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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 96

Valuation for buildings, fencing, &c., on Section 4,
Block II., £200.

Tuatini Native Township is situated in the Tokomaru
Bay, which is one of the most beautiful bays on the East
Coast, and is the port for a large pastoral country. Steamers
trading between Auckland and Gisborne call in when neces-
sary. The township is situated on high land overlooking
the sea. The soil is good, being suitable for gardens*and
orchards. The Main Coast Road goes through the township.
It has a post-and-telegraph station and Native school. There
is good fishing to be obtained in the bay.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotment open for Selection on Lease in
Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 15th October, 1900.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for
selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Tues-
day, 11th December, 1900.

If more than one application be received for the allot-
ment on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided
by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m. If the allotment
is not applied for on the 11th December, 1900, it will re-
main open for selection at the District Lands and Survey
Office, Invercargill.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—SEAWARD
BUSH TOWNSHIP.

First-class Land.

All open land, soil good, well watered; situated a quarter
of a mile from Seaward Bush Siding. Burdened with £47,
valuation for improvements, consisting of house and out-
houses, £35; clearing, £8; fencing, £4.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Land in the Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 15th October, 1900.

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 12th December, 1900.

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., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Rich reclaimed-swamp land; very suitable for wheat-growing. Situated two miles and a half from Raupo wharf on
Northern Wairoa River.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, 15th October, 1900.

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 Thursday, the 13th December, 1900.

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., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Description and Locality of Land.

Broken country; soil light; about 18 acres of mixed bush, the remainder being fern and scrub. Distant thirteen
miles inland from Tolago Bay. Valuation for improvements, to be lodged with the application or paid immediately the
result of the ballot is declared, £17 10s. The improvements consist of 70 chains of fencing, rather out of repair.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.