Feb. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 257

Sale by Auction, Dunedin.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 26th January, 1885.

BY auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Friday, the 27th February, 1885, at 11 o’clock a.m.:

RURAL LAND.

Benger District: Sections 23 to 28 and 48, Block VIII., from 9 to 135 acres; upset price, £1 5s. per acre. Sections 11 to 15, 17, 19, and 20, 29 to 31, 33 to 37, 39 to 47, and 49 to 51, from 4 to 16 acres; upset price, £3 per acre.

Dunedin and East Taieri District: Sections 27, 28, 39 to 48, Block III., from 19 to 34 acres; upset price, £1 1s. per acre. Sections 52 to 55, Block IV., from 15 to 22 acres; upset price, £2 per acre. Sections 3A, 4A, and 5A., Block VIII., from 14 to 16 acres; upset price, £1 1s. per acre.

NOTE.—The sections in Block VIII., which are behind Saddle Hill, will be sold under the Special Powers and Contracts Act.

Hawksbury District: Sections 42, 70, 71, 72, 74 to 80, Block I., and Sections 52 to 56, Block II., from 8 to 18 acres; upset price, £5 per acre.

NOTE.—This land is situated south of Mount Royal, about three miles from the Town of Hawksbury.

Otepopo District: Section 56, Block I., containing 5 acres; upset price, £2 2s. per acre. Valuation for improvements, £240 2s.; and survey fees, £6.

NOTE.—This section, which was formerly part of Kuri Bush, is outside the Town of Hampden.

Tuapeka East District: Section 6, Block VI., 20 acres; upset price, £1 1s.

NOTE.—This land, formerly part of scrub reserve, is situate about five miles from Lawrence.

Tuapeka West District: Section 9, Block II., 131 acres; upset price, £1 1s. per acre.

Tuturau District: Sections 45, Block III., and 95 and 96, Block IV., from 17 to 19 acres; upset price, £1 1s. per acre.

Waitahuna West: Sections 120, 121, 122, 124 to 131, 136 to 140, 142 to 145, 147 to 154, 158 to 168, Block I., from 1 to 8 acres; upset price, £3 per acre.

NOTE.—The upset price of these sections, which are near the Tuapeka Mouth, has been reduced, and survey fees removed, so as to induce purchasers.

Section 19, Block X., 3 roods 37 perches; upset price, £1 5s. per allotment.

TOWNSHIPS.

Sections in the Townships of Glenorchy, Havelock, Hawksbury, Herriot, Kinlock, Kurow, Moeraki, and Wyndham: Upset price at the rate of £30 per acre. Sections in Blocks XIII. and XIV., Moeraki, will be sold under the Special Powers and Contracts Act. Full particulars on application to the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin.

SUBURBAN.

Section 16, Waikoikoi, 1 acre 1 rood 28 perches, at £3 per acre; and unsold sections in Tapanui Extension, at £5 per acre.

PASTORAL LEASES.

Tiger Hill District: Section 60, Block I., 237 acres; and Section 61, same block, 179 acres; seven years; upset rental, 6d. per acre.

RUNS.

No. 210E, about 8,550 acres, Deepdell, between Macrae’s and Hyde; two years; upset rental, £330 per annum.

No. 210G, about 9,240 acres, Deepdell, between Macrae’s and Hyde; two years; upset rental, £380 per annum.

No. 222, about 10,980 acres, Wetherburn, Maniototo; five years; upset rental, £400 per annum.

No. 222A, about 6,090 acres, Wetherburn, Maniototo; five years; upset rental, £225 per annum.

No. 222B, about 8,400 acres, Wetherburn, Maniototo; five years; upset rental, £320 per annum

No. 247, about 6,500 acres, Puketoi, Maniototo; two years; upset rental, £295 per annum.

No. 460, about 7,800 acres, Hauroto Lake; fourteen years; upset rental, £5 per annum.

No. 462, about 1,150 acres, Lillburn, Waiau; fourteen years; upset rental, £5 per annum.

No. 465, about 2,320 acres, Matukituki; fourteen years; upset rental, £5 per annum.

No. 420, about 35,000 acres, Eyre; fourteen years; upset rental, £10 per annum.

No. 427, about 2,300 acres, Waiau; fourteen years; upset rental, £5 per annum.

No. 443, about 49,300 acres, Manipori; fourteen years; upset rental, £10 per annum.

No. 447, about 7,900 acres, Nokomai; fourteen years; upset rental, £10 per annum.

No. 455, about 26,250 acres, Dart; fourteen years; upset rental, £5 per annum.

NOTE.—The leases of the foregoing runs will be sold subject to the general provisions as to runs specified in “The Land Act, 1877,” and amendments of same. Possession on day of sale, except Runs Nos. 210E, 210G, 222, 222A, 222B, 247, 460, 462, and 465, the leases of which do not expire until the 1st March, 1886, when possession will be given. Possession of Run No. 465 will not be given until the 10th April, 1886.

Full particulars will be given in Witness every Saturday; also by handbills, to be had at the District Land Offices, Railway Stations, Police Stations, Post Offices, and at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Leases for Tender, Longwood District.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 29th January, 1885.

WRITTEN tenders, in sealed covers, are invited for the under-mentioned sections, in accordance with “The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882,” at the upset annual rent as fixed by the Board.

The price tendered must be given in writing as well as in figures, accompanied by a statutory declaration, together with six months’ rent at the rate tendered, and £1 10s. fee for lease and registration, to be lodged with the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Invercargill, not later than 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 18th day of March, 1885.

The tenders will be opened at a meeting of the Land Board on Thursday, the 19th day of March, 1885, when the highest tenderer (if the tender shall equal or exceed the upset annual rental per acre fixed by the Board) will be declared the lessee.

The tenderers must appear at the Land Board, either in person or by an agent authorized in writing, on the day on which the tenders are opened. Forms of tender and declaration, with covers, can be obtained on application at the Land Offices, Riverton and Invercargill.

LONGWOOD DISTRICT.

JOHN SPENCE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land for Sale on Deferred Payment and for Cash, Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 4th December, 1884.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lands will be sold, as follows:

DEFERRED-PAYMENT LAND,

Situate on the North Bank of the River Waitaki. Will be open for application, at the Land Offices, Christchurch and Timaru, on Monday, the 2nd March, 1885: