Jan. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 243

Lands in the Town of Ninia, Wellington Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at the Town Hall, Ohakune, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Friday, the 25th day of February, 1910, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF NINIA.
Suburban Land.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

Ninia is situated on the North Island Main Trunk Railway, about seventy-nine miles from Marton, about eleven miles west of Waiouru, and about eight miles east of Ohakune Railway-station. Access is obtained from the Pipiriki–Waiouru Coach road, via the Wangaehu Valley Road, the latter being an unformed surveyed road practicable for dray traffic. Level sections covered with tussock, rushes, and grass. The soil is pumice grit, with a fair amount of vegetable matter intermixed overlying volcanic débris on papa formation. The Waitaki Stream, on which the town is situated, and other streams in the vicinity are visited during the season by a good number of anglers. Tourists are likely to visit the locality in the summer, as Mount Ruapehu is in the vicinity. The altitude of the town is about 1,900 ft. above sea-level.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal under Section 131 of “The Land Act, 1908.”

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 18th January, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that an area of 3 acres and 22 perches, intersecting Sections 15, 16, and 17, Pukekura Parish, will be disposed of, under section 131 of the said Act, on and after Thursday, the 21st day of April, 1910.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Town of Ohakune, Wellington Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at the Town Hall, Ohakune, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Friday, the 25th day of February, 1910, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF OHAKUNE.
Town Land.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

These sections are situated opposite the Ohakune Railway-station, on the North Island Main Trunk Railway line, about midway between Auckland and Wellington. The main town, distant rather more than a mile, contains a post and telegraph office, school, town hall, and numerous stores and accommodation-houses. It is the outlet of a splendid saw-milling and dairying district, and has grown rapidly during the past few years. The sections comprise for the most part flat and undulating land, rather wet in places, but easily drained. All are in heavy standing bush, comprising principally rimu, birch, matai, and kahikatea. The soil is light, partly on clay and partly on grit formation.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at the Town Hall, Ohakune, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Friday, the 25th day of February, 1910, under the provisions of “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Town of Ninia.

Town of Rangataua.