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West Coast Times, Issue 49, 26 September 1865, Page 4

IT is notified, for general information, that, at a date to be particularised in a future notice, probably in the month of November, 1865, the Provincial Government of tho Province of Hawke's Bay will offer for sale, and lease tho valuable lands, a description of which is hereafter given. The districts in which these lands are situate havo only recently been acquired from tho native- proprietors, and no land has boon sold in them. 1. — The township of Hikatu consisting of, about 600 town sections. This township will be sold by public auction, aud offers unusual advantages for settlement. It is situated on the Wairoa, a river navigablo for many miles from its i 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 settlenient, the whole of this country is at present unoccupied, and will be offered for public competition. 2. — Suburban land adjoining the township of Hikatu. This block will be laid out in lots of from ten to sixty acres, and is nearly all rich ngricultural'land, a great deal of it abutting on the Wairoa Hiver. It will be disposed of by public auction. 3. — Agricultural land, adjoining the subur- . ban land at the Wairoa, and Mahia, and in differont parts of the Wairoa and adjacent districts. There is a large extent of really fine agricultural land to bo brought into the market from time to time, as. demand for it occurs., This land 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 ogiicultural land, for 14 years, equal in extent to the quantity of laud sold or ofiered for sale. 4.— Pastoral land, about (120,000) ono hundred and twenty thousand acres of land, suitablo for sheep runs, situate in Wairoa,' and ad j aeon t districts, will bo divided into blocks not exceeding, in any case, ten thousand acres, and bo leased, by public auction, for fourteen years to the highest bidder. Tho sanction of tho Legislature has to bo 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 tho shipping place of the Mahia Peninsula and adjacent diutriets. The land- is good in the vicinity, and the Crown has alargo acreage there for disposal. This township will bo sold by public auction. 6.— Suburban land, at tho 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 tho colony, and immediately adjoining tho Township of Napier.' These blocks are held in lease from tho natives for periods of twenty-one aud twenty-two years, and will be leased, by public auction, in lots, suitable for tho settlement of an agricultural population for like periods. A future notice will be issued, giving the day on which these valuable lands will bo thrown open to the public, and particulars as to upset 1 ' price, size of lots, &0., will bo published. Settlers desiring to • make per manont homes are invited to inspect the districts about to bo opened for .settlement ; they will find the land of excellent quality, and the climate the finest in New Zealand. It has been notified to us that the salo of tho abovo Blocks of Land under the heads No. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 0, will bo offered for salo on November, 29th 1865. DONALD M'LEAN, Superintendent, Province of Hawke's Bay. /"^HRisTcmmcii Agency. — Mr A. G. Stevens, High street, Christchurch, has been appointed agent for this paper, and is authorised to receive advertisements and subscriptions. MR TATTON, Bridge street, has been appointed agent for this paper at Nelson, and is authorised to receive advertisements and subscriptions. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. THE Subscription to the West Coast Times is 17s Cd per Quarter, and is required to be paid in advance. Tho Quarters will in future cominenco on the Ist days of January, April, July and October. Subscribers -.lesiring to cominenco at any other time can do so by paying for tho fractional part of tho unexpived Quarter. It Subscribers neglect to pay in advanco One Pound will bo charged for tho Quarterly Subscription. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. All advertisements must ho sent in to the oflloebeforo 5 o'clock on tho day preceding publication j if Inter, ono-half extra tho usual cbargo will bo made. , All advertisements are received conditionally upon thevo being room for them ;.and tho proprietors reserve the right on occasions of a heavy pressof mattor to withdraw, temporarily/any advertisement that is not prima facie of an urgent character. • CiiAnaß VEii Insertion for Advertising. £ a d First Insertion, per inch ... 6 6Every subsequent insertion ... 6 0 Advertisements of 16 words ... 2 0 „ 30 words ... 4 0 Subscribers finding any irregularity in tho prompt delivery of their papors aie requested to communicate with the proprietors.