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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 11, 16 July 1897, Page 12

LANDS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT. QROWN LANDS FOR SETTLEMENT WELLINGTON. Paparangi Settlement. 313 acre*, about September, rent about 13s per acre. Paparangi is situated at Johnsonville. about a quarter of a mile from the Johnsonville Railway Station. The land will be divided into sections ot from .'» to 10 acres. 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 ad vertised a month before the day of receiving applications, and inquiries will be answered by the Commissioner ot Crown Lands of the District or by the Surveyor-General, Wellington. OTAGO. 1 Section, Maruwenua. S.D.. 121) acres. Open for selection on Leat,e in Perpetuity at a rental of Is 7d an acre. AUCKLAND. ;->3; ->3 Sections in the Counties of Mang-aonui, Whangarei, Hokianga and Otamateo, containing 4194 acres. Open for selection on 14th July in sectiorib of areas from 9 acres to 240 acres. Price from os to 1 5s per acre. Pipiriki Township.— Leases for Sale at Wanganui on 27th July at 11 a.m. 91 Sections, from 1 rood to 30 acres 1 rood 18 perches. Terms of le.no, 21 years. Upset Annual Rental from £1 to £o per section. Pipiriki Township is situated on the proper left bank of the Wanganui River, about h'ity-six miles from the Town of Wanganui, and comprises generally open, scrub, forest, flat, undulating and hilly land, intersected by several gtillies and Brnall streams. The open land is interspersed with patches of fern and manuka scrub ; the forest comprises tawa. pukatea, rata, hinau, rimu, etc, and' tawhero on the ridges The elevation ranges from about 1 10 ft. to about 7i )01 1 above sea-level. The soil is generally good, and grows garden and farm produce freely. Its capabilities for the production of the grape, peach, cape-gooseberry, pear, apple, quince, and other fruits are well known, and are due in great measure to the low elevation, the mild climate, and the sunny aspect of the township-site. Pipiriki is at present the key to the up-river country, being the present inland terminus of Messrs. Hatrick and Go's Wanganui River steamboat-service, and the point of junction with the coachservices connecting with Taupo and Rotorua on the north, Napier on the east, and Hunterville and Rangitikei on the south-east, and it is possible that it will ultimately be connected by road with Taranaki. The Government has. where practicable, reserved the banks of the Wanganui River, and also the adjacent country, with the object of conserving for all time the beautiful and unrivalled scenery which is already of world-wide fame. Large numbers of tourists travel annually by way of Pipiriki, both from the north and the south. Pipiriki Township is the present inlet and outlet to the Waimarino and Muri-motu country as far east as Ohakune, and also the starting-point for visitors by canoe to Manganui-o-te-ao and the upper reaches of the Wanganui River, and the resting-place of those on the downward journey. These with other considerations indicate that the township will develop into a place of some commercial importance, and that, owing to its genial and healthy climate and many attractions, it will become yearly more popular as a place of resort. CANTERBURY. 1 Section at Cheviot, 22 acres, and 1 Section at Geraldine, 9 acres, open for selection on Lease in Perpetuity on the Hth July. Annual rental Os Od and 4s per acre.