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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 3040, 24 April 1867, Page 2

Public Auction Sales.

THURSDAY, APRIL 25. TRADE SALE OP DRAPERY AND CLOTHING. TURRELL & TONKS WILL hold a TRADE SALE of DRAPERY and CLOTHING on Thursday next, April 25, at 11 o'clock.

Military Store Office, Auckland, April 8, 1867. MESSRS. W. FRASER & CO. Have received instructions from J. O. Hamlby, Esq., Senior Military Store Officer and Barrackmaster,' to sell by public auction, ALL IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS at TAURANGA. The sale will take place on the second day after the arrival at Taurangaof the steamer leaving Auckland on or about the 28th April. The purchase money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, after which the Buildings will be at the parcliaser's risk, one month being allowed for their removal. A number of the Buildings are composed^ o* Corrugated Iron, Floored, and in excellent condition.

SURPLUS COMMISSARIAT STORES, TAURANGA. Commissariat, Auckland, April 12, 1867. MESSRS. W; FRASER & CO. Will sell by public auction, immediately after the sale of Imperial Government Buildings at Tauranga, A QUANTITY of SURPLUS COMMISSARIAT STORES and IMPLEMENTS. The articles for disposal consisting of Biscuit, Lime Juice, Sugar, Oats. Hay, Candles, Compressed Forage, &c, &c; Bakers' Implements, Coopers' Tools, Weights, Measures, &c, and are nearly all in good order. FREDERICK H. IBBETSON, As.'Com.»Gen.

MAURITIUS SUGARS. KDin BAGS SUGAR. Ex 'Atlantic,' from Maubitius. The undersigned are in hourly expectation of the above, which will be offered to the Trade by Auction immediately on arrival. The selection is similar to their previous cargoes, well assorted, and all in small packages. CRUICKSHANK SMART, & CO. April 16. 1867.

Auckland, 15th February, 1867. I DO HEREBY NOTIFY, by virtue of clause 5 of the Auckland Waste Lands Act, 1866, that the GENERAL COUNTRY LAND hereinafter mentioned will be OPEN for SELECTION and SALE at the Waste Lands Office, at Auckland, on and after the 26th day of April next. FREDERICK WHITAKEE, Superintendent.

SCHEDULE. General Country Lands. T&tarariki Block, ' Parish of Tatarariki, County of Hobson, about 8,700 acres. Oruapo Block, Parish of Tatarariki, County of Hobson, about 7,700 acrea. Kopuru Block, Parish of Kopuru, County of Hobson, about 6,500 acres. Mairetahi Block, Parish of Mairetahi, County of Eden, about 2,900 acres. Ahuroa Block, Parish of Ahuroa, County of Marsden, about 5,700 acres. Pakiri Block, Parish of Pakiri, County of Marsden, about 29,700 acres. Te Kuri Block, Parish of Te Kuri, County of Hobson, about 13,200 acres. Whakapaku Block, Parish of Whakapaku, County of Mongonui, about 10,700 acres. Maungataniwha Block, Parish of Maungataniwha, County of Mongonui, about 13,200 acres. Maungataniwha East Block, Parish of Maungataniwha East, County of Mongonui, about 5,700 acres. Purangi Block, District of Coromandel, about 8,340 acres. Whenuakite Block, District of Coromandel, about 4, 166 acres. Applications for any of the lands set forth above to be made in writing before Friday, the 26th day of April, 1867. "The purchase money, after the rate of ten shillings an acre for the quantity of land applied for, shall be paid to a Receiver of Land Rerenue, who shall give a receipt in duplicate, and no application shall be entertained unless one of such duplicate receipts shall be annexed to the application."

FARM AT TE AWAMUTU. CREAM OF THE WAIKATO. THE undersigned offers for SALE his FARM at Te Awamutu, containing 400 acres, being Sections No. 75 to 83 of Gundry and Goodalrfs survey, in the parish of Mangapiko. 120 acres are enclosed with substantial two-rail fence, ditch, andlive fence, subdivided into paddocks, and the greater part in grass. The quality of Soil is second to none in Waikato. The Land is undulating, affording shelter against any weather, and is admirably adapted for a sheep farm. It has a frontage of H miles to the road to Alexandra; is bounded towards Te Awamutu by mission land, and towards the Puniu it joins a reserve of 800 acres, which have recently been awarded to natives as compensation, and may b* purchased at a low price. Mr. Simpson's hotel is erected on a portion of the land, and is held by him under lease for two years, Kith a purchasing clause of £200 per acre. The situation of the Farm it unrivalled, Te Awamutu being the grand centre of the most thriving villages, viz., Ohaupo, Te Rahu, Rangiawhia, Orakau, and Kihikihi, and the market town of all the Waikato settlements. No township has been laid out by Government at Te Awamutu, and the only site available for on« is ; on the land now offered. Numerous offers have already been made for' the purchase of quarter-acre lots as business sites, but refused, as it is desirable to dispose of the whole in one block. Intending purchasers are requested to inspect the property, and satisfy themselves that land in a more commanding and valuable position, and of superior quality of soil, is not procurable in the Waikato. FRANZ SCHERFF, Fort-street

BLACKSMITH'S BUSINESS TO be DISPOSED OF, the GOODWILL of the Business of a BLACKSMITH in a Country district, together with all necessary TOOLS, &c, 4c, for carrying on the trade. Terms liberal, — Apply at the office of this paper. '