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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3886, 3 January 1884, Page 4

Government Gazette. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION. LAND DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND. SALE OF RUAKITURI BLOCK, WAIROA, NEAR HAWKE'S BAY. "I Q SECTIONS in the above Block, JLO comprising an area of 24,9G0 acres, will be offered for sale on immediate payments at Napier, on tho 17th January, ISS4. Upset price from 6/- to 10/- per acre. At the same time and place 5 sections in the same block, comprising an area of 48G5 acres, will bo offered for lease for depasturing purposes for a period of ten years at an upset price per annum of from £7 10/- to £50 a section. The Ruakituri Block is situated in the County of Wiiiroa, about 12 miles from the Township of Clyde. It extends some 20 miles to the westward from the Gisborne-Wairoaroad, and lies between the Ruakituri and Mangaruhe rivers. The main road from Wairoa to_ Gisboro passes close to the eastern side of the block. Thirty-three miles of bridle roads on tho permanent grades and seven miles of stock-driving roads, havo been opened to these lands. The whole block, with the exception of a few flats on tho Ruakituri River, is pastoral country. The vegetation consists of fern on the spurs and in the valleys, and of scrub and bush in the steep" trullies. The soil varies; in places it is light, and mixed with a slight coating of pumice, in other parts where the pumice drift has been washed down the bteop hill sides it is a calcareous clay. The sub-soil is marl; on the higher hills there is an overlap of sandstone and a little limestone near Te Tuhi. These lands will take grass by surfaee-sowinir : the average co.st for fencing, seed-sowing, Are., is from 20/----to 30/- per acre. , Maps may be seen at all the principal Land Offices throughout the Colony. D. A. TOLE, Commissioner Crown Lands. Crown Lands Office, Auckland, 2Sth Nov., 1383. ROADS TO OPEN UP CROWN LANDS RAKAIATAI BLOCK, MAKATOKU RAILWAY STATION. rf LENDERS aro invited for Clearing and A. Stumping three miles of road through the Rakaiatai Block in the vicinity of the Makotoku Railway Station. Specifications can be seen at the Railway Station, Makatoku, and at the District Survey Offico, Napier. Tenders addressed to the undersigned will be received up to NOON of SATURDAY", the 12th of January. Mr. Bargh, Road Surveyor, will be at Makntoku at 11.30 a.m. on MONDAY' and TUESDAY, the 7th and Sth of January, and will take intending contractors over tho roads. The contractor will be allowed to remove logs aud timber from the road lines which arc included in the contract. There am a number of totara trees on one of the roads. The roads to be cleared are level and on none of them would there be a greater distance than one mile and a half to haul logs to the Makatoku Railway Station. HORACE BAKER, Chief Surveyor. District Survey Office, Napior. January 2, 188-1. NAPIER-WOODVILLE RAILWAY". FENCING CONTRACTS. Public Works Office, Kopua, December 21, ISB3. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received up to Noon of SATURDAY, the 12th of January, 1881, for tho erection of Railway P'euces between Waipawa and Waipukurau (ono contract), aud between Kopua and Makatoku (4 contracts). Specifications and conditions of contract may be seen at the abovo office. Tenders must be sealed, addressed to tho undersigned, and marked outside, "Tender for Fencing, Waipawa-Waipukurau," or :'Tender for Fencing, Kopua-Makatoku, Contract No. —," as the case may bo. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By command. J. T. CAIiR, Resident Engineer. WELLINGTON-NAPIER RAILWAY. KOPUARANGA CONTRACT (FORMATION ONLY). LENGTH, ABOUT 8 MILES. Public Works Office, Wellington, December 8, 1883. rpENDERS will be received at this office 1 until NOON on WEDNESDAY, the 23rd of January, 1884, for the abovo Contract. They are to be marked on the outside "Tender for Kopuaranga Contract," and addressed to thu Hon. tho Minister for Public Works. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed aud marked, will be received if presented at any Telegraph Office by NOON of tho sumo date, provided that Tenders a.s above are lodged at any District or Resident Engineer's Office by the same hour. Specifications and general conditions may be seen at this office ; at the I'ubl-'c Works Offices, Auckland, Wanganui, Christchnrch, Duuedin, and Invoreargill, at tho Railway Stations, New Plymouth, Napier, and Masterton; and at the Warden's Office, Grahamstown. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By command, JOHN BLACKETT, Engineer in Charge, North Island. CASTLEPOINT JETTY. COUNTY WAIRARAPA EAST. Public Works Office. Wellington, 2uth December, 1883. npENDERS will bo received at this Office I until Noon on WEDNESDAY, the 30th January, 138-1, for the abovo Contract. They aro to be marked on the outside, " Tender for Costlopoint Jetty Contract," and addressed to tho Hon. tho Minister for Public Works. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will be received if presented at any Telegraph Office by Noon of the same dato, provided that tenders as abovo aro lodged at any District or Resident Engineer's Office by the same hour. Specifications and general conditions may be seen at this office ; at the Public Works Offices, Auckland and Wanganui; at the Railway Stations, Napier aud Mastertou; at the Warden's Office, Grahamstown; and at the Post Office, Castlepoint. The lowest or any tonder not necessarily accepted. By commaud, JOHN BLACKETT. Engineer in Charge, North Island. Itflouey. MONEY TO LEND. IN any sums on approved security. Also, £1000 to £10,000 at current rates. F. ALGAR, West Clivo. MONEY TO LEND—In sums of £1000 and upwards, on approved security, at current rates of interest. LEE & SHEATH, Solicitors, Napier. OKA A A TO LEND ON FIRST--3O OUI / U CLASS FREEHOLD PROPERTY. W. R. RUSSELL, Flaxmere. MONEY TO LEND. IN Sums of £2-5 to £4000 on Town aud Country Property. Apply to R. G. GRAHAM. THE NORTHERN INVESTMENT COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. (Limited). Capital .. .. £500,000 offices. , emerson Btkket, napier. THE Colonial Board is prepared to make advances on— Freehold Securities. Leasehold Securities. Stock and Station Mortgages. At moderato rates of interest For proposal Forms, apply to PAT. STIRLING M'LEAN, Manager. rZEAJLANDIA BOOTS.—Quality Gnar£j antsed at E. W. KNOWLES' Boot Warehouse, Hastings-street.