1880
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 70

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

District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, 26th August, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned 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 this office, on Wednesday, the 15th October, 1902.

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

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Hilly fern land; soil light to good. On this section there is an area of about 60 acres of mixed bush, chiefly tawa, rimu, and matai. Good homestead-site. Well watered. Situated about thirty miles from Wairoa.

About 350 acres of fern and tutu, balance covered with tawa, rimu, matai, &c.; well watered; soil good. Altitude, 800 ft. to 1,500 ft. Distance from Wairoa about thirty miles.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Hawke’s Bay, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 26th August, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application at this office on Wednesday, 15th October, 1902, at the half-yearly rental noted in the Schedule.

In the event of more than one application being received for the run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—COOK COUNTY.—HANGAROA SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Pastoral Land.

Undulating and broken country, consisting of light soil on papa formation; watered by numerous streams. The Gisborne–Waikaremoana Main Road and Gisborne–Rotorua Stock-track give access to the run. Distance from Gisborne via Hangaroa Village, about forty miles.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri and Totara Timber in Auckland for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 18th August, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the kauri and totara timber on the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction at this office on Thursday, the 23rd day of October, 1902, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SECTION 48, Parish of Maungataniwha, Mangonui County: About 60 dry kauri-trees, containing 262,332 superficial feet; 80 green kauri-trees, containing 372,953 superficial feet; and 15 totara-trees, containing 12,038 superficial feet. Upset price, £482 9s.

Terms of Sale: One-half of purchase-money in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer, balance within six months thereafter. Time allowed for removal of timber, twelve months from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” at this office, on Wednesday, the 10th day of September, 1902.

In the event of more than one application being received for the same section on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

The access to this allotment is from Mangaweka Township. It is situated about half a mile from the Post-office. There is a formed and metalled road to within about 5 chains of Section 64, and another metalled road to within about 10 chains of Section 67. The lot comprises all flat land, the soil being of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest comprises kahikatea, rimu, matai, &c., with usual undergrowth. There is no permanent water-supply.

PAKIHIKURA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.—KIWITEA COUNTY.

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This section is situated in the Pakihikura Village Settlement, the access being from Hunterville, which is about eleven miles distant via the Vinegar Hill Road and Pakihikura Valley Road, which are formed for dray traffic. The section comprises about 8 to 10 acres of flat land near the road; the rest is broken. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is of the usual mixed kind, comprising rimu, matai, kahikatea, miro, tawa, &c., with a thick undergrowth. The section is well watered by a permanent stream. The elevation ranges from about 1,000 ft. to 1,100 ft. above sea-level.

KOROKORO VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.—PETONE BOROUGH.—BELMONT SURVEY DISTRICT.

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This section is situated on the hills behind Petone, which is about one mile distant, the access being by a formed and metalled road. It comprises somewhat broken land on the road-frontage, but easy sloping ground at the back, where there is a good homestead-site. The soil is fairly good, on a rotten-rock formation. There is no forest, all the section being in grass, and watered by a small spring at the back. Elevation ranges from 300 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.