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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IX, Issue 855, 12 October 1853, Page 4

publication of the following correspondence for general information. By His Honor's Command, H. S. Knowles, Acting Secretary,

Superintendent's Office, Wellington, 4th October, 1853.

Sir, — Your Excellency having, in the Civil Secretary's letter of the 14th ultimo, promised to give your attention to any suggestions the Provincial Government might make relative to the disposal of the lands recently acquired in the Wairarapa Valley, I have now the honor to recommend, with the concurrence of the Commissioner, that the following instruc-

tions be issued to him by your Excellency : Ist, That the Commissioner should for the present reserve, as a Hundred, the Tauwarenikau Block (known as purchase No. 4} extending from Burling's Station to the Paver Waingawa, and bounded towards the East by the unpurchased land, and towards the West by the Tararua Kange, in order togive the promoters of the " Small Farm Scheme" an opportunity of carrying it out. And, 2ndly, That the Commissioner should" thsa notify that the other portions of the V alley which have become the property of the Crown will be open for sale on a certain day, of which day due and sufficient notice shall be given to the settlers in the Wairarapa ; and that if, upon that day, two or more competitors apply for the same piece of land, one of -whom is an occupant of the Wairarapa, they snould not be regarded as having equal claims* but, that the Wairarapa settler should be regarded as having the preferable claim to the extent. of 040 acres (if it lay around his homestead) of the land so applied for — such single block to be so taken as not unduly to monopolize water or bush, and subject to the usual regulations as to form, right of road, surveys, &c. I have, &c. t &c,

(Signed) I. E. Featherston, Superintendent. His Excellency Governor Sir. George Grey, X.C.8., &c, &c, &c

Civil Secretary's Office, Wellington, sth October, 1853.

S IRj — In reply to your Honor's letter of yesterday's date to the Governor, containing a statement of the arrangements proposed by the Provincial Government for the disposal of Crown Lands in the Wairarapa district, I am directed by his Excellency to express to your Honor his entire concurrence in opinion with you, that the interests of the Province require the immediate settlement of the question of the occupation of lands in that valley. And I am to state that, as the arrangement detailed in your Honor's letter appears to be a judicious and proper one, orders will be issued without delay to the Commissioner, to enable him to carry it into execution. I have, &c, &c. Alfred Domett, • Civil Secretary. His Honor The Superintendent of Wellington,. • &c, &c, &c,

NOTICE.

Crown Land Office,

Wellington, 6th October, 1853. WITH reference to the Correspondence between the General Government and his Honor the Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, relative to the disposal of land in the recently acquired districts at Wairarapa, Notice is hereby given, that those districts (with the exception of the Tauwarenikau Block described at foot) will be open to selection under the B,egulations of 4th March, 1853, upon and after Wednesday, tiie 26th

day of October instant. Applications will therefore be received on that day, in the usual form, from persons desirous of purchasing land in the districts referred to. In the event of two or more persons applying on that day for the same piece of land, one of whom is a settler at Wairarapa, having been in actual occupation of the land applied for previous to the acquisition of the districts, the application of such settler will take priority to an extent not exceeding 640 acres, provided that the land so applied for be situated around the homestead of such settler, be taken in one block of the usual form, and do not unduly monopolize water or bush. Where two or more persons make simultaneous applications for the same land,, neither of whom is a settler in actual occupation as aforesaid, the land will be reserved as heretofore for sale by public auction. A Plan of the Wairarapa, showing the districts open for selection, may be seen at thisoffice on and after the 15th instant. By His Excellency's Command, F. D. Bell, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

DESCRIPTION OF THE TAUWARENIKAU BLOCK EXCEPTED FROM THE PRESENT NOTICE. This Block extends from Burlmg's Station in the Wairarapa, at the opening of the Eoad from Wellington, northward to the River Waingawa, and is bounded on the East by the part of Wairarapa Valley unpurchased from tha Natives, and on the West by the Tararua. Range.

NOTICE.

Crown Land Office,

Wellington, sth October, 185?NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that theTrigonometrical Survey of the Ahum* Districts having been commenced, all the* Rules relating to Proclaimed Lands are now in force in those districtgf. By His Excellency's command, F. D. Bell, Commissioner of Crown Lands.