GOVERNMENT LAND SALE. PROVINCE OP WELLINGTON. IMPORTANT SALE OF LAND IN THB MANAWATU DISTRICT TOWNSHIP, SUBURBAN, AND , SMALL FARM ALLOTMENTS. TIMBERED SECTIONS, be./ IT IS NOTIFIED for puMteinfyrmation that in the MONTH of JANUARY, 866, an important auction sale will be held a Wellington of upwards of 5,000 acres, onsisting of :— Town Lots in thb Township of Mana¦atu, situate at Te Awa Hou, the present nding-place for goods, about three miles om the mouth of the River These sec3ns will vary from a quarter acre to one •re. A few Town Lotb in the Township ' Moutoa, about 12 .miles above the Manaitu Township, and also on the River. Suburban and Small Farm Allotments, in blocks varying from 2 to 100 acres. These blocks are adjacent to the two Townships, and are also laid off on either side of the road now in progress to connect the Moutoa with the Manawatu Township, and on branch lines of road. Timber Sections — (as many as can be surveyed will be offered for sale)— 'about 18 miles above Moutoa, laid off on either side of a road now in progress to give access through the bush to the navigable portion of the River. These sections will vary f . om 1 00 to 820 acres, and several of them will have River frontages. A Township witf-be laid off at a suitable place on this line of road, which will be a connecting line between the Kangitikei and the river navigation, through the open and bush country of the Oroua and Upper Manawatu. The River Manawatu has a depth of water on the bar varying from 9 to 12 leet, and is navigable for vessels of that draught for nearly 40 miles (by the River) from the mouth. The timbered sections to be offered for sale form the extreme end of a rich flat block of forest land of great extent (about 60,000 acres) a considerable portion of which is covered with the finest totara timber. The road through these sections opens up the extensive plains between the Rangitikei and the Manawatu to the River, which is tho natural and only outlet to that district. This road will also form part of a line of inland road from Wellington to Wanganui. Cobb and Co.'s coaches will, after the 15th December, 1865, run at least twice a week between Wellington and Manawatu, and every information can be obtained from the Survey Office at Manawatu by intending purchasers. Lithographed maps, showing the position of the lands to be sold, Will be immediately prepared for sale to the public ; and as so>n us possible, before the sale> a map with full particulars of the sections of land for sale will also be published. A future notice will be issued giving the day on which this land will be offered for sale, and full particulars as to upset price, size of lots, &c, will be published. A. FOLLETT HALCOMBE. Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 10th October, 1865.
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Evening Post, Issue 266, 14 December 1865, Page 4
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653Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Post, Issue 266, 14 December 1865, Page 4
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