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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

No. 794. John Brown and party; the Bannockburn Gold-
Mining Company, dated the 7th November, 1882, 16½ acres,
situated one mile westward of the Mokihinui lease, Mokihinui.
No. 795. William Davis and party; the Derby Gold-Mining
Company, dated the 7th November, 1882, 16½ acres, situated
one mile westward of the Mokihinui lease, Mokihinui.
No. 796. Edwards Peters and party; the Eclipse Gold-
Ming Company, dated the 7th November, 1882, 16½ acres,
situated one mile westward of the Mokihinui lease, Mokihinui.
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Crown Lands Notices.

Tenders for Leases of Rural Lands, and Sale for Cash.

EDUCATION RESERVES IN WENDON, WENDON-
SIDE, AND WAIKAIA DISTRICTS.

5,000 ACRES UNDER DEFERRED PAYMENTS.

APPLICATIONS will be received at the Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, or at any Land Office in the Otago Land Dis-
trict, on Friday, the 1st June, 1883, for the Deferred-payment
Allotments hereunder:

Block. Section. Area. District. Upset Price
per Acre.
A. R. P. s.
IX. 12 319 0 0 Wendon 50
VIII. 3 315 2 24 50
5 319 1 20 50
VII. 1 320 0 0 50
3 314 2 16 50
8 265 3 24 50
9 309 3 8 40
22 320 0 0 50
I. 3 312 3 13 Wendonside 50
6 320 0 0 50
9 319 0 0 50
X. 1 320 0 0 Waikaia 40
5 320 0 0 50
6 320 0 0 50
9 320 0 0 40
10 320 0 0 40

NOTE.—If more than one application is received for any of
the above deferred-payment sections, tenders for such section
or sections must be lodged on Tuesday, the 12th; to be opened
at the Land Board on Wednesday, the 13th June.

4,500 ACRES SET APART FOR LEASING, WITH
PPERPETUAL RIGHT OF RENEWAL.

Leases for Thirty Years.

Written tenders (in sealed covers) are invited for the sections
in the districts as given in the Schedule, in accordance with
"The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882."

TENDERS.

The price tendered must be given in writing as well as in
figures, accompanied by a statutory declaration, together with
six months' rent at the rate tendered, and 30s. fee for lease
and registration, to be lodged with the Commissioner of Crown
Lands, Dunedin, not later than 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday,
the 19th June, 1883.

The tenders will be opened at a meeting of the Land Board
on Wednesday, the 20th June, 1883, when the highest tenderer
(if the tender shall equal or exceed the upset annual rental per
acre fixed by the Board) will be declared the lessee.

The tenderers must appear at the Land Board, either in
person or by an agent authorized in writing, on the day on
which the tenders are opened.

Forms of tender and declaration, with covers (or envelopes),
can be had upon application at the Crown Lands Office, Dun-
edin, or at any of the respective District Land Offices, viz.,
Invercargill, Lawrence, Clyde, Queenstown, Switzers (Waikaia),
and Naseby. The numbers of the section and block, with the
name of district, must be written on the covers. The letter
being on "Public Service only," and addressed to the Commis-
sioner of Crown Lands, need not be stamped, being free of
postage; neither does the declaration require to be stamped.

Any person of the age of eighteen years and upwards may
become a lessee under this system. In the event of any person
tendering for two or more leases the deposit of a sum equal to
one half-year's rent of the tender largest in amount shall be
sufficient, together with the sum of 30s., to pay for the lease and
registration thereof, paid either in cash, marked cheque, or bank
draft, made payable to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Dunedin:
Provided that in the case of a person tendering for two or more
leases, such as he may in the aggregate become the lessee of
under the Act-namely, in the case where the lands comprised
in the several leases adjoin each other-in such case the deposit
shall be a half-year's rent at the rate tendered for each such
lease, and also the sum of 30s. in respect of each such lease,
the fee for preparation and registration of same.

NOTE.—Limits of area for each lease: No lease shall be
made to any person owning, nor shall any person be capable of
becoming the lessee under a lease, or a sub-lessee, who owns
any freehold land or land held under lease or license under the
Crown whereby such person shall become either the owner,
tenant, or occupier in the whole, either by himself or jointly
with any other person or persons, including the lands com-
prised in the lease, of a greater area than 640 acres anywhere in
the colony.

SCHEDULE OF LANDS TO BE LEASED.

Block. Section. District. Area. Annual
Rental
fixed by
Board
per Acre.
IX. 2 Wendon A. R. P. s. d.
3 318 0 4 2 0
10 284 2 8 2 0
13 265 0 28 2 0
14 31 2 0 2 0
VIII. 6 275 3 15 2 0
7 320 0 0 2 0
VII. 2 320 0 0 2 0
6 317 1 14 2 0
15 257 0 7 2 0
16 320 0 0 2 0
I. 71 83 1 30 2 0
74 320 0 0 2 0
75 320 0 0 2 0
76 320 0 0 2 0
I. 1 Wendonside 317 1 35 2 0
2 310 1 5 2 0
X. 4 Waikaia 320 0 0 2 0

6,000 ACRES TO BE SOLD FOR CASH

In Wendon, Wendonside, and Waikaia Districts, by auction,
at Green's Hall, Gore, on Friday, the 22nd June, 1883, at noon.
Upset price, £2 per acre.
Sections Nos. 6, 7, 8, 11, Block IX.; 1, 2, 4, Block VIII.;
4, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 20, 21, Block VII., Wendon District.
Sections Nos. 4, 5, 7, and 8, Block I., Wendonside District.
Sections Nos. 2, 8, 11, and 12, Block X., Waikaia District.
Containing from 99 to 320 acres respectively.
Lithographs and all further particulars can be obtained on
application to the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin.

Crown Lands Office,
J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Dunedin, 30th April, 1883.

Tenders for Leases of Rural Land.

LEASES OF RURAL LAND, WITH PERPETUAL
RIGHT OF RENEWAL.

26,000 ACRES IN SUTTON, MANIOTOTO, STRATH-TAIERI,
LOWER WANAKA, LOWER HAWEA, AND BLACKSTONE
DISTRICTS.

Leases for Thirty Years.

WRITTEN Tenders (in sealed covers) are invited for the
sections in the districts as given in the Schedule here-
under, in accordance with "The Land Act 1877 Amendment
Act, 1882."

TENDERS.

The price tendered must be given in writing as well as in
figures, accompanied by a statutory declaration, together with
six months' rent at the rate tendered, and a fee of £1 10s.
for lease and registration, to be lodged with the Commissioner
of Crown Lands, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, not later
than 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 29th May, 1883.

The tenders will be opened at the meeting of the Land Board
on Wednesday, the 30th May (the following day), at 11 o'clock