SEPT. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1337

Subsequently a half-year's rent shall be paid in advance on
every 1st September and 1st March during the currency of
the license, the first of such payments to be made on 1st
March, 1884. But no person is entitled to become the
purchaser who is in occupation of any pastoral lands, either
by himself or jointly with any other person, under lease or
license from the Crown, capable of carrying 20,000 sheep or
4,000 head of cattle :-

Locality. Survey Area Upset Annual
District. (Approxi- Rental.
mate).
Opihi Bay, Port Underwood Arapawa
Ocean Bay
North Bank, Wairau, late
part Raydale Run
Ditto
Acres.
210
200
Cloudy Bay 2,080
1,400
1d. an
acre.
Plans of the above runs are open for inspection at this
office.

Dated at the Crown Lands Office, Blenheim, this 25th
August, 1883.

HENRY G. CLARKE,
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.

Leases in Marlborough to be offered at Auction.

LEASES, under section 23 of "The Public Reserves Act,
1881," of the under-mentioned blocks of land in the
Provincial District of Marlborough, will be offered to public
competition by auction, at the Survey Office, Blenheim, on
Tuesday, the 2nd day of October, 1883, at noon, on the terms
and conditions specified, namely, -

KAIKOURA SUBURBAN.-Part of Section 226, 229 acres;
term of lease to be fourteen years; upset annual rent, £20;
the Government to have the right at any time to take any
roads they may deem necessary through this reserve without
compensation or reduction of rent.

KAITUNA VALLEY.-Parts of Sections 66 and 67, 151 acres;
term of lease to be seven years; upset annual rent, 4d. an
acre; the Government and the Road Board to have the right
to take from this land any material required for making or
repairing roads without compensating the lessee.

A right shall also be reserved to the public to rest travelling
stock on these reserves on payment to the lessee as follows:
For sheep, d. per head per night; for horses and cattle, 2d.
per head per night.
The bidding to be upon the annual rent. Half a year's
rent to be paid at auction, and on every 1st January and 1st
July during the respective terms.

Dated at the Crown Lands Office, Blenheim, the 25th
August, 1883.

HENRY G. CLARKE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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 within one month from the date
of the Gazette containing this notice.

5279. HENRY FRANCIS GRAY.-40 acres, Rural
      Section 12425, Waipara District. Occupied by Applicant.

5280. JOHN SCOTT RUTHERFORD.-19 acres 3 roods
      10 perches, Rural Section 11494, Tengawai Survey District.
      Occupied partly by Michael John Godby and Frederic Clulee,
      and partly by Applicant.

5281. RALPH DYNES.-53 acres 2 roods 32 perches,
      part of Rural Section 3753, Timaru District. Occupied by
      Applicant.

5282. JOSEPH JAMES WALKER STEELE.-1 rood
      30 perches, part of Rural Section 4930, Timaru District.
      Occupied by Applicant.

5283. FRANCOIS NARBEY.-16 acres 3 roods 10 perches,
      Rural Section 3593 and parts of Rural Sections 3594 and
      6540, Bank's Peninsula. Occupied by Benjamin de Mal-
      manche.

5284. WILLIAM STOTT.-1 rood, part of Rural Section
      368, Christchurch District. Unoccupied.

5285. EDWARD GEORGE GREEN.-1 rood 9 perches,
      Lot 52, Deposited Plan 63, part of Rural Section 72, Borough
      of Sydenham. Occupied by Applicant.

5286. HERBERT EMPSON.-1 rood, Lot 52, Deposited
      Plan 334, part of Rural Section 2782, Christchurch District.
      Unoccupied.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 14th day of September, 1883, at the Lands
Registry Office, Christchurch.

J. M. BATHAM,
District Land Registrar.

696

PPLICATION having been made to me by "The Press
Company (Limited)," to register a dealing affecting
Lease No. 152 over part of Section 1104, City of
Christchurch, of which WILLIAM REEVES is the regis-
tered Lessee; and evidence having been lodged with me of
the loss of the said lease, I hereby give notice that I shall
register such dealing at the expiration of fourteen days after
the date of the Gazette containing this notice unless in the
meantime a caveat be lodged forbidding the same.

Dated at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch, this 14th
day of September, 1883. J. M. BATHAM,
695 District Land Registrar.

TRANSMISSION No. 227. CHRISTINA WADDELL,
Wife of WILLIAM WADDELL, Of Kaitangata, Miner
(formerly Christina McMillan, Widow of John McMillan, of
Kaitangata, Miner, deceased), has applied to be registered as
owner in fee-simple of Section 17, Block IX., Town of Kai-
tangata. Applicant will be registered accordingly, unless
caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before the 20th
October next.

Dated at the Lands Registry Office, Dunedin, this 12th
day of September, 1883.

H. TURTON,
District Land Registrar.
694

NOTICE is hereby given that Allotments Nos. 278 and
280, Township of Normanby, containing by ad-
measurement each 32 perches, more or less, are offered for
sale. And further, that, unless within two calendar months
from the date of the Gazette containing this notice a suffi-
cient amount shall have been realized by the sale of the said
allotments to satisfy the principal moneys and interest due
on a certain memorandum of mortgage, registered in this
office as No. 399, from one Robert Brooke to Charles Quinn,
and incidental expenses, an order will be issued by me
pursuant to section 127 of "The Land Transfer Act, 1870,"'
foreclosing the right of the mortgagor to redeem the said
lands.

Dated this 17th day of September, 1883, at the Lands
Registry Office, New Plymouth.

W. STUART,
District Land Registrar.
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