974
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 69

allowed for in any valuation in excess of £5 for every acre of rural land.

The lease will contain an arbitration clause to enable, at the end of the term, the value of improvements to be determined for which an outgoing lessee should be paid by an incoming lessee. It will also provide that, in the event of there being no accepted tenderer for the new lease, the old lessee shall have the option of accepting a fresh lease for the same period and on the same conditions as his first lease, at a rental to be fixed by arbitration, minus the value of the improvements, which is also to be fixed by arbitration.

Tenderers may offer for any number of sections, but no tender will be accepted for more than 640 acres in the aggregate. Such sections must, however, be contiguous.

A deposit of one half-year's rent must be made at the time of tendering, the amount to be calculated on the highest amount offered by any tenderer for an aggregate area of 640 acres or any less quantity; but no deposit will be required for any quantity of land tendered for beyond the 640 acres.

Coloured lithographic plans of the above sections are on view at the several land offices throughout the colony.

THOMAS MACKAY,
Reserves Trustee.

Sale of Forfeited Deferred-Payment Sections.

Crown Lands Office,
Patea, 11th June, 1883.

THE under-mentioned Deferred-Payment Sections, having been forfeited for breach of conditions, will be offered for sale by public auction, the improvements for cash, and the lands on deferred payments, in terms of section 71 of "The Land Act, 1877," at the District Land Office, Hawera, on Wednesday, the 8th August, at 10.30 a.m. :—

• Improvements, £45. † Improvements, £40.

C. A. WRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Forfeited Deferred-Payment Sections.

Crown Lands Office,
Patea, 11th June, 1883.

THE under-mentioned Deferred-Payment Sections, having been forfeited for breach of conditions, will be offered for sale by public auction, the improvements for cash, and the lands on deferred payments, in terms of section 71 of "The Land Act, 1877," at the Crown Lands Office, Patea, on Saturday, the 4th August, at 11 a.m. :—

• Improvements, £50. † Improvements, £35. ‡ Improvements, £20.

C. A. WRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Lands, West Coast (North Island) Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Patea, 20th June, 1882.

THE under-mentioned Rural Lands will be open for application, on deferred-payments, at the Land Offices, Patea, Hawera, and New Plymouth, on Monday, the 30th July, 1883; or will be sold by public auction, for cash, at the Land Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, the 1st August, 1883.

Lithographic plans can be obtained at any Land Office.

AGRICULTURAL RURAL LAND OPEN FOR APPLICATION ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS, ON MONDAY, THE 30TH JULY, 1883.

Applications may be made at the Land Offices, Patea, Hawera, or New Plymouth, on Monday, the 30th July.

Applicants for any of the above lands may also send their applications and deposits, with statutory declaration as required by "The Land Act, 1877," through the post to the Land Office, New Plymouth, to arrive on or before Monday, the 30th July. Envelopes should be marked "Application for Deferred-payment Land, ——— Survey District."

In the event of more than one application being received for any one section, the right to occupy the same will be decided by public auction, at New Plymouth, on Wednesday, the 1st August, at 11 o'clock a.m.

LANDS TO BE SOLD FOR CASH, AT NEW PLYMOUTH, ON WEDNESDAY, 1st AUGUST, 1883.

Cape Survey District.

Terms of Sale: One-fourth of purchase-money to be paid at sale, and the balance to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Patea, Hawera, or New Plymouth, 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.

C. A. WRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale by Auction.

Land Office, Christchurch, 19th May, 1883.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown Lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Courthouse, Waimate, on Tuesday, the 21st August next, at 12 o'clock noon :—

VILLAGE SETTLEMENT ON RESERVE No. 143, WAIMATE.

Land to be sold as land of special value, FOR CASH.

Lots 1 and 4; upset price, £10 per acre.

Land to be alienated as suburban land upon DEFERRED PAYMENT.

Lots 2, 3, 5, 6; upset price, £12 10s. per acre.

Plans may be seen at the Post Office and Railway Station, Waimate, and Railway Station, Studholme Junction; and also at the Survey Offices, Christchurch and Timaru.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.