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allowed for in any valuation in excess of £5 for every acre of A deposit of one-twentieth of the amount of purchase-money
rural land. will also be required to be made at the same time.

The lease will contain an arbitration clause to enable, at In case of more than one application being received for the
the end of the term, the value of improvements to be deter- same section on the same day, the right to occupy the same will
mined for which an outgoing lessee should be paid by an be decided by lot amongst the applicants.

incoming lessee. It will also provide that, in the event of Personal residence required within six months, to continue to
there being no accepted tenderer for the new lease, the old the end of the sixth year. Must bring into cultivation not less
lessee shall have the option of accepting a fresh lease for the than one-twentieth the first year; one-tenth the second year;
same period and on the same conditions as his first lease, at and, within six years, must have cultivated one-fifth, and
a rental to be fixed by arbitration, minus the value of the effected permanent improvements to the value of £1 per acre.
improvements, which is also to be fixed by arbitration. Plans may be seen at the Land Offices at Christchurch and
Timaru.

Tenderers may offer for any number of sections, but no JOHN H. BAKER,
tender will be accepted for more than 640 acres in the aggre- Commissioner of Crown Lands.
gate. 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 Further Sale of Sections, Kopuaranga, Mikimiki, Kaiwaka,
acres or any less quantity; but no deposit will be required and Rewa Survey Districts.
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. Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 19th July, 1883.

THOMAS MACKAY, THE Crown lands as under will be open for application
Reserves Trustee. for cash, on Monday, the 20th August next, and every
lawful day thereafter until sold, at the Land Office, at
Sale by Auction. Wellington.

Land Office, Christchurch, 19th May, 1883.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown SCHEDULE.
Lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at the CASH PAYMENTS.
Courthouse, Waimate, on Tuesday, the 21st August next, at
12 o'clock noon :-

VILLAGE SETTLEMENT ON RESERVE No. 143,
WAIMATE.
Block. Section. Area. Upset Price. Survey District.
Land to be sold as land of special value, FOR CASH.
Lots 1 and 4; upset price, £10 per acre. A. R. P. s. d.

Land to be alienated as suburban land upon DEFERRED I. 1 109 2 0 109 10 0 Kopuaranga.
PAYMENT. 3 114 0 0 114 0 0
Lots 2, 3, 5, 6; upset price, £12 10s. per acre. 9 68 1 20 85 9 6 "

Plans may be seen at the Post Office and Railway Station, III. 98 404 0 0 202 0 0 "
Waimate, and Railway Station, Studholme Junction; and also
at the Survey Offices, Christchurch and Timaru. III.. 107 438 0 0 219 0 0 "
VII.

JOHN H. BAKER, IV. 93 484 0 0 242 0 0 "
Commissioner of Crown Lands. 94 460 0 0 230 0 0 "
95 484 0 0 242 0 0 "
Lands to be sold as Village Settlement and Small-Farm 96 532 0 0 266 0 0 "
Allotments, on Deferred Payments, Land District of 99 445 0 0 222 10 0 "
Canterbury. V. 22 82 0 21 102 13 0 "
VII. 108 486 0 0 243 0 0 "
Land Office, Christchurch, 114 395 2 5 197 15 0 "
14th June, 1883. 210 357 2 35 178 17 0 "

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lands VII., 115 586 0 0 293 0 0 "
will be open for application, on Tuesday, the 18th day of XI. 139 433 3 24 216 19 0 "
September next, at the Land Offices, Christchurch and Timaru:- VIII. 212 496 0 16 248 1 0 "

TO BE SOLD AS SMALL-FARM ALLOTMENTS ON DEFERRED 211 410 0 0 205 0 0 "
PAYMENTS. 144 625 2 0 312 15 0 "

Reserve 1824, Springfield, Malvern: Lots 12 to 15 inclusive, 135 196 0 0 98 0 0 "
17 to 26 inclusive, 34 and 46 to 52 inclusive, 57 and 58; price, XI. 3 226 2 0 226 10 0 "
£6 per acre; in areas from 1 to 3 acres each. 4 223 0 0 223 0 0 "

Reserve 1263, Pig-hunting Creek, near Timaru: Lots 4 to 14 5 229 0 2 229 0 0 "
inclusive; price, £15 per acre. Lots 1, 2, 3, 15 to 22, 28 to 30, 6 225 2 30 225 14 0 "
32 to 34 inclusive; price, £12 per acre; in areas from 4 to 20 1 200 0 0 200 0 0 "
acres each. 2 201 0 0 201 0 0 "

Reserve 424, Village Settlement of Annat, near Sheffield : 5 116 0 0 116 0 0 "
Lots 1 to 4 inclusive; price, £10 per acre. Lots 5 to 12, 15 to 1 128 15 0 Mikimiki.
28 inclusive, and Lot 33; price, £7 per acre. Lots 13, 14, and 3 108 10 54 2 6
32; price, £4 per acre: in areas from 5 to 17 acres each. 4 173 0 0 86 10 0 "

Terms: Each application must be accompanied by a statutory 1 202 2 20 101 6 6 "
declaration, form of which can be obtained at the Land Offices. 11 201 2 32 100 17 0 Kaiwaka.

A deposit of one-tenth of the amount of purchase-money will 1 306 0 0 153 0 0 "
also be required to be made at the same time. 2 257 20 128 15 0 Rewa.

In case of more than one application being received for the XIV. pt. 1. of 899 192 1 33 96 5 0 "
same section on the same day, the right to occupy the same will
be decided by lot amongst the applicants.

Personal residence required within six months' of purchase,
to continue to the end of the fourth year. Must bring into
cultivation not less than one-tenth of the allotment the first
year; one-fifth the second year; and, within four years, must
have three-fourths cultivated, the whole fenced, and have made
substantial improvements to the value of at least £10 per acre.

LAND TO BE SOLD AS SMALL-FARM ALLOTMENTS ON DE-
FERRED PAYMENTS.

Reserve 424, Village Settlement of Annat, near Sheffield :
Lots 29, 30, and 31; price, £4 per acre; 50 acres each.

Reserve 1263, Pig-hunting Creek, near Timaru: Lots 23, 24,
25, 26, 27, and 31; price, £12 per acre; in areas from 21 to
24 acres each.

Terms: Each application must be accompanied by a statutory
declaration, form of which can be obtained at the Land Offices.

Description of Land. The Kopuaranga and Mikimiki
sections include forest land, mixed timber, more or less
totara, soil good throughout, part limestone, well watered,
and most of the sections approachable by good roads. The
Kaiwaka sections (near the White Rock, East Coast) include
fair soil, partly covered with mixed timber and scrub, easily
cleared.

Terms of Payment: For the cash sections one-fourth must
be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with
Crown-grant fee, within one month from day of sale.

Maps showing the position of these sections may be seen at
the Land Office, Wellington. Lithograph maps and schedules
may be seen at all the district post-offices; copies will be
forwarded on application.

Jos. G. HOLDSWORTH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.