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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4215, 23 September 1874, Page 4

Government NoticesJpKOVINCE OF WELLINGTON. EXTENSIVE AND IMPORTANT SALE OF 100,000 AGEES OE CROWN LANDS. Notice is hereby given that there will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Provincial Council Chamber, Wellington, on MONDAY, 26th OCTOBER, at 11 o’clock forenoon, the following valuable PASTORAL and AGRICULTURAL CROWN LANDS, Viz- ' , -11,000 acres in the Parac Ivai’ctu block, adjoining the Rangitikei district. 900 acres in the Waitotara block, north of Wanganui. 4600 acres left bank Wanganui River. A few Town Sections in Palmerston, Mauawatu district. 1720 acres in the Hutt district. 4173 acres in the Muugaroa distinct. 2500 acres in the Tupurupuru, Eangitujnau, and Taratahi blocks, Wairarapa district. 43,000 acres in the Alciteo and Pahaua blocks, East Coast district. Lithographed maps of the Parae Karetu, Tupurupuru, and Rangitumua blocks, also of, the laud on the left bank Wanganui River, together with Gazettes showing the position, contents, and upset price of the lauds thus to be sold, can be obtained from the Crown Lands Office, or from local agents. Maps showing the position of the other lands j T— ,1: r , nt: .r.liQ C\ rnwnLands Office, Wellington, or the Survey Office, Wanganui. The terms of sale are;—lo per cent, of the purchase money payable on the fall of the hammer, and the remainder within one month, or the original deposit is forfeited. Maps and Gazettes can be obtained from the following local agents, viz:—. H. I. Jones, Wanganui Heney Lyon, Marton , E. Mobton, Greytown. JOS. G. HOLDSWORTH, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Crown Lands Office, Wellington, 17th September, 1874. Tenders eor timber required IN the new general government DEPARTMENTAL OPPICES. Public Works Office, (Colonial Architect’s Branch), Wellington, 7th September, 1874. Tenders are invited for the timber required i in the Erection of New General Government Departmental Offices in Wellington. General conditions, specifications, and quantities may bo seen at the offices of the Colonial Architect, Wellington, and at the offices of the District Engineers at Auckland, Wellington, Wairarapa, " Picton, Holdtika, Greymouth, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill. Tenders addressed to the Hen. the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside “Tenders for Timber,” will be received at the office of the undersigned up to NOON of MONDAY, the 2Sth day of SEPTEMBER. Telegraphic tenders will be received, provided the original tender and deposit are lodged with the nearest District Engineer at the time above specified. The lowest or any tender not necessarily ccented. W. H. CLAYTON, Colonial Architect. Books, Stationery, &cLyon and blaik’S new list of books ON SALE. The Threshold, of the Unknown Eegions, by Captain Markham A Whaling Cruise to Baffin's Bay, by Captain Markham, R.N. Dean Manscl's Letters, Lectures, and Eevlews Tyndall’s Fragments of Science lleligion and Science, a series of Lectures by Joseph Le Conte Tractatua Theologico-Politicus, by Benedict de Spinoza Molesworth’s History of England from 18S0-1874 Brown’s History of the Highland Clans, 4 vols. Life of Charles James Fox, by Earl Russell, 2 vols. Theodore Hook's choice huiporous works, illustrated Merirale’s Fall of the Roman Republic The Microscope, by the Rev W. Houghton Hunt's Manual of Photography Microscopical Manipulation, by Suffolk Somerville's Physical Sciences Authority and Conscience, a free debate, .edited by Conway Morrel Rothschild’s History and Literature of the Israelites, abridged edit. Story of the Earth and Man, by Dawson, illustrated Life of R. H. Barham, author of the “Ingoldsby Legends" Burr’s Practical Surveying Selections from the writings of the Rev. C. Kingsley The Two Babylons, by Hislop Byrn’s Practical Brewer Byrn’s Practical Distiller The Geographical Distribution of Mammals, by Murray, with numerous illustrations and maps Culture Demanded by Modern Life, a series of addresses by Professors Tyndall, Huxley. Faraday, Liebeg, Dr. Carpenter, Sir John Herschell,' Herbert Spencer, and other eminent men. Primeval Man, by the Duke of Argyll,Reign of Law, by the Duke of Argyll. The Heavens and the Earth, a popular handbook of astronomy, by Dunkin. Threading My Way, 27 years of autobiography, by Robert- Dale Owen, Texts from the Times, by A. R. Hope. Mackay’s Lexicon of Freemasonry. Carlilc’s Manual of Freemasonry. ' Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, new' edit., with notes, 3 vols., . " Chambers’ Encyclopedia, 10 vols., new edition, in various bindings. y Channing's complete Works. Haydn's Diclionaryof Popular Medicine and Hygiene, comprising all possible self-aids in accidents and disease. Scratchley’s Benefit Building Societies. Halfield's American House Carpenter. Prof. Rankine’s Mechanical Text Book. Webb’s Farmer’s Guide. Dobson on the Ox and his Diseases, <tc. Dadd's Modem Horse Doctor. Dadd’s American Cattle Doctor. , Studies of Christianity, by James Martineau The True History of Joshua Davidson. Trench’s English Past and Present. Dawning Lights, by T. P. Cobbe. Aytoun's Ballads of Scotland, 2 vols. -ICh-cr- Bpunlob -O ~0 00, ■ Kliot Little Dinners, and-How to Servo Thom, by. 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