JULY 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1317

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 10th July, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Monday, the 21st August, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WHAKATANE COUNTY.—WHAKATANE SURVEY DISTRICT.—OPOURIAO ESTATE.

First-class Land.

About 20 acres good land and flat alluvial, 17 acres easily drained swamp, about 70 acres scrub and light bush, 87 acres fern hills, undulating, with steep faces at back. Section well watered, and fronting main road; six miles from Whakatane Township.

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Generally flat alluvial land, with frontage to river and main road; no bush, soil excellent; situated eleven miles and a half from Whakatane Township.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Hawke’s Bay, open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 10th July, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease, upon application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on and after Tuesday, the 29th August, 1899, at the annual rentals noted below. In case of more than one application for the same run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—COOK COUNTY.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

Locality and Description of Runs.

All undulating and broken country, consisting of light soil on papa formation, watered by numerous small streams. The Gisborne-Waikaremoana Main Road (formed 6 ft. wide) and the Gisborne-Rotorua Stock Track give access to Runs 29, 30, 31, 32, 62, and 65, the distance from Gisborne being forty-two miles via Hangaroa Village, it being a dray-road from that point to Gisborne. The Bushy Knoll Road gives access to Runs 33, 34, and 41, the distance from Gisborne being forty-three miles via Tiniroto Village, situated on the main Gisborne-Wairoa Road.

Detailed Description.

On Run 29 about half the area is covered with good mixed bush, the balance being fern. Height of land, from 700 ft. to 2,000 ft.

On Run 30 there are a few patches of mixed bush, the remainder being fern country, the bush being on the banks of streams and heads of gullies. There is about one mile and a half of frontage to the main road, and the Hangaroa River also forms part of the boundary. Height of land, 700 ft. to 2,000 ft.

On Run 31 about half is covered with bush, 200 acres of which is black-birch, the other portion being fern and scrub. The height of run varies from 1,000 ft. to 2,500 ft.

On Run 32 the land is nearly all bush, and the Mangapoipoi Stream runs through it. Height, from 1,000 ft. to 2,000 ft.

On Run 33 about one-third is bush, the other part being open fern and scrub. Height, from 800 ft. to 2,400 ft.

On Run 34 the land is mostly open fern, with patches of bush and scrub. Height, from 600 ft. to 1,700 ft.

On Run 41 it is nearly all mixed-bush country, height being from 600 ft. to 1,700 ft.

On Run 62 about one-quarter is covered with bush, the other part being fern and scrub. Height, from 900 ft. to 2,000 ft.

On Run 65 about one-third is covered with bush, the other portion being fern and scrub.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Land open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection, in terms of section 159 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on lease in perpetuity, on and after Tuesday, the 25th July, 1899.

If more than one application be received for the same 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, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—RANGITIKEI COUNTY.—PALMERSTON NORTH KNIGHTS OF LABOUR BLOCK.

First-class Land.

These sections are situated in the Palmerston North Knights of Labour Block, north of Hunterville, which is distant about twenty-five miles. Improvements of the values stated have been effected on each section: Section 15, Block IV., £107 12s. 6d.; Section 19, Block IV., £251 11s. 1d.; Section 20, Block IV., £119 14s.; Section 17, Block VIII., £564 11s. 9d.: which is payable with the application, or immediately the result of the ballot is declared.

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

SCHOOL FOR DEAF-MUTES, SUMNER, NEAR CHRISTCHURCH.

Under the control and supervision of the Education Department.

Director: Mr. G. van Asch.

FOR Deaf Children of sound intellect. The pupils are taught to use and understand ordinary speech. The best age for entrance is between six and seven.

The full charge for board and education is £40 a year, but less is accepted from parents who cannot afford to pay this amount. In case of necessity admission is free.

Parents having dumb children between the ages of four and seven, and other persons desiring information with regard to the school, are invited to apply to

THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION,
Wellington.

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