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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 19]

For terms and particulars see the advertisement which will
be issued by the School Commissioners.

N.B.---Immediately after the sale of the above runs an area
of about 80,000 acres of land surveyed into sections of from 500
to 5,000 acres will be offered for sale on pastoral deferred
payments. Full particulars of these lands will appear in a
future advertisement, which will be issued about a fortnight
hence.

J. P. MAITLAND.

Leases of Southland Runs to be sold by Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 26th January, 1883.

THE following Licenses of Runs, for a term of ten years,
from the 1st March next, will be offered by auction, at the
Land Office, Invercargill, at noon on Wednesday, the 28th
February next, under the general conditions contained in "The
Land Act, 1877," and "The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act,
1879:"-

Run 154A, about 1,008 acres, adjoining Run 154, Avondale,
Southland County, Taringatura District. Upset rent (2d. per
acre), £8 8s. per annum. License fee, £5.

Run 302, about 7,050 acres, known as Eyre Creek, Southland
County, Eyre District. Upset rent (14d. per acre), £49 1s. 3d.
License fee, £7 10s.

Run 415A, about 7,500 acres, adjoining Run 173, Black-
mount, Wallace County, Takitimo District. Upset rent (d.
per acre), £15 12s. 6d. License fee, £7 10s.

Run 415B, about 4,300 acres, adjoining Run 166A, Bellmont,
Wallace County, Takitimo District. Upset rent (d. per acre),
£8 19s. 2d. License fee, £5.

Run 143, about 6,550 acres, adjoining Birchwood Estate,
Wallace County, Wairio District. Upset rent (2d. per acre),
£54 11s. 8d. License fee, £7 10s.

Plans showing boundaries can be seen at the Survey Office,
Invercargill. Further particulars to be obtained on inquiry at
the Land Office.

WALTER H. PEARSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Auction Sale of Pastoral Deferred-Payment Land.

LOWER WANAKA, CARDRONA, TARRAS, LOWER HAWEA,
MANITOTO, ROCK AND PILLAR, SWINBURN, STRATH-TAIERI,
SUTTON, TUTURAU, AND SLOPEDOWN DISTRICTS.

TO be sold by auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin,
on Wednesday, the 28th February, 1883, at noon (the
day following the sale of the Otago runs), and comprising
about 80,000 acres, being--

Section 5, Block III., Lower Wanaka, and Section 1, Block
IX., Cardrona District (grouped as one allotment); 2,967 acres.

Sections 12, Block VII., and 1, Block X., Tarras District
(grouped as one allotment); 1,212 acres.

Sections 9, Block VII.; and 2, Block X., Tarras District
(grouped as one allotment); 824 acres.

Sections 10, Block VII., and 3, Block X., Tarras District
(grouped as one allotment); 1,346 acres.

Section 2, Block IX., Lower Hawea District; 1,215 acres.

Section 1, Block IX., Lower Hawea District; 1,892 acres.

Section 2, Block XVI., Maniototo District; 1,098 acres.

Section 4, Block XVI., Maniototo District; 592 acres.

Sections 1, Block XVI., Maniototo District, and 1, Block II.,
Rock and Pillar District (grouped as one allotment); 1,582
acres.

Section 1, Block XI., Swinburn District; 1,560 acres.

Section 2, Block XI., Swinburn District; 1,533 acres.

Section 1, Block XII., Swinburn District; 2,583 acres.

Section 2, Block XII., Swinburn District; 1,498 acres.

Section 14, Block III., Rock and Pillar District; 809 acres.

Section 7, Block XI., Rock and Pillar District; 4,624 acres.

Section 1, Block III., Strath-Taieri District; 4,931 acres.

Section 2, Block III., Strath-Taieri District; 3,765 acres.

Section 1, Block VI., Strath-Taieri District; 4,366 acres.

Section 2, Block VI., Strath-Taieri District; 2,801 acres.

Section 13, Block X., Strath-Taieri District; 948 acres.

Section 15, Block X., Strath-Taieri District; 2,700 acres.

Section 1, Block XI., Strath-Taieri District; 3,889 acres.

Section 3, Block XI., Strath-Taieri District; 1,866 acres.

Section 6, Block XI., Strath-Taieri District; 1,456 acres.

Section 9, Block XII., Strath-Taieri District; 2,003 acres.

Section 3, Block XIII., Strath-Taieri District; 1,374 acres.

Section 1A, Block I., Sutton District; 2,205 acres.

Section 2, Block I., Sutton District; 1,086 acres.

Section 2A, Block III., Sutton District; 2,459 acres.

Section 1, Block VII., Sutton District; 2,911 acres.

Section 1, Block XIV., Sutton District; 1,879 acres.

Section 2, Block XIV., Sutton District; 2,118 acres.

Section 31, Block IX., Tuturau District; 1,967 acres.

Section 26, Block X., Tuturau District; 1,350 acres.

Section 25, Block II., Slopedown District; 1,088 acres.

Sections 19, Block III., 1, Block IV., and 1, Block V., Slope-
down District (grouped as one allotment); 4,368 acres.

Licenses for fifteen years.

Upset price, £1 per acre.

NOTE.---Intending purchasers must hand to the auctioneer
the statutory declaration required by clause 83 of "The Land
Act, 1877," which it is not now necessary to have stamped.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 18th January, 1883.

Crown Lands Sale.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 31st January, 1883.

TO be sold by auction, at Watson's Long Room, High
Street, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the 27th February, 1883, at
11 o'clock in the forenoon, immediately following sale of the
Otago Runs, which expire 1884,

LEASES OF PASTORAL RUNS, WAIKOUAITI
COUNTY.

Subdivision of Runs No. 171 and 171A (lying about ten miles
west of Town of Waikouaiti, and lately in occupation
of Messrs. Orbell)---

Run No. 171, about 4,250 acres. License for fourteen
years. Upset rental, £89 per annum.

Run No. 171A, about 4,210 acres. License for fourteen
years. Upset rental, £88 per annum.

Run No. 171B, about 3,850 acres. License for fourteen
years. Upset rental, £81 per annum.

Run No. 171c, about 4,800 acres. License for fourteen
years. Upset rental, £100 per annum.

Run No. 171D, about 4,850 acres. License for fourteen
years. Upset rental, £101 per annum.

Run No. 171E, about 7,350 acres. License for fourteen
years. Upset rental, £153 per annum.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE.

The leases of the above runs will be sold subject to the
general provisions as to runs specified in the Land Acts, 1877,
1879, and 1882.

The rent of the runs from the date of the auction to the 1st
September, 1883, with license fee (£10), to be paid on fall of
hammer, either by cheque marked by banker or in cash, and
thereafter by half-yearly payments (in advance) on the 1st
March and 1st September in each year. Possession will be
given on the 1st March, 1884. Valuations for improvements
(if any), which shall in no case exceed three times the amount
of the average annual rent paid under the existing leases, are to
be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Dunedin, at time of
sale, in pursuance of sections 115 to 117 of "The Land Act,
1877."

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Lease.-Notice of Withdrawal of Application.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 12th February, 1883.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned application for
a gold-mining lease has been withdrawn, and that the
ground is now open for application as if a lease of the same
had never been applied for, viz. :-

No. 339. John Eyles and William Calverly Riley, for the
Aorere Gold-Mining Company; dated the 8th November,
1881, 16 acres, near Finney's Creek Quartz Ranges, Colling-
wood, in the Collingwood Mining District.

ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Gold-Mining Lease to be granted.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of "The Mines
Act, 1877," and with the regulations made under that Act
for the granting of leases for gold-mining purposes, it is hereby
notified that it is intended to grant a lease of Crown lands
for gold-mining purposes to the applicant specified in the
annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against
such lease.