MAY 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 629

Limits of Area for each Lessee.

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-
lease who owns, any freehold lan 1, 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
any others in the colony, of a greater area than 640 acres
anywhere in the colony.

| Block. | Section. | Area. | Upset Rental per
| Acre per Annum. |
|---|---|---|---|
| | | A. R. P. | £ s. d. |
| XIII. | 1 | 105 0 0 | 0 2 0 |
| XIV. | 4 | 118 0 0 | 0 2 0 |
| | 16 | 143 0 0 | 0 1 9 |
| | 18 | 164 3 23 | 0 2 0 |
| | 19 | 171 1 15 | 0 1 6 |
| | 21 | 193 0 0 | 0 2 0 |
| | 24 | 130 0 0 | 0 2 3 |
| | 25 | 120 0 0 | 0 2 0 |
| | 30 | 130 0 0 | 0 2 3 |
| | 32 | 274 0 0 | 0 2 0 |
| | 35 | 106 0 0 | 0 2 0 |
| | 36 | 125 0 0 | 0 2 6 |
| | 39 | 250 0 0 | 0 2 0 |
| | 42 | 113 0 0 | 0 2 3 |
| XIII. | 2 | 314 0 0 | 0 1 9 |

The above land is situated near Opunake, and consists of
fairly-level bush country; soil good, and well watered.

2,615 ACRES for Cash.

TO BE SOLD FOR CASH, AT HAWERA, ON FRIDAY
THE 15TH DAY OF JUNE.

OPUNAKE.

The above sections are of similar quality and description of
soil to those opened for perpetual leasing.

Terms of Sale: One-fourth of purchase-money to be paid at
sale, and the balance to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Patea
or Hawera, within one calendar month from date of sale;
otherwise the deposit will be forfeited, and the contract for the
sale of the land thenceforth be null and void.

Crown-grant fee to be paid on completion of purchase.

NOTE.—Further particulars and lithograph plans showing
the blocks and sections of the above lands can be obtained at
the Land Offices at Auckland, New Plymouth, Patea, Hawera,
Napier, and Wellington, on and after the 15th May instant.

C. A. WRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale by Auction.

EDUCATION RESERVE.—STRATH-TAIERI ESTATE.
(Through which the Otago Central Railway will run.)

To Small Farmers, Graziers, and Others.

7,000 ACRES MAGNIFICENT LAND,
On most liberal terms of payment, extending over seven years;
surveyed into farms of from 40 to 400 acres each.

Also TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.
R. B. MARTIN (under instructions from the Board of
Governors of the Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools)
will offer for sale by auction, at the Chamber of Commerce
Dunedin, on Thursday, the 7th June, at 12 o'clock, the
following first-class agricultural sections in the Strath-Taieri
District :—

Together with

THE TOWNSHIP OF ARDEN,
Surveyed into sections of about a quarter-acre each, and
VILLAGE RESERVE SECTIONS
of about five acres each.

The celebrated Strath-Taieri District can hardly be surpassed
for profitable farms and grazing purposes, being capable of
producing grand luxuriant crops, thick vigorous grasses, and
unrivalled in New Zealand for carrying a heavy stock.

To the small or extensive farmer and the grazier this sale
affords a grand opportunity for securing some of the richest and
best land in Otago, consisting of fine rich alluvial soil, dry, good
pasture, permanently watered, and fine climate. In fact, the
land possesses in the highest degree all the attributes necessary
for successfully combining agriculture and grazing, and can
turn out some fine crops of wheat, oats, potatoes, and other
roots.