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Wellington Independent, Volume XXIII, Issue 2723, 25 August 1868, Page 1

Auctions. FRIDAY, 25th SEPTEMBER, 1868. COUNTRY SECTIONS IN EVANS' BAY. Under the authority of an order dated 11th August, 1868, made by his Honor Mr Justice Johnston, Judge of the Supreme Court, Wellington District of the colony of New Zealand. MESSRS BETHUNE & HUNTER will offer for Lease by publio auction at the Exchange, on Friday, the 25th September, at 2 o'clock, Three Sections of Country Land situated in Evans' Bay, containing one hundred acres each, more or less, numbered re spectively one, two, and three on the plan of the district. Tho three sections will be offered for leaae for a term of seven years, in one block, at a yearly rentil of the highest advance bid upon the upset price of ten shillings per acre annual rental. The lessee will be required to keep the funces between the Town Belt sections and adjoining countn sections in a proper state of repair, and to pay any rates or assessments that may be imposed during the currency of his lease. The rent to be paid half yearly. Provision will also be made in the leaae for the express exemption and reservation of the rights provided for by acts of the General Assembly oi New Zealand and Provincial Council of the Province of Wellington, in and in respect of twenty acres of land, purt of section number three in Evans' Bay district, in and when the same shull be required and taken for the purpose of a patent. slip, and for a suitable road or way to such land, if and when taken for that purpose. These sections are situated close to the city of Wellington, they are almost entirely enclosed, well covered with English grusses, and will carry a large quantity of stock at all seasons of tho year. There is a dwelling house and out-buildings and an orchard well stocked with fruit trees on section number three. Possession will be given at once, and payment of rent to commence from the Ist October, 1868. Exchange Buildings, 24th August, 1868^ TUESDAY, Ist DECEMBER, 1868. CASTLE POINT SHEEP STATION. MESSRS BETIIUNE & HUNTER will offer for sale by public auction, nt the Exchnnce. on Tuesday, the Ist December, 1868, at 2 o'clock, if not previously sold by private contract. That very vnlunble Run, known as the Castle Point. Station, sinmteil nt a distance of 100 miles from the city of Wellington, on the ninin rond to Nnpier and Auek land, containing upwards of 20,000 acres of land; 12,000 freehold, the remainder held under a Government license: bounded on the cast side by the sen, lia» in_ a frontage of fully six miles along the coast, t>e south side adjoins thp run occupied by tho Rev J. C. Andrew, and is completely enclo"ed by a strong six and seven wire fence. the west side is bounded by the Wharenma River, and the north side by tho Tinui River and a native reserve. Castle Point, is the only port, on the East Const between Wellington and Nnpier. it forms an ex eellent harbor of refuge, a 9 vefsels can run in and lie at anchor in bud wenther ; goods can always be. landed ; last season about 400 bales of wool were shipped. There is a splendid site for nn extensive town, which might easily be laid out, and nlso a considerable extent of valuable land, well adapted for suburban sections, arrangements have already been made for reserving eligible sites for a church, schoolhouse, parsonage, and cemetery, nnd a telegraph office has junt been erected. There is a considerable population in the district, which is increasing rapidly. Cnstle Point is the moft convenient, ouilet for the settlers recently located at tho Moroa farm settlement. The buildings attached to the station comprise H very large nnd commodious well built dwelling hou*e, 44x32, containing dining room, parlour, ■seven good bedrooms, storeroom, and large kitchen ; cottage, 24x18, containing three rooms for overseer; house. 28x19. eonlninine Ove rooms for ('arm servants ; lnrgp and convenient woolshed. (JBxls. with wool-press and shearing-pen ; storehouse, 15x11 ; dairy ; bakehouse ; butcher's shop ; barn, 46x17 : stable, 47x17 ; containing six stalls nnd three loose-hoxes ; cow-shed; calves-house nnd cart-shed, 24x16; fowl-house; pig-styes; boat-house; largo nnd well arranged stockyard. All the buildings have been erected in the most substantial manner, end are in nn excellent, state of repair. There are about fifty acres of land in close proximity to the principal dwelling-house, enclosed and divided up into nn orchard well stocked with valuable fruit trees, kitchen anrl Bower garden, nnd five convenient paddocks, which have all been thoroughly ploughed up and luid down in English grasses. There if- nlso situnfcrl nt »omc distance from the before mentioned block of buildings : — One large House, 34x26, occupied ns an Hotel. with Dwelling House, 31x12, attached, containiner eleven rooms. One large Building. 32x15, occupipr] ns a General Retail Store nnd Dwelling House, containing shop nnd four room«. One Building, i^ 16. used ns n Wool-store mm 1 Stable; thi 1 first named capable of containing 200 bales of wool. One Building, 21x14, used ns a BlucksmithV Shop. One Building, 32x14, user] as a Bont-Mied. A Block of L'ind containing about 1800 aorpn. situated nt one end of the Rnn,hn 8 been enelos.'fi with a substantial post nnd four rail fence, nnrl :- good dwelling hniise containing six rooms, <*ott,ig-' for men. cow-shed, stockyard erected thereon, ntirl two paddocks ploughed up. Slippp, (v.ittlo, horses, farm implements, house hold furniture, stores, boats, and n great variety of articles can be taken ut a vnluntion. A portion of the purchase money may remain on mortgage for a term of years at the ordinary rate of interest. The farm of 1,800 acres, l.he hotel, refnil Btore. smith's shop, and boat-shed, are all lotto respectuble tenants, and produce a fair annual rental. The station can be exnmined at any time on application to the owner, Mr Thomas Guthrie. who resides on it, and will bo happy to ueoom modate intending purchasers, shew them all over it, and nfford the fu'leat information. For further particulars, apply at tho station, Castle Point, or at the auctioneers' office. Exchange Buildings, Wellington, 28th July, 1868.