1879.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1447

NOTE.—Plans may be seen, and further particu-
lars of the land obtained, on application at this
office.
Terms of sale: One-fourth of purchase-money to
be paid at time of sale, and the balance within one
month thereafter.
Crown-grant fees to be paid on completion of pur-
chase.

Public Notification.

LEASE OF RURAL LANDS.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 24th September, 1879.

THE following parcels of land will be offered for
lease (for depasturing purposes only) by public
auction, at this office, on Monday, the 27th day of
October next, at the hour of eleven o'clock in the
forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

MANGONUI DISTRICT.
Muriwhenua Block, N.M. part, 5,000 acres (third-
class land), for a term of fourteen years, at an
upset price of £5 per annum.

Muriwhenua Block, M. part, 5,000 acres (third-
class land), for a term of fourteen years, at an upset
price of £5 per annum.

Wharemaru Block, W. part, 5,555 acres (third-
class land), for a period of fourteen years, at an
upset price of £6 per annum.

Puheke Block, N. part, 5,000 acres (third-class
land), for a period of fourteen years, at an upset
price of £5 per annum.

Waiake Block, E. and W. part, 8,000 acres (third-
class land), for a period of fourteen years, at an
upset price of £8 per annum.

Waiake Block, S. part, 2,000 acres (third-class
land), for a period of fourteen years, at an upset
price of £2 per annum.

WAIUKU DISTRICT.
640 acres of third-class land, to the west of lots
143A, 146, and 147, Parish of Waipipi, for a period
of fourteen years, at an upset price of £5 per
annum.

WHANGAMATA DISTRICT.
Tautahanga Block, 1231 acres (third-class land),
for a period of five years, at an upset price of £5 per
annum.

N.B.—Rent to be paid yearly in advance. The
whole or any portion of this land may at any time
during the currency of the lease be resumed by the
Waste Lands Board for the purposes of occupation
or selection.

Public Notification.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, September 23rd, 1879.

TENDERS in writing will be received at this office,
until 12 o'clock noon, on Tuesday, the 28th day
of October next, for the right, during a period of two
years, at a premium or foregift, to dig for and
remove kauri gum, from the lands mentioned in the
following Schedule.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.
Maunganui Block, situated between the Kaihu
and Hokianga Heads, containing 37,592 acres.

Rakauwahi Block, situated between Hokianga
and the Bay of Islands, containing 1,422 acres.

N.B.—The highest or any tender not necessarily
accepted, and the Waste Lands Board reserves to
itself the right to dispose of any portions of these
blocks during the above term.

Cheque for amount offered to be enclosed with
tender.

Tenders to be addressed, "Waste Lands Board,
Auckland. Tender for Kauri Gum, Block."

Public Notification.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 20th September, 1879.

UNDER and in pursuance of the powers vested in
the Waste Lands Board by "The Land Act,
1877," it is hereby notified that the rural lands men-
tioned in the Schedule hereunder will be open for
selection under the "Homestead System," on Tues-
day, the 28th day of October next.

D. A. TOLE,
Chief Commissioner of Waste
Lands Board.

SCHEDULE.

WANGAROA DISTRICT.
Takou Block—2,900 acres second-class land.
Applications for this land to be made to A.P. Rad-
cliffe, Esq., H.M. Customs, Wangaroa.

BAY OF ISLANDS DISTRICT.
Okaihu No. 2 Block—Part of 1,000 acres first-
class land. Applications for this land to be made to
Captain Burleigh, Okaihu.

HOKIANGA DISTRICT.
Orira Block—Part of 1,300 acres second-class
land.

Taketahi Block—300 acres second-class land.
Applications for these lands to be made to the
Chairman of the County Council, Hokianga.

WHANGAREI DISTRICT.
Tangihua Survey District—Block III.—2,000
acres second-class land. Applications for this land
to be made to the Chairman of the District Board,
Maungakaramea.

PUHOI DISTRICT.
Makarau Block—Part of 1,000 acres second-class
land.

Mahurangi—Lot 148, 114 acres second-class land.
Applications for these lands to be made to Captain
Krippner, Puhoi.

Forms of application can be obtained and plans of
the lands inspected at this office, and at the residence
of the above-named agents.

"THE LAND ACT, 1877."—HOMESTEAD SYSTEM.
Conditions of Occupation.

1. The area allowed to be selected by each person
   of the age of 18 years or upwards shall be—of first-
   class lands, fifty acres, or of second-class lands,
   seventy-five acres; and for persons under 18 years of
   age, of first-class lands, twenty acres, or of second-
   class lands, thirty acres: Provided that the total
   quantity to be selected by any one family or number
   of persons occupying the one household shall not
   exceed two hundred acres of first-class or three
   hundred acres of second-class lands.

2. Within three months after the selection has
   been approved to the Board, the selector shall com-
   mence to reside on his selection, and shall continue
   to reside continuously thereon for five years from
   the date of such approval as aforesaid.

3. Within eighteen months after such approval the
   selector shall erect on his selection a permanent