Oct. 20.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Sale of Crown Lands, Marlborough.
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all Public Officers as far as practicable, but, as the
duty of procuring such form is cast upon the public,
no person is excused from neglecting to provide
himself therewith.

Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 17th October, 1881.

PATENT for an Invention providing an Improved
Method of Manufacturing Barbed Wire of an
improved description.

JAMES LEES, of Oamaru, has deposited at this
office a specification of the said invention, and I
have appointed Friday, the 13th day of January
next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to
hear the said application and all objections thereto;
and I require all persons having an interest in
opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave,
on or before the 9th day of January next, at this
office, particulars in writing of their objections to
the said application, otherwise they will be precluded
from urging the same.

W. S. REID,
Patent Officer.

Crown Lands Notices.

Changing Purpose of Portion of a Reserve in
Canterbury.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 10th October, 1881.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Ad-
ministrator of the Government intends, under
the provisions of section 148 of "The Land Act,
1877," to change the specific purpose of the land
described in the second column of the Schedule hereto,
for which the land was heretofore set apart as a
reserve, as specified in the first column of the said
Schedule, to the specific purposes specified in the
third column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

| Description and
Purpose of
Reserve. | Area of which the Purpose is
intended to be Changed. | Intended
Purpose. |
|---|---|---|
| Section No. 702
(in red), 930 acres,
in the Christ-
church District,
Provincial District
of Canterbury.
For a rifle range. | All those two several parcels of
land in the Rolleston Survey
District, Provincial District of
Canterbury, numbered as under
on the official map in the Survey
Office, Christchurch: -
10 acres, more or less. Bounded
--Northward by Bealey's Road, gravel-
10 chains; Westward by a line
at right angles thereto, 10 chains;
Eastward by the road west of
Section No. 2919; and South-
ward by a line parallel to the
northern boundary: and numbered
2530 (in red).
10 acres, more or less. Bounded
--Northward by the road forming gravel-
the northern boundary of Section pit.
No. 4910, 11 chains; Westward
by the road forming the eastern
boundary of Section No. 4364;
Southward by a line parallel to
the northern boundary; and
Eastward by a line at right angles
thereto, 10 chains: and numbered
2531 (in red). | For a
gravel-
pit. |

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

THE Land Board of the Marlborough Land District
lands hereinafter mentioned will be offered for sale
by public auction at the Survey Office, Blenheim, at
noon on Tuesday, the 15th November, 1881.

| No. of
Section. | Block. | Area. | Upset Price. | Cost of Survey. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | A. R. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
TOWN LAND.-TOWN OF KAIKOURA.
| 221 | ... | 0 2 0 | 15 0 0 | ... |
RURAL LAND.-PELORUS SOUND.
Kaiuma, Wakaretu Bay.
| Part 1 | ... | 20 0 0 | 30 0 0 | ... |
of 16 |

Under section 90 of "The Marlborough Waste
Lands Act, 1867":-

KILBRIDE RUN, QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND.
Arapawa Survey District.
| 1 | XI. | 100 0 8 | 100 10 0 | 10 0 0 |
PASTURE LAND.-MARSHLAND RUN.
Cloudy Bay Survey District.
| 2 | XII. | 203 1 23 | 101 15 0 | 66 5 0 |

One-fourth of the purchase-money of the above
sections must be paid at the auction, and the balance
within one month, or the money paid at auction will
be forfeited. A deposit to cover the Crown-grant
fee for each section must be paid when the purchase
is completed.

In the event of any other person than the appli-
cant being the purchaser, the cost of survey to be
paid at the auction to be handed to the applicant.

On deferred payments, under section 71 of "The
Land Act, 1877:"-

| No. of Section. | Block. | Area. | Upset Price. | Value of
Improvements. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
GOULTER BAY, PELORUS SOUND.
Orieri Survey District.
| 1 | I. | 20 0 0 | 40 0 0 | ... |
FOUR-FATHOM BAY, PELORUS SOUND.
| 167 | ... | 29 0 0 | 58 0 0 | ... |

Applications will also be received on 15th Novem-
ber, 1881, at the Crown Lands Office, Blenheim, for
the under-mentioned allotments to be sold on deferred
payments :-

NORTH BANK OF WAIRAU, ONAMALUTU VALLEY.
| Part 2 | ... | 17 0 0 | 20 0 0 | ... |
of 140 |

A deposit of 5 per cent. must be paid at the
auction or on application, as the case may be, for the
deferred-payment land, and the remainder in half-
yearly instalments of the same amount on every 1st
January and 1st July, commencing 1st July, 1882.

At the same time and place licenses of the runs
described below will be offered at public auction on
the terms mentioned, and subject to the Land Acts,
1877 and 1879.

The person who shall pay the highest sum by way
of annual rent in case of each of these runs shall be
entitled to receive a license to occupy the same for
pastoral purposes, provided he shall pay at the auction
rent at the rate of the highest price bid from the
date of auction to 1st September, 1882. Subsequent