GOVERNMENT LAND SALE.

Otago Witness, Issue 1437, 7 June 1879, Page 4

GOVERNMENT LAND SALE.

Mr R. B. Martin, Government auctioneer, offered for sale at the Land Office on the 28tb, the 15 years' leases of 7442 acres of pastoral deferred-payment land in tbe district of Walkouaitf, the Hundred of Merton, also certain rural lands specified below. There was a large, attendance of bidden, and the compatitioVwaif brisk. The pastoral deferred.payment' lauds in the Waikonaiti district 1 were disposed 'of at follows.— . ,- v -Sec. Blk. Arc*. Price per ■ Tot*', PurchMer, a. r. p. ftcro. 1 Vn 8802 2 10 &% t 9 8819 1 8-H»rrrN Hertilri 10 Yin 1150 101 110 0 1726 10 0- John > .. - 01 JO*,! - farmer 2 X 2490 819 J?IW»d — , -„— „,/; The rural lands were offered at under .at an upset price of 20s per acre :-— Sec. BUt. Are*. Soldftt Total. Purohuer:. *. r. p per »ere. * " ' ."'. 2 VI 255 129 £117 0 £47211 0-D fold, • as «g*nt r 8 VI 234 021 18 0 BS7 15 9- do 4 VI 965 189 10 0 966 10 0- do 5 VI 698 i2O 10 0 698 76— do 6 VI 031 212 10 0 631 10 0— do 11 VIII 812 8 12 passed — — 12 VIII 623 282 10 0 523 15 o~John Duncan, firmer 13 Vtll 217 1 18 passed — — 14 VIII 237 207 14 0 285 0 0-John IfcGUUvnr, farmer 15 Yin 273 026 1 0 6 278 3 1-John Duncan 6 IX 1813 1 89 pawed — — 1 X *99 101 puted — — 10 XI 1408 825 pwied — — ... J-4 W V 99 108 315 0 372 4 O-Denls *■ o'H»lloranvJ farmer Total * .. .. £4549 16 4 *In thU caw the upset prica was 40f per acre. ,