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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 45

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.

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 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 comprised in the lease, of a greater area than 640 acres
anywhere in the colony.

SCHEDULE OF LANDS TO BE LEASED.

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.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 30th April, 1883.

LEASES OF RURAL LAND, WITH PERPETUAL
RIGHT OF RENEWAL,
WEST COAST (NORTH ISLAND) LAND DISTRICT.
2,264 ACRES FOR LEASING.

Crown Lands Office,
Patea, 1st May, 1883.

WRITTEN Tenders (in sealed covers) are invited for the
under-mentioned sections, in accordance with the pro-
visions of "The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882."

Conditions to be observed by Tenderers.
The price tendered must be stated in writing, as well as in
figures, accompanied by the statutory declaration required by
the Act, together with six months' rent at the rate tendered,
and the sum of £1 10s. to pay for the lease and registra-
tion, to be lodged with the Commissioner of Crown Lands at
Patea not later than 4 o'clock on Tuesday, the 12th day of
June, to be opened by the Commissioner of Crown Lands at
Patea, on Wednesday, the 13th day of June, at 11 o'clock a.m.,
when the highest tenderer (if the tenders shall equal or exceed
the upset fixed annual rental per acre) will be declared the
lessee.

Forms of tender and declaration can be obtained at any
Crown Lands Office in the colony.

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 £1 10s. 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,
Patea.

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.

The above sections are of similar quality and description of
soil to those opened for pepetual 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 Comme rce