APRIL 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 883

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

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 13th March, 1901.

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 8th May, 1901.

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 at this office on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

More or less broken land and forest-clad. About five miles from Towai.

Open land, mostly wiwi swamp, with patches of good land. About three miles from Taipa and eight miles from Mangonui.

About three-fourths open land, balance mixed forest and broken; soil good and well watered. Six miles from Te Puke Post-office.

Generally open land; a few acres scrubby bush. About four miles from Lucas’s Creek Post-office at head of Paremoremo Creek. Subject to payment of £10 for clearing and grassing.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Waikawa District, Southland, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 5th March, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Wednesday, 24th April, 1901.

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. If the lands are not applied for on 24th April, 1901, they will remain open for selection thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—WAIKAWA SURVEY DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Sections are sparsely covered with timber of no commercial value; soil fair; well watered; distance from Waikawa from 5 to 80 chains. Section 42 is burdened with £7 10s., and Section 45 with £11 10s., valuation for clearing and fencing.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

| 45 | I. | 87 1 24 | 0 6 | 1 1 10 |
| 46 | " | 116 2 0 | 0 6 | 1 9 2 |
| 47 | " | 117 2 16 | 0 6 | 1 9 5 |

Heavy bush land, with fair soil. Situated two miles from Waikawa Township.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments in Southland open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 5th March, 1901.

THE under-mentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Wednesday, 24th April, 1901.

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.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.
Village-homestead Allotments.—First-class Land.

Situated in Centre Bush Village, on east side of Invercargill–Kingston Railway- line, one mile and three-quarters from Centre Bush Railway-station. Bush land, mostly flat, soil fair. Limit of holding, 60 acres.

Waikawa | 25 | VII. | 14 3 35 | 1 0 | 0 7 6

Bush land, soil fair. Situated two miles from Waikawa Township. Section is burdened with £5 valuation for clearing and fencing. Limit of holding, one allotment.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Land in Hawke’s Bay for Sale under Section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 4th January, 1901.

IT is hereby notified, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the under-mentioned Crown land will be offered to the holders of the adjoining lands under section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on or after the 17th April, 1901.

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Section 11, Block VI., Weber Survey District, 65 acres.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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