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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 103

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

District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, 1st November, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, at this office, 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 Monday, the 22nd day of December, 1902.

If more than one application is received for the same section on the same day, priority of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

SALISBURY BLOCK.

Pohangina | Apiti .. | 7 | XVI. | 200 0 0 | 1 3 0 | 230 0 0 | 1 1·8 | 5 15 0 | 0 11·04 | 4 12 0
Weighted with £20, valuation for improvements.

The access to this section is from Ashhurst, which is about twenty-one and a half miles distant by a good metalled road. The section comprises broken country, with good building-site on Pohangina River. The soil is of fair quality, resting on papa-and-sandstone formation. The forest is fairly heavy, comprising matai, rimu, white-pine, rata, totara, maire, tawa, honeysuckle, hinau, with usual thick undergrowth. The section is well watered by Pohangina River and other small streams. The improvements comprise 10 acres felled and partly grassed (now overgrown), and slab whare, 18 ft by 15 ft. (out of repair), valued at £20. The section is offered subject to the right of the Crown to take a road through it if required.

DELAWARE BLOCK.

Pohangina | Pohangina .. | 17 | IV. | 200 0 0 | 1 3 0 | 230 0 0 | 1 1·8 | 5 15 0 | 0 11·04 | 4 12 0
Weighted with £9 7s. 6d., valuation for improvements.

This section is situated in the Delaware Block, the access being from Ashhurst, which is about twenty-four miles distant, by twenty-one miles of good metalled road, two and three-quarter miles of unmetalled dray-road, and quarter-mile of horse-track. The section comprises broken country. The soil is of fair quality, resting on papa-and-sandstone formation. The forest is fairly heavy, comprising rimu, matai, miro, rata, maire, with thick undergrowth of mako, rangiora, &c. The section is well watered by numerous small streams. The improvements comprise 7½ acres felled and badly burned, valued at £9 7s. 6d.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands in the Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, 18th November, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for sale or selection, at this office, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, on Wednesday, the 7th January, 1903.

If more than one application is received for the same section on the same day, priority of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Hawke’s Bay | Patoka .. | 4 | II. | 309 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 231 15 0 | 0 9 | 5 15 11 | 0 7·2 | 4 12 8
Open fern country; soil light; well adapted for carrying sheep; has about 120 acres surface-sown in grass, and one mile and three-quarters of old fencing, which will require repairing. Situate about thirty five miles from Napier, and accessible by dray-road. Two coaches run bi-weekly between Napier and Puketitiri. There is a hotel, boardinghouse, and post office at Puketitiri, about a mile from the section. Weighted with £103 15s., valuation for improvements, consisting of 120 acres of grass, valued at £60, and one mile and three-quarters of fencing, valued at £43 15s.

Hawke’s Bay | Patoka .. | 5 | II. | 263 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 131 10 0 | 0 6 | 3 5 9 | 0 4·8 | 2 12 7
Open fern country; soil light, but adapted for sheep-raising; has 110 acres surface-sown in grass, and one mile and three-quarters of old fencing, some of which is in need of repair. Accessible by coach-road from Napier, distant about thirty-six miles, and by same with Puketitiri Post-office, one mile and a half distant. Weighted with £98 15s., valuation for improvements, consisting of 110 acres of grass, valued at £55, and one mile and three-quarters of fencing, valued at £43 15s.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.