Mt. Fyffe | 58 | V. | 248 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 310 0 0 | 1 3 | 7 15 0 | 1 0 | 6 4 0
Flat terrace land covered with fern, tussock, and grass, with a few acres of light bush, suitable for firewood; very stony in places; permanent water; average altitude, about 300 ft. About six miles and a half from Kaikoura.

Kaikoura .. | Mt. Fyffe | 2 | XV. | 398 0 0 | 1 4 0 | 477 12 0 | 1 2 | 11 18 10 | 0 11·6 | 9 11 0
About 20 to 30 acres flat, remainder low hills; two-thirds of section is good limestone land, with excellent soil, the remainder rather dry ridges; heavy mixed bush, consisting of matai, rimu, white-pine, and totara on flat, and light bush on ridges; well watered; altitude, 500 ft. to 1,500 ft. About eleven miles from Kaikoura, by formed road and river-bed.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Kaikoura .. | Mt. Fyffe | { 4 | I. } | 1,557 0 0 | 0 12 0 | 934 4 0 | 0 7·2 | 23 7 1 | 0 5·8 | 18 13 8
| | { 1 | II.} |
On lower portion there are patches of clearing; fairly good grass; the timber on the lower portion is fairly heavy, comprising a considerable quantity of rimu, matai, miro, hinau, kahikatea, pukapuka, and red-birch; 100 acres of indifferent tussock land at the back; about 300 acres of steep rocky spurs, practically useless, remainder, although stony in places, is fair bush land, and comprises some good flat on the southern parts; well watered; altitude, 500 ft. to 3,585 ft. About nine miles from Kaikoura by road.

C. W. ADAMS,
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. B. 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

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

JOHN STRAUCHON,
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.

A. B. P. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.

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.