PUBLIC NOTICE. IENDERS will be received up till. THURSDAY, April 25th, for Falling and Lopping 100 acres of bush in one block, and 50 acres of bush in another block on Kia Ora Farm, Ely Bay. Specifications can be seen at the homestead and at the " Guardtan " Office, Havelock, and tenders may be left at either place. The lowest or any tender not. neces sarily accepted. IRVINE H. MILLS. Land fop Settlement Act. Improved Farms for Lease. HATQMA SETTLEMENT, HAWKE'S BAY, —25,737 acres, divided into fifty-four sections, for disposal on lease in perpetuity, of areas varying from 111 acres to 774 acres, rentals from 4s 3d to 8s 4d per acre per annum ; and four small graz ing runs for lease for twenty-one years with right of renewal, of areas varying from 1,134 acres to 1,509 acres, rentals from 3s 3d to 6s 2d per acre per annum. The Hatuma Set tlement is situated in one of the finest districts in the North Island, fifty miles south of Napier, on the Main Trunk Railway, close to Wai pukurau, and nine miles from Wai pawa. The land is open, of good quality—the downs aud flats adapted for general agriculture and dairy farming; depth of soil, from 6in. to 12in., on clay, subsoil. The 'small grazing-runs comprise well-watered limestone ranges, suitable for mixed farming. Open for application, at Napier and Waipukurau, on the 25th April, 1901. Ballot will be held at Waipukurau on the 27th April. KOITIKA SETTLEMENT, South Canterbury. into fifteen sections, for disposal on lease in perpetuity, in areas varying from 139 acres to 391 acres, at rentals from 5s 9d to 9s 4d per acre per annum. This settlement is part of the well-known Otaio Estate, for merly owned by Mr Teschemaker; is situated between Timaru and Wai mate, twenty miles from the former town and eleven miles from the latter. Land well adapted for mixed farming; in good heart; has pro duced heavy crops of wheat, and up to GO bushels of oats to the acre. Depth of strong black soil, 7in. to Sin. Climate temperate ; sufficient rainfall for general farming. Open for application, at Christchurch and Timaru, on 13th May, 1901. 