Jan. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 357

Notice to Mariners No. 8 of 1915.

BLUFF HARBOUR ENTRANCE.—DREDGE MOORING-BUOY.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 27th January, 1915.

THE Bluff Harbour Board have notified that a small grey buoy has been moored near the channel at entrance to Bluff Harbour, to carry dredge-moorings.

The following bearings give the approximate position of buoy :—

No. 2 beacon 330° (N. 48° W. magnetic),
No. 1 beacon 78° (N. 60° E. magnetic),

about 60 yards south of line of dolphin leading-lights. Buoy will probably run under during strength of tide.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 2540 and 3484; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ix, page 270.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 25th January, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Lot 3, Section 3, Howick Town, Auckland Land District, containing 1 rood 29 perches, will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Friday, the 30th day of April, 1915.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands

Settlement Lands in Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 26th January, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction for cash or on deferred payments at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at 2 o’clock on Tuesday, 30th March, 1915, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Culverden is situated in the Amuri County, sixty-nine miles from Christchurch, is the present terminus of the railway, and is part of the Culverden Estate. The whole of the township is flat, the soil being of a light and shingly nature. Water is obtained by means of wells and pumps.

Lot 35 fronts Montrose Street, about 20 chains from the railway-station. There are on this section a dwellinghouse of five rooms, surgery, two-stalled stable, harness-room and trap-shed, well, pump, and gate, the whole valued at £158 10s., payable in cash. If the section is bought on deferred payment, the improvements may be paid for by forty half-yearly instalments of £6 7s. 2d., interest and sinking fund. A freehold title for the section will not be issued until the value of the improvements has been paid.

HIGHBANK SETTLEMENT.

Ashburton County.—Corwar Survey District.

Situated in the centre of the Highbank Settlement, about six miles eastward from Methven Township and Railway-station, and about four miles and three-quarters from Cairnbrae Railway-station. Flat land, inferior soil.

STOKE SETTLEMENT.

Ashley County.—Mairaki Survey District.

| 8 | VIII | 1 0 0 | 25 0 0 |
| 9 | " | 1 0 0 | 25 0 0 |
| 10 | " | 1 0 0 | 25 0 0 |

Close to Stoke Railway-station. Flat land; good soil.

CLANDEBOYE NO. 2 SETTLEMENT.

Geraldine County.—Arowhenua Survey District.

| 7 | IV | 1 0 0 | 25 0 0 |
| 8 | " | 1 0 0 | 25 0 0 |
| 9 | " | 1 0 0 | 25 0 0 |

These sections are situated at the northern end of the Clandeboye No. 2 Settlement, about seven miles in a north-easterly direction from the Temuka Railway-station, and close to the sites of the Clandeboye Dairy Factory and public school. The land is flat, and was formerly swamp, which has now been drained. The soil rests on a clayey subsoil overlying shingle.

AVENEL SETTLEMENT.

Ashburton County.—Corwar Survey District.

| 15 | IX | 1 0 0 | 20 0 0 |
| 16 | " | 1 0 0 | 20 0 0 |

This settlement is situated about eight miles from Rakaia Township, and adjoins the Mitcham Railway-station, on the Rakaia–Methven Railway line. Good flat agricultural land.

ROSEWILL SETTLEMENT.

Pareora Survey District.—Cave Village.

| 16 | IX | 0 1 33 | 14 0 0 |
| 17 | " | 0 1 33 | 14 0 0 |

Close to Cave Railway-station. Flat land; good soil.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Southland Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 8th January, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 15th day of April, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—TOWN OF BARKLY.

Suburban Land.

Section 14: Area, 3 acres 32 perches.
,, 15: ,, 3 acres 32 perches.
,, 20: ,, 9 acres 1 rood 29 perches.

G. H. M. McCLURE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 3rd November, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that an estimated area of five (5) acres to be cut out of Section 25, Block IV, Tautuku Survey District, Otago Land District, will be sold in terms of section 140 of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 11th day of February, 1915.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.