July 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 827

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Leaseholds, Town of Dobson.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 22nd June, 1885.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leaseholds of sections of land situated in the Town of Dobson, Grey Coal Reserve, and described in the Schedule hereto, will be offered for sale by public auction, at Greymouth, on Wednesday, the 12th August, 1885, at 2 o’clock p.m., subject to the rent and conditions hereunder set out.

Maps of the sections may be seen at the District Lands Office, Hokitika, and the Public Works Office, Greymouth.

The leaseholds of sections will be offered for sale at a uniform upset annual rental of £2 10s. per unimproved section. Improved sections with value for improvements as below added to such upset price.

Term of leasehold, fourteen years.

Conditions of Sale: The highest bidder to be the purchaser. The purchase-money to be paid at the fall of the hammer. If any dispute arises as to any bidding, the auctioneer may put the lot up again. In cases where the person entitled to valuation for improvement purchases, payment for rental only will be required. If any dispute occurs as to who is entitled to improvements, the question will be decided by the Land Board.

SCHEDULE.
IMPROVED SECTIONS.

UNIMPROVED SECTIONS.

Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133.

J. GILES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Lands, Hawke’s Bay.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 23rd June, 1885.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lands and licenses will be offered by public auction, at the Council Chamber, Napier, on Friday, the 24th July, 1885, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon:—

For sale for Cash.

Block 183, Makaretu Survey District, 55 acres 1 rood. Upset price, £41 8s. 9d.

Pastoral Land for Lease for 21 years.
(In terms of the Land Act 1877 Amendment Acts, 1879, 1882, and 1884.)

9,000 acres in the Ngaruroro Survey District, adjoining the freehold lands of Messrs. Harding and Anderson, of Kereru. The area to be leased includes some low hills and spurs from the Ruahine Ranges. Upset rentals per annum: First seven years, £37 10s.; second seven years, £75; third seven years, £112 10s. Rent to the 1st September, 1886, to be paid in advance, and thereafter to be paid half-yearly in advance.

Sale of Timber.

The right to cut timber for two years on Norsewood Rural Section No. 61, 31 acres; No. 62, 34 acres; No. 83, 30 acres; No. 83A, 25 acres. Upset rental, £10 each.

These sections are situated about three miles from the railway, on the road from Ormondville to Norsewood.

Plans and further particulars can be seen at this office.

HORACE BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Forfeited Deferred-payment Sections in Marlborough.

Crown Lands Office,
Blenheim, 1st June, 1885.

UNDER section 71 of “The Land Act, 1877,” and section 16 of “The Land Act Amendment Act, 1884,” the under-mentioned forfeited deferred-payment sections, with improvements thereon, will be offered for sale by public auction at the Survey Office, Blenheim, at noon on Tuesday, the 7th July, 1885, the improvements for cash, and the land on deferred payments:—

PELORUS SOUND, WET INLET.

A deposit of 5 per cent. on the price of the land, and the full amount for improvements, must be paid at the auction.

HENRY G. CLARK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Lands, Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 30th April, 1885.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for application upon deferred payments at the Land Offices, Christchurch and Timaru, on Wednesday, the 5th August, 1885:—

RESERVE 736, PIG-HUNTING CREEK.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Lands by Auction, Marlborough.

Crown Lands Office,
Blenheim, 1st June, 1885.

THE Marlborough Land Board notifies that, at noon on Tuesday, the 7th July, 1885, at the Survey Office, Blenheim, the under-mentioned sections will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at the upset prices stated:—

KAIKOURA SUBURBAN.

Twenty-five per cent. of the purchase-money must be paid at auction, and the balance and the Crown-grant fee within one month, or the money paid at auction will be forfeited.

HENRY G. CLARK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Lease to be granted.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of “The Mines Act, 1877,” and with the regulations made under that Act for the granting of leases for gold-mining purposes, it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a lease of Crown lands for gold-mining purposes to the applicants specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against such lease.