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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 9, Issue 570, 27 December 1865, Page 1

GOVERNMENT LAND SALE. PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON. * IMPORTANT SALE OF LAND IN THE MANAWATU DISTRICT*. TOWNSHIP, SUBURBAN, AND SMALL FARM ALLOTTMENTS, TIMBERED SECTIONS, &c. TT IS NOTIFIED for public inforJ. motion that in the MONTH of JANUARY, 1866, an important Auc-' tion sale will be held in Wellington of upwards of 5,000 acres, consisting of : Town Lots in the Township of Manawatu, situate at Te Awa Hou, the present landing-place for goods, about three miles from the mouth of the River. These sections will vary from a quarter acre to one acre. A few Town Lots in the Township of Moutoa, about 12 miles above the Manawatu Township, and also on the River. Suburban and Small Farm Allotments, in blocks varying from 2 to 100 acres. These blocks are adjacent to the two Townships, and are also laid off on either side of the road now in progress to connect the Moutoa with the Manawatu Township, and on branch lines of road. Timber Sections, —(as many as can be surveyed will be offered for sale) — about 18 miles above Moutoa, laid off on either side of a road now in progress to give access through the bush to the navigable portion of the River’. These sections will vary from 100 to 320 acres, and several of them will have River iron tages. A Township will be laid off at a suitable place on this line of road, which will be a connecting line between the Rangitikei and the river navigation, through the open and bush country of the Orotia and Upper Manawatu. The River Manawatu has a depth of water on the bar varying from 9 to 12 feet, and is navigable for vessels of that draught for nearly 40 miles (by the River) from the mouth. The timbered sections to be offered for sale form the extreme end of a rich flat block of forest Und of great extent (about 60,000 acres) a considerable portion of which is covered with the finest totara timber. The road through these sections opens up the extensive plains between the Rangitikei and the Manawatu to the liver, which is the natural and only outlet to that district. This road will also form part of a line of mland road from Wellington to Wanganui. Cobb & Co.’s coaches will, after the 15th December, 1865, run at least twice a week between Wellington and Manawatu, and every information can be obtained from the Survey Office at Manawatu by intending purchasers. Lithographed maps, showing the position of the lands to be sold, will be immediately prepared for sale to the public; and as soon as possible, before the sale, a map with full particulars of the sections of land for sale will also be published. A future notice will be issued giving the day on which this land will be offered for sale, and full particulars as to upset price, size of lots, &c., will be published. A. FOLLETT HALCOMBE, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 10th Oetober, 1865. NOTICE. THE Undersigned will not be responsible for any goods, money, or any' other thing, given to any person in his name, except by his written order. JOHN GOTTY. Kaikokopu, Mai’ch 27, 1865. WOOL. THE Undersigned are prepared to make liberal advances on Wool and other colonial produce consigned to their correspondents in London. TAYLOR & WATT. Nov. 24, 1860. NOTICE. TWO Cows (brands unknown) have been running on my land for some time past. Unless claimed within one month they will be sold to pay expenses W. FINNIMORE. Nov. 22, 1865. NOTICE. PERSONS driving, or in seaich of Cattle, are hereby caution ed from Trespassing or Breaking the Forces o the Undersigned. D. S. DUEIE. September 22, 1865.