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CHOWN LANDS AVAILABLE IN NEW SOUTH WALES*
'Tho; following arena of Crown land will be available for settlement in N.S.W. on the given - dates.. Further information may be obtained
from the various Crown land agents, and from the Information Bureau, Lands Department, ,r Sydney:
. LAND DISTUICT OP AUMIDAI.E.
« .Tho . local Crown land ] agent will offer for ¡ aale by public auction on January 7, an occupa tion lease of 1270 acrps in the county of San , don and parishes of Hargravo and Ferryman.
It is lot No. 712, being part of F.R. 4768 from salo, notified March 2G, 1898, and part of late . Hillgrove resumed area Isfof 159A. ' Tho country
ls timbered with stringybark, blackbutt, red " gum/ and white box, and ls suitable for grazing.
Tho block is about 13 milos from Armidale. Water exists In thc tributaries of Saw Mill Creek. Tho annual upset licence fee for each
' section of 640 acres is £2 13s 4d.
On and after January 31 a block of 2000 acres. in the. county, of Inglis and parish of Retreat will be available for conditional purchase lease. The capital value is £1333 6s 8d, at 13s 4d per : acre; annual rent at 2% per cent, for first ten
years. £33 6s.8d; survey feo, £17. Improve ¿lents' consist of .fencing,, valued at £27 10s, . and.ringbarking 5s. The land is 30 miles from .. Uralla, .45 ' milos from Armidale. There is a
permanent supply Of water in the Muluerindie : River. Tho following is the character of land,
soil, timber, otc;-.-Thick and open forest . country, rough, broken, hilly and undulating,
rocky in places; granite formation; poor sandy i Boil, not suitable for cultivation; timbered with
stringybark, Ironbark, gum, box, apple, mc.ss ... mate,- peppermint, and pine; very poor to very
fair grazing land; breeding country, suitable for Bheep and cattle; present carrying capacity ??' ono sheep to four acros. or one head of largo
stock to 20 acres, improvable at a cost of about ' £640 to one sheep to 2V2 acres, or one head of
large stock to 12}/s acres. Average annual rain - fall at Uralla. 10.SOin. -
LAND DISTRICT OF WALCHA.
At Walcha on January 7 the local Crown land agent will offer for sale by public auction the right to an occupation licence of 55,820 acres,
in the county of Vernon, and parishes of Kan- garoo Flat, Loch, Styx, Mooraback, and Fitz-
roy. The land is lot No. 37, adjoining Cun- derang R.A. 564, Cunderang East R.A. 585A,
and Cunderang West R.A. 586A. It is thickly timbered; rough country, of poor grazing ca- pacity. The block is about 32 miles from Wal- cha. The upset licence fee for each section of 640 acres is 6s 8d. A supply of water exists
in McCarthy's Creek.
APPROACHING LAND SALES. .
In addition to tho sales of land referred to in - our issue of December 5 and 10, the following
lots will be offered for Isale at the places mcn tioned on the dates specified:-Rylstone lands office, January 9, 5 country lots, of which 2 are in the county of Raleigh and parish of Banda mora, and situated about 1 mile from Capertee. The areas and prices per lot are:-2 acres, £4 6s; and 20 acre's, £23 17s. The remaining 3 lots are of 40 acres, at 15s per nero, nnd nre about 35 miles north-east from Rylstone. Gun ning lnnds office, January 0, a total of 7 country ? lots, in the county of King and parish of Kll . dare, of tho following areas and price's per
acre:-64 acres, £1; 52V4 acres, 15s 7d; 60 acres, . 15s; 11% acres, £1; 184^ acres, 15s; 39V4 acres
35 perches, £2; 45 acres, £1 15s. Wyalong . lands office, January 9, 1 town lot, of 1 rood, in
the village of Yalgogrin, at £9 per lot; and 1 : country, of 26% perches, in. the county of Gipps
and parish of Wyalong, at £49, which includes £37 10s value of improvements. Singleton lands office, January 9, 4 suburban lots, within the boundaries of Jerry's Plains, 14 miles north . weat from Singleton. Sizes of the lots and , prices per lot are as follow:-2 acres 12 , perches, £6; 3 acres 1 rood 10 porches, £9; 3
acros 32 perches, £8; and 3 acres 20 perches, £8. Also, 1 country lot, on thc left bank of tho Hunter, V/z mile north-east from Slngle '. ton, of 6% acres, at £27. . Nowra lnnds office,
January 9, 3 country lots, 29Và acres, at £;!0 per lot, and 2 of 40 acres each at £105. Tho portions arc situated in thc vicinity of Broccrs Crook, Wallamolla, 10 miles from Berry Rail way Station. Parkes lands office, January 8, 1 town lot of 1 rood, In tho village of Bogan Gate, £17 15s 6d being tho upset price. Urana lands office, January 8, 1 country lot, situated 21 miles south-east from Urana, tho aroa being 40 acres, nt £2 10s per acre. Temora, Janu . ary 8, 21 town lots, tho areas varying from 2'J:;i
porches to 2 roods, whllo tho prices per lot . range from £12 up to £176. Also 10 country
lots of different 'sizes, within tho population area of Temora, of from 1 rood 38% porches to 10 acres, and tho prices per lot rango from £12 to £57. Queanbeyan lands office, Janu ary 9, 2 country lots-4 acres, £20, In thc
county of Murray nnd parish of Burra, and 31% acres, ,£35, la the county of Murray nnd parish pf Majura. Wagga lands office, January 9, 3 country lots, as follow:-18 acres 3 roods 30 perches, 1% mile from Junee, £G0; 7 acres 12 perches, G miles south from Wagga, £26; li9 acres 1 rood, about 15 miles from Temora, at £1 10s per acre. Scone lands ofllce, January 9, 1 country, 7 miles from Merriwa, of 45% acres, of £1 7s 6d per acre. Tenterfield lands office January 9, 2 country lots as follow:- '3 acres 3 roods 30 perches, half mlle from Bolivia Railway Station, at £28; 39 acres, about 4% miles 'north-west from Tenterfield, at £39.
j Wentworth Falls, January 12, 27 town lots, of j areas varying from 1 rood 11% perches to 2 i roods 15 perches, at price's ranging from £15
¡to £30. Tumberumba lands office, January
19 2 town lots of 2 roods each, at £5 and £47
j respectively, the. latter price including £10 I worth of improvements. Four suburban lots, ; half mile north of the' town, of the following i areas and price's:-2 acres 3 roods 32 perches, 1 £12; 1 acre 3 roods 27 perches, £8; 1 acre 3 ¡ roods 23 porches, £8; and 2 acres, £9. AUo
! 2 country lots, 20 miles south-west of Tum-. I borumba, 17% acres, £40, and 19 acres, £29. I Windsor lands oíílcé, January 9, 1 town lot, lt I perches, £20, and 1 country lot, 23 acres 3 roods ! 15 perches, £216. Yass lands office, January I 9, 4 country lots, in tho counties of Murray I and Cowley land parishes of Bedulluck, Jel.% , and Cavan, as follow:-47% acres, at 15s per ¡ acre; 9 acres 1 rood 21 porches, nnd 23 acres,
at £1 5s per acre; and 40 acres, nt £1 3s 'il per acre. Tumut lands office, January 9, 1 country lot, of 40 acres, at 15s per aero, situ ated about 21 miles from Tumut. Warialda lands office, January 9, 1 country lot, of 207% ' acres, situated, about 18 miles west of Boggo j billa, at £l Ts Gd per acre. Broken Hill lands
office January 9 1 town lot at Willyama of 1 rood, at £747. Inverell lands ofllce, January 9, 10 town lots, In town of Delungra, each of 1 rood, 5 at £10, 4 at £8, and 1 at £15 each. Newcastle lands office, January 9, 2 country i lots, on the Newcastle pasturage reserve, of , 14% perches, £G5, and 25% perches, £20.
j LAND DISTRICT OF NARRANDERA.
The Crown land agent at Narrandera will ' sell by public auction on January 14 the right 1 to nn occupation licence of 3376 acres, In the j county of Cooper and parish of Ariah. The
land is lot No. 160, being forfeited improve ment lease No. G05, block No. 645. Tho an i nual upset licence fee is £10. The block is
situated 50 miles from Narrandera, and is within 15 miles of Barellan Raliway Station. It ls mostly flat country, partly stony and gravelly ridges near north-west corner, co vered with mallee, pine, and yarran; rabbits are fairly numerous, and a few wild dogs ex ist; about 1200 acres have been ring-barked and scrubbed. There is no natural water sup ply, but a tank is on the land, and water may be conserved in tanks. The rainfall is about 17in per annum.
LAND DISTRICT OF EDEN.
On January 27 next a block of 546 acres, within Pambula population area, county of Auckland and parish of Pambula, will be cut into special areas for original conditional
purchase. The maximum area which may be' selected is 92 acres, and tho minimum area 29 I acres 2 roods. The prices per acre run from j £1 10s to £2 per acre, deposit 4s to 3s, instal
i mont ls 6d to 2s. Merimbula , is situated from
j 5 to 6 miles away. Tho following - may bo I taken as a general description of tho land: - j Slate and sandstone formation; timbered with I stringy bark, bloodwood, woollybutt, and ash;
suitable, for residence nnd pastoral purposes.
I Portions of thc land aro well timbered, hav
; ing frontages to Bald Hills Creek; while other I pnrts have only storm waters.
! LAND SALES.
Armidale, Bathurst, Bombala, Boorowa, Braid wood, Carcoar, Condobolin, Cooma, Cootamun dra, Corowa, Deniliquin, Dubbo, East Maitland, Eden, Forbes, Glen Innes, Gosford, Goulburn, Grenfell, Gundagai, Gunning, Inverell, Kemp sey, Kiama, Moruya, Mudgee, Murwillumbah, Muswellbrook, Narrabri, Newcastle, Nowra, Penrith, Queanbeyan, Rylstone, Scone, Sing leton, Tenterfield, Tumbarumba. Tumut, Wagga, Warialda, Willyama, Windsor, Wyalong, Yass, January 9; Grafton, Gunnedah, Lismore, Moss Vak, Parkes, Temora, Urana, January 8; Byron Bay, January ll; Gilgunnia, January 19; Rand wick, January 19; Wentworth Fnlls, January 12; Barham, January 1G; Hermidale, January 1G. LAND HOARD. MEETING.
Dubbo, January 3, etc.; . Glen nines, January 21, etc.; Grafton, Jnnuary 10, etc.; Lismore, January 4; Maclean, January 8; Nyngan, Janu ary 8, etc.; Uralla. February 14, etc.; Wagga, January 2:1, cte.