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West Coast Times, Issue 31, 15 August 1865, Page 4

PROCTER'S GRAND ART UNION, OQ*VC) Worth of Valuable Goods, con-* slating of— GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES CHAINS, BROOCHES, LOCKETS, EAR RINGS, And articles of utility and ornament, will bd distributed to 372 subscribers, on the prim ciple of tho Art Union of London. T. R. P. invites the publio to call at his establishment, and inspect the goods. Each artiolo is entered at the' lowsot retail price* and warranted according to catalogue. Subscribers' tickets now on sale at T. R. PROCTER'S, Watchmaker ; and at BRACKEN'S QUEENSTOWN HOTEL, Revell street, Hokitika. TT is notified, for general information, that, X at a date to be particularised in a future notice, probably in the month of November, 1865, the Provincial Government of the Province of Hawke's Bay will offer for sale, and lease the valuable lands, a description of which is hereafter given. The districts in which these lands are situate have only recently been acquired from the native proprietors, and no land has been sold in them. I.— The township of consisting of about 600 town sections. This township will bo sold by publio auction, and offers uuusual advantages for settlement. It is situated on the Wairoa, a river navigable for many miles from its mouth, with a vast country containing large blocks of rich agricultural land, and also an extensive pastoral district. The Provincial Government havo about two hundred thousand acres in this district to open up for settlement, the whole of this country is at present unoccupied, and will be offered for public competition. 2.— -Suburban land adjoining the township of — — This blook will be laid out in lots of from ton to sixty acres, and is nearly all rich agricultural land, a great deal of it abutting on the Wairoa River. It will be disposed of by public auction. 3.— Agricultural land, adjoining tho suburban land at the Wairoo, and Mahia, and in different parts of the Wairoa and adja- | cent districts. There is a large extent of really fino agricultural land to bo brought into tho market from time to time.- as demand for it occurs. This laud will be surveyed, and laid out in sections, suitable for tho occupation of agricultural settlers, and will be sold to the first applicant at one pound per acre. Land for commonage will be reserved, adjacent to each block of agricultural land, for 14 years, equal in extent to the quantity of land sold or oftered for sale. 4.— Pastoral land, about (120,000) one hundred and twenty thousand acres of land, suitable for sheep runs situate in- Wairoa, and adjacent districts, will be divided into blocks not exceeding, in any case, ten thousand acres, and bo leased, by public auction, for fourteen years to the highest bidder. The sanction of tho Legislature has to be obtained before these runs can be disposed of. 5.— -Township of the Mahia. This township will consist of about 200 town sections. It is situate at the the shipping place of the Mahia Peninsula and adjacent districts. Tho land is good in the vicinity, and tho Crown has a largo acreage there for disposal. This township will bo sold by publio auction. 6.— Suburban land, at the Mahia, adjacent to the township, and of good quality, will bo soM in lots of from ten to sixty acres, by public auction. 7.-— Aboutsix thousand acres of the Ahuriri Plains, well known to be tho richest agricultural land in tho colony, and immediately adjoining tho Township of Napier. These blocks are held in lease from tho natives for periods of twenty-one and twenty -two years, and will be leased, by publio auction, in lots, suitable for tho settlement of an agricultural population for like periods. A future notice will be issued, giving the day on whioh these valuable lands will be thrown open to tho public, and particulars as to upset price, size of lots, &0., will be pub- • hshed. Settlers desiring to mako permanent homes are invitod to inspect the districts about to be opened for settlement; they will find the land of excellent quality, and the climate tho finest in Ntw Zealand. DONALD M'LEAN, Superintendent, Province of Hawko'a Bay. HARBOR DEPARTMENT. •^TOTICE— There will be an anchor and ■^ chain, and lino attached, on the South Spit, and boat and boat's crew in readiness at high water, ovory tide, to assist any vessel coming over tho bar. When the bar is only fit for steomors to take, a rod flag will be hoisted on tho north flagstaff. When for sailing vessels, a red flag aud ball. Masters of vessels are particularly requested to attend to the small tidal flag on the spit, as the sma 1 tidal flag and the largo flat? in one takes them over the bar. b By order, J. KERLEY, mmmmmmmmm:mmwm ______^ Harbor Master. pjHßiaTommcH Agency.— Mr AG. Stevens V High street, Christohurch, has ££ Ta£ LTS aß "} t thU pa » er ' audis *utX2d to receive advertisements aud subscriptions! jyM' TATTON, prid fe o street, ha7~Wn J" > omtcdogentforthis paper atNekon an authorised to rccoivo auvertiseinenta and subscriptions. *»«utnro