AUGUST 16.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Crown Lands Notices.

Sale by Auction.

Land Office,
Christchurch, 11th August, 1883.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned block
of Crown land in the Kowai District will be offered
for sale by public auction, at the Courthouse, Amberley, on
Monday, the 12th November next, at 12 o'clock noon:—
Reserve No. 1639, Kowai Domain, containing 344 acres:
Upset price, £3 per acre.
Plan may be seen at the Survey Office, Christchurch.
JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands for Sale on immediate Payment for Cash, Land
District of Canterbury.

Land Office,
Christchurch, 14th June, 1883.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lands
will be open for application on immediate payment for
cash, at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday, the 18th
day of September next, as Village Allotments:—
Reserve 1824, Springfield, Malvern: Lots 1 to 11 inclusive,
27 to 33 inclusive, and 35 to 45 inclusive, about 1 acre each;
price, £5 per allotment. Lots 53 to 56 inclusive; in areas of
from 3 to 8 acres each; price, £5 per acre.
No one person is allowed to purchase more than one of the
above sections. In case of more than one application being
received for the same section on the same day, the right to
acquire the same will be decided by auction amongst the
applicants.
Plans may be seen at the Land Offices, Christchurch and
Timaru.
JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands for Sale on Application.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier 30th July, 1883.
THE lands mentioned hereunder will be open for selection
for cash on Thursday, the 30th August, 1883, and every
lawful day thereafter until withdrawn from sale. One-fourth
of the purchase-money to be paid on application, the balance
within one month thereafter.
Lithograph plans and further particulars can be obtained
on application at this office.
HORACE BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

provisions of "The West Coast Settlement Reserves Act,
1881," and the regulations issued thereunder.
The tenders, accompanied by the statutory declaration and
deposit of six months' rent at the rate tendered, in accordance
with the regulations, must be lodged with the Reserves
Trustee, at the Courthouse, Hawera, not later than 4 o'clock
p.m., on Monday, the 3rd day of September, to be opened by
the Reserves Trustee, at Hawera, on Tuesday, the 4th day
of September, at 11 o'clock a.m., when the highest tenderer
for each lease (if the tenders shall equal or exceed the upset
fixed annual rental per acre) will be declared the lessee.
Plans and schedules of the sections, and copies of the
regulations under which leases will be sold and issued, also
forms of tender and declaration respectively, can be obtained
at the District Land Offices, New Plymouth, Patea, and
Hawera, or at any of the other land offices in the colony;
also at the Office of the Collector of Customs, Wanganui, and
at the Post Offices, Thames, Wanganui, Reefton, Westport,
Greymouth, Ashburton, and Oamaru, on and after the 31st
July instant.

SCHEDULE.

KAUPOKONUI SURVEY DISTRICT.

WAIMATE SURVEY DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Ruataniwha Survey District.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Ruataniwha Survey District.

| II. | 47 | 83 2 2 | 0 17 6 |
| | 48 | 169 3 1 | 0 17 6 |

Ten sections, in areas from 276 acres to 34 acres; upset
price per acre, 15s.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Ruataniwha Survey District.

Description.—The land in Blocks I. and II., Ruataniwha,
is situated between the Tukituki and Waipawa Rivers; it is
covered with forest, portions when cleared being suitable for
agriculture. The main roads through the blocks have been
cleared of bush; one connecting the two rivers has been
formed for horse traffic, and gives access to most of the
sections. Drays can be taken along the river-beds to both
north and south sides of the block, which is about 60 miles
from Napier and 20 miles from the railway-line at Waipawa.

Waimate Plains, West Coast Settlement Reserves.

SALE OF LEASES FOR A TERM OF TWENTY-ONE
YEARS.
Compensation for Improvements up to £5 per Acre will be
allowed at End of Term of Lease.

West Coast Settlement Reserves Office,
Hawera, 19th July, 1883.
WRITTEN tenders (in sealed covers) are invited for the
under-mentioned sections, in accordance with the

The above land, designated the Kapuni Block, is situated
near Okaiawa Township, and consists of open as well as
fairly level bush-country. It is well opened up with roads.
The soil is good and well watered.

KAUPOKONUI SURVEY DISTRICT.

WAIMATE SURVEY DISTRICT.

The above land, designated the Kaupokonui Block, is
situated near Manaia Township on the one side and Otakeho
Township on the other. It is well opened up with roads.
The soil is of nearly similar quality to that of the Kapuni
Block above mentioned.