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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 11

Sale of Reserves 315, 381, and 1289, Provincial District of Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,

Christchurch, 19th January, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that the above-mentioned blocks of land will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 21st April, 1886, at 12 o'clock noon.

No. of Reserve.

Locality.

Area.

Upset Price per Acre.

1289 South bank of Selwyn, opposite Glentunnel 226 2 0 2 5 0

1289 Ditto 35 0 0 2 5 0

315 Killinchy 20 1 0 2 0 0

381 12 0 17 2 0 0

381 35 1 1 2 0 0

381 24 0 0 2 0 0

Plan may be seen and particulars obtained at the Land Office, Christchurch.

JOHN H. BAKER,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve to be sold by Auction, Provincial District of Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,

Christchurch, 21st January, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land will be submitted to public auction at the Courthouse, Waimate, on Saturday, the 1st May, 1886, at 12 o'clock noon:-

RESERVE 134, NORTH BANK, RIVER WAITANGI.

Section.

Area.

Upset Price per Acre.

21 300 0 0 2 0 0

Terms: One-fourth of purchase-money on fall of the hammer, balance within two calendar months thereafter, when, if balance is not paid, the one-fourth referred to will be forfeited, and the sale declared null and void. Crown-grant fee to be paid on completion of purchase.

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

JOHN H. BAKER,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands in the Arawata Valley, Provincial District of Westland, to be leased on the Perpetual-leasing System.

Crown Lands Office,

Hokitika, 21st January, 1886.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned sections are open for leasing for a term of thirty years, with the right of renewal for further terms of twenty-one years; and that written tenders in sealed covers will be received up to 12 o'clock noon on Wednesday, the 17th March, 1886.

The tenders will be opened at the meeting of the Land Board on the same day. Maps, conditions, and tender-forms at Land Office, Hokitika, and District Land Office, Jackson's Bay.

GERHARD MUELLER,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

Section.

Area.

Upset Annual Rental.

633 150 0 0 7 10 0

634 200 0 0 10 0 0

635 150 0 0 7 10 0

Description: The sections are situated on the western bank of the Arawata River, about ten miles from the sea-coast, comprising part bush and part open land; soil good, and averaging about 2 feet in depth.

Abstract of Conditions relating to Perpetual Leases.

Any person of seventeen years of age and upwards may

become a lessee. The highest tenderer, if his tender shall be equal to or shall exceed the upset price, shall be declared the lessee; but, if the rent offered by two or more tenderers is the same in amount, then it shall be decided by lot which person shall be the lessee. If there be only one tenderer, then the rent shall be the upset price notwithstanding his tender may have been higher.

Improvement Conditions: One-twentieth of the land leased to be cultivated at the end of the first year, one-tenth at the end of the second, and one-fifth at the end of the fourth year. Substantial improvements to the extent of £1 per acre to be effected by the end of the sixth year. Personal residence for the first two years from date of lease not necessary.

Declaration required by the Act (see form below).

Six months' rent, together with the sum of £1 10s., cost of lease, &c., is required to be deposited in cash, or by marked cheque, with every tender.

Tenders to be addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Hokitika, and the words "Tender for Section No.", to be written on the envelopes enclosing said tenders, deposits, declarations, &c.

Form of Declaration.

I, A.B. [Here insert place of abode and occupation], do solemnly and sincerely declare-

1. That I am of the age of seventeen years and upwards.

2. That I am the person who, subject to the provisions of "The Land Act, 1885," am tendering for the purchase of a lease.

3. That I am purchasing such lease solely for my own use and benefit, and for the purposes of cultivation, and not, directly or indirectly, for the use or benefit of any other person whomsoever.

4. That, including the said lands, I am not the owner, tenant, or occupier, directly or indirectly, either by myself or jointly with any other person or persons, of any lands anywhere in the colony exceeding in the whole six hundred and forty acres.

5. That I have not, within seven years from the date hereof, surrendered a lease with perpetual right of renewal of the lands for a lease whereof I am now tendering.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882."

A.B.

Declared at , this day of , 1886, before me, a Justice of the Peace.

Land Transfer Act Notices.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act, 1885," unless caveat forbidding the same be lodged at this office within one calendar month after the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

5755. ALEXANDER ANDERSON.-24 perches, part Rural Section 320, Borough of Kaiapoi. Occupied by Applicant.

5756. JOHN SIMS.-2 roods, part Rural Section 319A, Rangiora Survey District. Occupied by Oliver Bradley.

5757. FREDERIC LE CREN and HENRY CAIN.-2 roods, Lot 45, plan 816, part Rural Section 1834, Timaru District. Occupied by Mary Hall.

5758. GEORGE SPENCER FLEMING and ARTHUR RICHARD FLEMING.-254 acres 3 roods 3 perches, Rural Sections 2093, 4437, 4438, 12776, 12789, and parts Rural Sections 977, 6081, 6095, 6096, and 9840, Pigeon Bay Survey District. Occupied by Applicants.

5759. RICHARD MAY MORTEN.-40 acres, Rural Sections 3797 and 5156, Christchurch District. Unoccupied.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 26th day of February, 1886, at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch.

J. M. BATHAM,

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District Land Registrar.

TRANSMISSION No. 1173.-Notice is hereby given that MARIA STEPHENS (now VOGAN), claiming as Administratrix of the estate of JOHN STEPHENS, late of Waltham, Labourer, deceased, intestate, has applied to be registered as Proprietress of Lot 54, Plan 89, part of Rural Section 79, Christchurch District, containing 24 perches, comprised in certificate of title, Vol. xxvi., folio 266, and that she will be so registered unless a caveat forbidding the same be lodged within one month from date of Gazette containing this notice.

Dated this 26th day of February, 1886, at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch.

J. M. BATHAM,

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District Land Registrar.