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West Coast Times, Issue 32, 17 August 1865, Page 4

PROCTER'S GRAND ART UNION* OQ*yO Worth of Valuable Goods, con^ oisting of— GOLD AND SILVER WATCHED CHAINS, BROOCHES, LOCKETS, EAR RINGS, And articles of utility and ornament, will be distributed to 372 subscribers, on the prin« ciple of the Art Union of London. T. R.P. invites the publio to call at hia establishment, and inspeot the goods. Each article is entered at the lowset retail pricej and warranted according to catalogue. Subscribers' tickets now on sole at T. R. PROCTER'S, Watonmaker j and at BRACKEN'S QUEENSTOWN HOTELi Revsll street, 1 Hokitika. TT is notified, for general information, that^ X at a date to be particularised in a futuro notice, probably in the month of November* 1865, the Provincial Government of the Pro* vince of Hawke's Bay will offer for, sale, and lease the valuable lands, a description of which is hereafter given, Tho 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 be sold by publio auction, and offers unusual advantages for settlement. r It is situated on the Wairoa, a rivetf navigable for many miles from its mouth, with a vast country containing large blocks of rich agricultural land, and also an' extensive' pastoral district. Tho Provincial Government have about two hundred thousand acres in this district to open up for < settlement, the whole of this country is at present unoccupied, aud will be offered for public competition. 2. — Suburban land adjoining the township 01 "^^ •■^ This block will be laid out in lots of from ten to sixty ncrcs, a«d is..nearly " "nil rich agricultural land, a great deal of it abutting on tho Wairoa' llivor. It will be disposed of by public auction. 3. — Agricultural land, adjoining the suburban land at tbe Wairoo^ and Mahia, and in different parts of tho Wairoa and adja< cent districts. There is a large extent of really fine agricultural land to be brought into the market from timo to time, as demand for it occurs. This land will be surveyed, and laid out in sections, suitable for the occupa'ion of agrioultural settlers, nnd will be sold to the first applicant at one pound per aero. Land for commonage" will be reserved, adjacent to each block of agricultural land, for 14 years, equal in extent to the quuutity of land sold or oftered for sale. 4. — Pastoral land, about (120,000) one hundred and twenty thousand ncres of land, suitable for sheep runs situate in Wairoa, nnd adjacent districts, will be divided into blocks not exceeding, in any case, ten thousand acres, and be leased, by publio nuotion, for fourteen years to the highest bidder. The sanction of the Legislature has to be obtained before . these runs can be disposed of. *> 5. — Township of the Mahia. This township wilt consist of about 200 town sections;' It is situate at the the shipping place of, the Mahia Peninsula and adjacent' districts. • > The land is good in 'the vicinity, and the Crown has a large acreage thero 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 be sold in lots of from ten to sixty acres, by public auction. 7.~About six thousand acres of the Ahuriri Plains, well known to be the richest agricultural land in the colony, and immediately adjoining the Township of Napier. These blooks are held in lease from the natives for periods of twenty-one and twenty . two and will bo leased, by publio auction, in lots, suitable for the settlement of an agricultural population for like periods.' A future notice will be issued, giving the day on which theso valuable lands will be thrown open to tho public, and particulars as to upsefe price, size of lota, &c, will be published. Settlers desiring to make permanent homes are invited to inspect the districts about to be opened for settlement} they will find the land of excellent quality, and tho climate tho finest in New Zealand. DONALD M'LEAN, m Superintendent, «* Province of Hawke's Bay. HARBOR DEPARTMENT. ■^TOTICE.-There will be an anchor and -^ chain, and line attached, on the South Spit, and boat and boat's crew in readiness at high water, every tide, to assist any vessel coming over the bar. When the bar is only fit for steamers to take, a red flag will bo hoisted on the north flagstaff. When for sailing vessels, a red flag and ball. Masters of vessels are particularly requested to attend to the small tidal flag on the spit, as the small tidal flag and the large flag in ono takes them over the bar. . •'. By order, J. KERLEY, Harbor Master. QHMBTOHunoH Agency.— Mr AG. Stevens, High street, Christohurch, has been appointed agent iby this paper, and is authorised to receive advertisements and subscriptions. M* TATTON, Bridge street, has been ■»•-• appointed t gent for this paper at Nelson, ai.cl is authorised to receive advertisements and subscriptions.