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West Coast Times, Issue 50, 28 September 1865, Page 4

IT is notified, for general infdri&atidnj that, 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. Tho districts in which these lands aro situate havo only recently been acquired from the native proprietors, and no land has been sold in them. 1. — The township of Hikatu consisting o( t about 600 town sections. This township will be sold by public auction, and offers unusual 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 have about two hundred thousand acres in this district to open up for settlement, the whole of this countryis 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 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 Wairoa, and Mahia, and in differont parts of the Wairoa and adjacent districts. Thero is a large extent of really fine agricultural land to be 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 the 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 oqp'icultural land, for 14 years, equal in extent to the quantity of land sold or ofiered for salo. 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 public auction, 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 will 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 be sold by public auction. 6. — Suburban land, at the Mahia, adjacent to tho 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 laud in the colony, and immediately adjoining tho Township of Napier. These blocks are held in lease from the natives for periods of twonty-ono and twenty-two years, and will be leased, by public 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 these valuable lands will bo thrown open to the public, and particulars as to upset price, size of lota, &c., will be published. Settlers desiring to , make permanent homes are invited to inspect tho districts about to bo opened for settlement j they will find the land of excellent quality, and the climate the finest in New Zoaland. It has been notified to us that the sale of the aboye Blocks of Land under the heads No. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6, will be offered for salo on November, 29th 1865. DONALD M'LEAN, Superintendent, Province of Hawke's Bay. ptHßisTciiuitcii Agency. — Mr A. G. Stevens, High street, Christohurch, has been appointed agent for this paper, and is authorised to receive advertisements and subscriptions. ]VTlt TATTON, Brid^o street, has - L "- been appointed agent for this paper at Nelson, and is authorised to receive advertisements and subscriptions. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. THK Subscription to tho Wkst Coast Times is 17s 6d per Quarter, and is- required to be paid in advance. The Quarters will in future coramenco on tho Ist days of January, April, July and October. Subscribers desiring to commence at any other time can do so by paying for tho fractional part of tho unexpired Quarter. If Subscribers neglect to pay in advance One Pound will bo charged for the Quarterly Subscription. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. 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