Jan. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 109

Lands in Auckland District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 4th January, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands 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 15th March, 1899.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Undulating to broken forest country; soil fair and well watered. Situated about eighteen miles from Papakura Railway station, and thirteen miles from Clevedon Post-office.

Broken forest land. Situated about three miles from Otonga Post-office.

• Parish.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands in the Wellington Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 19th December, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity on and after Wednesday, 8th February, 1899.

If there be more than one application received for the same section on the same day, then the priority of selection will be decided by ballot, at this office, on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—COUNTY OF WAIRARAPA SOUTH.
—KAIWHATA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Weighted with £629 16s. for improvements, made up as follows: 300 acres in grass, £375; 158 chains fencing, £142 16s.; woolshed, sheep-yards, and dip, £90; whare and orchard, £22. This section is situated on the Wharau-Kaiwhata horse-road, Wairarapa South County. The access is from Carterton, which is about thirty-three miles distant: from Carterton to Gladstone eight miles by coach-road, from Gladstone to Wharau twenty-two miles by fair-weather dray-road, and from Wharau to the section three miles, two miles of which is by dray-road. The section is also accessible from the mouth of the Kaiwhata River—distant six miles—by dray-road. The land comprises broken hilly country, intersected by deep gullies, with small flats along the road and on the banks of the Little Kaiwhata Creek, which runs through the section. The soil is of fair quality, resting on sandstone-and-clay formation. The forest is of small extent, only 74 acres remaining, and comprises rimu, hinau, maire, and birch, with an undergrowth of rangiora and supplejacks. The section is well watered by permanent streams. The elevation ranges from about 400 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea-level.

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Weighted with £1,036 10s. for improvements, made up as follows: 500 acres felled and grassed, £800; 139 chains fencing, £136 10s.; whare, orchard, and sheep-yards, £100. This section is situated on the Wharau-Kaiwhata horse-road, Wairarapa South County. The access is from Carterton, which is about thirty-four miles distant: from Carterton to Gladstone eight miles by coach-road, from Gladstone to Wharau twenty-two miles by fair-weather dray-road, and from Wharau to the section four miles, two miles of which is by dray-road. The section is also accessible from the mouth of the Kaiwhata River—distant six miles—by dray-road. The land comprises broken hilly country, intersected by deep gullies, with small flats along the road and on the banks of the Little Kaiwhata Creek, which runs through the section. The soil is of fair quality, resting on sandstone-and clay-formation. The forest comprises about 110 acres, and consists of rimu, birch, hinau, and maire, with a slight undergrowth of tutu and mahoe. The section is well watered by permanent streams. The elevation ranges from about 300 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level.

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

Rural Land, Canterbury, open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 14th December, 1898.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection, in terms of sections 107 and 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on lease in perpetuity, on and after Wednesday, 1st March, 1899.

If more than one application be received for the section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—SELWYN COUNTY.—HALSWELL SURVEY DISTRICT.
Block X., Reserve 959, Lake Ellesmere.
First-class Land.

These sections are situated on the northern shore of Lake Ellesmere, about two miles and a half southwestward from the Greenpark Railway-station on the Little River branch line of railway, and comprise low-lying land, liable in great part to be flooded when the lake is high, but well adapted for pastoral purposes. The soil is of light sandy quality, carrying principally native lake grasses, with rye-grass and clover on the better portions. The sections are weighted with a valuation of £101 18s. 6d. for improvements, consisting of boundary-fencing and three artesian wells.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.