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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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 deter-
mined 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 aggre-
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
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.

Lands to be sold as Village Settlement and Small-Farm
Allotments, on Deferred Payments, 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 Tuesday, the 18th day of
September next, at the Land Offices, Christchurch and Timaru:-

TO BE SOLD AS SMALL-FARM ALLOTMENTS ON DEFERRED
PAYMENTS.

Reserve 1824, Springfield, Malvern: Lots 12 to 15 inclusive,
17 to 26 inclusive, 34 and 46 to 52 inclusive, 57 and 58; price,
£6 per acre; in areas from 1 to 3 acres each.

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

Reserve 424, Village Settlement of Annat, near Sheffield:
Lots 1 to 4 inclusive; price, £10 per acre. Lots 5 to 12, 15 to
28 inclusive, and Lot 33; price, £7 per acre. Lots 13, 14, and
32; price, £4 per acre: in areas from 5 to 17 acres each.

Terms: Each application must be accompanied by a statutory
declaration, form of which can be obtained at the Land Offices.
A deposit of one-tenth of the amount of purchase-money will
also be required to be made at the same time.

In case of more than one application being received for the
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.
A deposit of one-twentieth of the amount of purchase-money
will also be required to be made at the same time.

In case of more than one application being received for the
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, to continue to
the end of the sixth year. Must bring into cultivation not less
than one-twentieth the first year; one-tenth the second year;
and, within six years, must have cultivated one-fifth, and
effected permanent improvements to the value of £1 per acre.

Plans may be seen at the Land Offices at Christchurch and
Timaru.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale by Auction.

[No. 84

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.

Land District of Canterbury.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lands
will be open for application on Friday, the 12th day
of October next, at the Land Offices, Christchurch and
Timaru, where plans may be seen.

SMALL-FARM ALLOTMENTS within Reserve 191.
VILLAGE SETTLEMENT, Elephant Hill, Waitaki.

TO BE SOLD ON IMMEDIATE PAYMENT FOR CASH.

Lots 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, in areas varying from 10 to 15
acres each. Price, £4 per acre.

TO BE SOLD ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS.

Lots 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, in areas varying from 10 to 15 acres
each. Price, £5 per acre.

Terms: Each application must be accompanied by a
statutory declaration, form of which can be obtained at the
Land Offices. A deposit of one-tenth of the amount of
purchase-money will also be required to be made at the same
time.

In case of more than one application being received for
the 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.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land Office, Christchurch,
14th August, 1883.

Land Transfer Act Notices.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land
hereinafter described will be brought under the pro-
visions of "The Land Transfer Act, 1870," unless caveat
be lodged forbidding the same in each case within one
calendar month after date of Gazette containing this notice.

Sections 3 and 4, Block VI., and Section 5, Block IX.,
Town of Arrowtown. - THOMAS PATCHETT, Applicant.
Occupied by Applicant. No. 3450.

Allotments 26 and 27 in Subdivision of Section 8, Block I.,
Oamaru District. - WILLIAM HENRY SHERWOOD
ROBERTS, Applicant. Occupied by Applicant. No. 3451.

Sections 1, Block XIII., 2 and 3, Block XIV., 1, 2, 3, 22,
23, 24, 25, Block XXIV., 3, 4, 5, 6, Block XXVIII., Town
of Frankton; Sections 2 and 14, Block XXVI., Town of
Queenstown.-ROBERT WILSON and JAMES TAYLOR
MACKERRAS, Applicants. Unoccupied. No. 3452.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 16th day of August, 1883, at the Lands Registry
Office Dunedin.

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H. TURTON,
District Land Registrar.

APPLICATION having been made to register a discharge
of Mortgage No. 4306, of Part of Section 6, Block
XXIX., Town of Oamaru, of which WILLIAM ANDERSON,
of Dunedin, Schoolmaster, is the Mortgagee, and proof
having been tendered of loss of outstanding duplicate of said
mortgage, I hereby give notice that production of said
duplicate will be dispensed with and said discharge registered
unless caveat forbidding the same be lodged at this office
within fourteen days from publication of this notice.

Dated at the Lands Registry Office, Dunedin, this 16th
day of August, 1883.

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H. TURTON,
District Land Registrar.