MAY 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 709

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.

TERMS FOR FREEHOLD AGRICULTURAL SECTIONS.
10 per cent. cash.
15 per cent. in three months.
25 per cent. in two years, by bills.
25 per cent. in four years, by bills.
25 per cent. in seven years, by bills.
Bills bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum.
Township sections, terms cash. Village sections, one-fourth
cash; balance by bills in twelve months, bearing interest at
6 per cent.

NOTE.—A title under the Land Transfer Act will be given to
purchasers three months after the sale, when the first and
second instalments, amounting to 25 per cent. purchase-money,
shall have been paid.

Interspersed throughout the above lands are 32 sections,
ranging from 34 to 348 acres each, and now advertised by the
Commissioner of Crown Lands as open for perpetual leasing, in
terms of "The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882." Tenders
for these sections will be received up to Tuesday, the 5th June,
and the result will be declared by the Land Board on the day
preceding the day of sale of the freehold sections above described.
For particulars regarding the sections which are open for
perpetual leasing, see Crown lands advertisements in Otago
Daily Times and Witness.

The auctioneer will be happy to supply plans and further
particulars on application at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin.
The same can be obtained from the Secretary,
COLIN MACANDREW,
Colonial Bank Buildings, Dunedin.

Tenders for Leases of Rural Lands.

EDUCATION RESERVE.—STRATH-TAIERI ESTATE.
3,000 ACRES, WITH PERPETUAL 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 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 30s. fee 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 5th June, 1883.
The tenders will be opened at the meeting of the Land
Board on Wednesday, the 6th June (the following day), at
11 o'clock a.m., 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,
Dunedin, 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
Commissioner 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 a 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 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 sublessee 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.