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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIV, Issue 51, 23 April 1897, Page 20

LANDS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT. CROWN LANDS FOR SETTLEMENT. Land for Settlements Act. In addition to the ordinary Crown Lands that are placed in the market from time to time, the following Improved Estates purchased by the Crown will be Open for Disposal as under, viz :—: — In Hawkes Bay. — Pouparae, 836 ac s, on April 21, rent from £1 3s to ill 5s 4d per acre. In Wellington. — Part of Mr. Drake's farm, 313 acres, about July, rent about 13s per acre. In Canterbury. — Albury, 19,490 acres, April, 189 7, rent 3s to 5s per acre : Corwar, 2,000 acres, about May 21, 1897, rent about 7s 6d per acre ; Horsley Downs, 4004 acres, about May. rent about «s fid per acre. In Otago. — Tokarahi, 11,140 about May 1, 1S!)7. rent about 7s 6d per acre; Waihemo Grange, Makareao, 2,300 acres, on 14 th April, 1897, rent about 2s 6d per acre; River Lodge, Taieri Plain, 2,500 acres about May , 1897, rent about 17s per acre.

HAWKE'S BAY ESTATE. The Pouparae settlement is situated in Cook County, eight miles from Gisborne. It has been divided into nine allotments and is suitable for dairying purposes. WELLINGTON. Drake's Farm is situated at Johnsonville, about a quarter of a mile from the Johnsonville Railway Station. The land will be divided into sections of from ."> to 10 acres. CANTERBURY ESTATES. The Albury Estate is twenty-nine to thirty - five miles from Titnara by rail, and consists of down flats. About half is suitable for agriculture and the rest is good hillside pastoral land partly on good limestone formation, and is well watered. There is also coal on the property. There are 140 acres of plantations, and as a whole, it is well adapted for mixed farms. being at present well fenced, and within easy distance of a school and other conveniences. The Timaru -Fair lie Railway intersects the lower end of the Estate for several miles and there an- three railway stations near. These two properties have not buen over-cropped ; they are well fenced and ready for immediate return, l'addock ience* will be made boundaries of tavnis. so a** to permit of immediate settlement. The Corwar Estate has been purchased irom Mr. J. ('. Wason, and is situated near Highbank. near the MethvenRakaia Railway. Highbank was recently disposed of under the same Act, and was eagerly competed for. The property is wellsheltered, in good heart, well fenced, and has about 140 acres of well grown plantation^. It will be laid off in farms, suitable to the quality of the land. The Barrhill township and school are conveniently bituated to it. The Horsley Downs Estate is situated in North Canterbury, between Amberley and the Hurunui. on the Hurunui River and adjacent to the Railway. It has been subdivided into 21 farms. varying from 7:5 acres to l~>i> acres. OTAGO ESTATES. The Tokarahi Estate in Otago. on the Maerewhenua Rive 1 " is twenty-Pve miles by rail from Oamaru. There are two Railway Stations on the property, which is situated between Tokarahi Railway Station and Duntroon. The soil is lying upon limstone und is very fertile, well suited for cereals or stock. It adjoins the Maerewhenua Estate, which was disposed of with such succi ss last year. The property has been purchased from Mr. Alexander A. McMaster, and the greater part is in grass horn one crop. It will be surveyed into convenient farms suitable tor all classes of farmer^. There are good plan tat ons around the homestead, which, -with 1 ,.")()() acres, is retained by the owner. There is a school within easy distance ot the property. Makareao Estate is a further portion ot the Waihemo Grange Property recently disposed of. It is hillside land with some flat land at the base, on a limestone formation, suitable for two or three sheep farms, with one or two small agricultural farms. It is well watered and within a mile or two of the Dunback Railway Station. The River Lod»u Property is on the Taieri Plain, and was purchased from Mr. Thomson. It is situated within three miles of the Railway Station at Allanton. and is connected by a goo 1 road and bridge to that station. The soil is rich alluvium, well adapted for grass roots and dairying. The sections will nrige trom ten to sixty acres, the larger to include the homestead, out-houses, etc. It is protected by an embankment from b.ing- hooded by the Taieri River. It is admirably adapted tor occupation by small holders, whose families can get work on the surrounding iarais. There is a creamery at the corner of the farm Also, besides these Properties, the Land for Settlements Board is negotiating for the purchase of Large Estates both in the North Island and Middle Island. Full details will be advertised a month before the day of receivhv> applications, and inquiries will be answered by the Commissioner of" Crown Lands of the District or by the Surveyor-General, Wellington.