Oct. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3051

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

District Lands Office, Auckland, 17th July, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be open for sale or selection, at this office, either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on Wednesday, the 23rd day of October, 1907, under the provisions of Part III of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Altitude, from 400 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Level to broken country, covered with fern and tea-tree scrub; soil of a light nature, on sandstone formation; well watered by small swamps; general quality of section is fair. Situated seven miles from Kawa Railway-station and five miles from Otorohanga by good road.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands in Nelson Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 2nd September, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Thursday, the 5th day of December, 1907, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903.”

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

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—BULLER COUNTY.—KONGAHU BLOCK.
Second-class Unsurveyed Heavy-bush Land.

Hilly pastoral country, with patches of excellent soil on western side of Glass-eye Creek, remainder good soil of sedimentary marine formation; covered with bush, comprising birch, rimu, and kamahi. Access by about two miles of unformed track from the Little Wanganui River, which is distant about thirty-five miles from Westport by steamer.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Land in Nelson Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 9th September, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Thursday, the 12th day of December, 1907, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903.”

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

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—INANGAHUA COUNTY.
Second-class Unsurveyed Heavy-bush Land.

Weighted with £42, valuation for felling and grassing.

Situated about three-quarters of a mile from Longford Post-office and telegraph-station, and about 10 chains off the main coach-road, Nelson to Westport. Portion of the block known as the Matiri Valley Block. Open, forest-clad land, the timber being brown-birch and silver-birch not suitable for milling. Formation, sandstone and conglomerate. Soil is very fair, and well watered. Northern and western portions of the area lie well to the sun, and when cleared will carry good grass.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Southland Land District for Disposal under Section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 17th July, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be disposed of to the owners of the adjoining land, under section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on or after Friday, the 25th day of October, 1907.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 1a, Block XLI, Taringatura Survey District, 12 acres and 34 perches.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.