SALE OF CROWN LANDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16372, 28 October 1916, Page 9

SALE OF CROWN LANDS.

SEVERAL SECTIONS BOUGHT. A sale of Crown lands by public auction was held yesterday morning at the Crown Lands Office, Government Buildings. There was a fair attendance, and several of the sections offered •were- taken upOthers remaining unsold aro still open for selection. The following are tlio details of the areas sold, purchasers' names, and the prices realised: — Village Land, sold for cash only.—Hotorua County, village of Ngawaro : Four sections of 2r each, Mr. John McDonald, Ngawero, £7; three sections, of about 2r each, Mr. A. W. Fielder, Morrinsville, £7 ss. Ohinemuri County, village of Patetonga: Section 9, Block 11., lr, Mrs. E. Hunter, Patetonga, £30; sections 10 and 11, Block 11., lr each, Mr. F. W. Peddle, Auckland, £70; section 1, Block 111., lr, Miss M. Scotcher, Patetonga, £25; -section 2, Block 111., lr, Mr. II B. Walton, Patetonga, £25; section 3, Block 111., lr, Mr. Thomas Burgess, Patetonga, £32; sections 6 to 10, Block 111., lr each, Mr. F. W. Peddle, Auckland, £156; sections 1 and 2, Block IV., about 2r each, Mr. P. Naughton, Patetonga, £46; sections 3 and 4, Block IV., lr each, Mr. J. Quinlivan, Patetonga, £20; section 2, Block V., lr, Mr. A. W. Fielder, Morrinsvillo, £10; sections 3, 4, and 5, Block V-, lr each, Mrs. I. Shelley, Patetonga, £63; sections 14 and 15, Block V., lr each, Mr. A. McDonald. Patetonga, £42; sections 1, 2, and 3, Block VII., Dr. A. H. Hallen, To Aroha, £116. Ohinemuri County, village of Tarawa: Two sections, comprising about or, Mr. James Tooke, Tahuna, £20. Rural Land.—Waitomo County, Pakanmanu S.D.: Section 10, Block X., 108 a lr, Mrs. E. Wilton, Te Kudti, £220. Sold for cash or on deferred payments. —Tautari settlement, West Taupo County : Section 3, Tautari village, sa, Mrs. M. Jemmett, Pukeatua, £60; section 4, Tautari village, sa, Mr, J. Jemmett, Pukeatua, £80. Selwyn 'settlement. Matamata County : Section 92, Block HI., Patctero North S.D.. 2a, Mr. A. W. Fielder, Morrinsville, £4. The following areas were sold under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and its amendments, one-fifth of the purchase money being payable on the fall of the hammer, and the balance in 30 days :— Town Land.— Countv, town of Whatawhata : Section 6, lr, Mr. C. Carlinson. Whatawhata. £18; sections 25 to 27, lr each, Mrs. IT. Crawford, Whatawhata. £33; sections 28 to 49, lr each, Mrs. F. Thomson. Whatawhata. £72: action 8, lr, Mr. J Ross, Whatawhata, £12: sections 9 and 10. lr each, Mrs. P. G. Grant. Whatawhata. £20. Suburban Land.—Waipa County, town of Whatawhata: Lot 17, 3r Bp, Mr. M. Galvin, Raglan, £40.