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West Coast Times, Issue 33, 19 August 1865, Page 4

PROCTER'S GRAND ART UNION. •PS79 W ° rth ° f Valuabl ° Goods » insisting of— GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES CHAINS, BROOCHES, LOCKETS, EAR RINGS, And articles of utility and ornament, will be distributed to 372 subscribers, on tho prin* ciplo of tho Art Union of London. T- R - P- invites the publio to call at hia establishment, and inspect the goods. Each article is entered at the lowset retail prico, and warranted according to catalogue.' Subscribers' tickets now on salo at T. R. PROCTER'S, Watchmaker ; and at BRACKEN'S QUEENSTOWN HOTEL, Revell street, Hokitika. IT is notified, for general information, that, at a date to be particularised in a future notice, probably in the month of November 1865, tho Provincial Government of the Province of Hawko'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 havo only recently been acquired from the native proprietors, and no land has been sold in them. I.— Tho township of consisting of about 600 town sections. This township will bo sold by publio auction, and offers unusual advantages for settlement. It is situated on the Wairoa, a river navigable for m .ny miles from its mouth, with a vast country containing large blocks of rich agricultural land, and also an extensive pastoral' district. The Provincial Government have about two hundred thousand acres in this distriot to open up for settlement, tho whole of this country is at present unoccupied, and will be offered for public competition. 2. — Suburban land adjoining the township of This block will bo laid out in lots of from ten 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 the suburban land at tho Wairon, and Mahia, and in different parts of the Wairoa and adjacent districts. There is a large extent of r,eally fine agricultural land to be brought into the market from time to time, as demaud for it occurs. This laud will be surveyed, and laid out in seotions, suitable for tho occupa'ion 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 be leased, by publio auction, for fourteen years to the highest bidder. The sanction of the Legislature has to be obtained beforo these runs can be disposed of. 6. — Township of the Mahia. This township will consist of about 200 town sections. It is situate at the the shipping place of tho Mahia Peuinsula and adjacent districts. The laud is good in the vicinity, and the Crown has a large acreage there for disposal. This township will be sold by public auction. 6.— Suburban land, at the Mahia, adjacent to tho township, and of good quality, will bo 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 tho richest agricultural land in the colony, and immediately adjoining the Township of Napier. These blocks are held in lease from tho natives for periods of twenty-ono aud twenty-two years, 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 tho day on which these valuable lands will be thrown open to tho public, and particulars as to upset price, size of lots, &c, will be published. Settlors desiring to make permanent homes are invited to inspect tho districts about to be opened for settlement ; they will find tho land of excellont quality, and the climate tho finest in New Zealand. DONALD M'LEAN, Superintendent, Province of Hawko's Bay. HARBOR DEPARTMENT. . There will bo an anohor and Xll chain, and lino attached, on the South Spit, and boat and boat's crew in readiness at high wator, every tido, to assist any vessel coming over tho bar. When the bar is only Jit for steamers to tuko, a red flag will bo hoisted on tho north flagstaff. When for sailing vessels, a red flag and ball. Masters of vessols are particularly requested to attend to the small tidal flag oil the spit* as the small tidal flag and the large flair in ono takes them over the bar. By order, J. KERLItt, Harbor Master. pJunisTCHUHOn Agency.— Mr AG. Stevens, High street, Christchurch, has been appointed agent for this papor, and is authored to recoivo advomsomenta and subscriptions. TITR TATTON, B.id^e street, has been ■«■*• appointed tgent for this paper at Nelson, and is authorised to recoivo advertisements and subscriptions.