542 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 25

Description of Land.—All heavy forest, excepting about 50
acres at northern end, very precipitous and rocky, kauri in
patches.

Terms of Sale: One-fourth of purchase-money to be paid
at time of sale, and the balance within two months there-
after, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way
of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of
the land shall thenceforward be null and void. Crown-grant
fees to be paid on completion of purchase.

Maps of the above lands may be seen, and further par-
ticulars obtained, on application at this office.

Schedules containing descriptions, &c., of the above lands
will be exhibited at railway-stations and post offices.

Canterbury Land District.—Section No. 35711, 68 acres'
1 mile from Cave Railway Station.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 6th April, 1886.

THE above section not having been sold by public auc-
tion on the 24th March, 1886, will be open for applica-
tion, under section 92 of “The Land Act, 1885,” on Monday,
the 10th May, 1886, at £2 per acre.

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

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reduction in Price of Crown Lands.—Provincial District
of Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 10th April, 1886.

IT is hereby notified that on and after Thursday, the 13th
May, the following sections will be open for application
at the following reduced prices:—

| Reserve. | Section. | Locality. | Area. | Price
| | | | A. R. P. | per Acre.
| 640 | 8 | Pareora River | 14 0 0 | £ s. d.
| 640 | 10 | " | 13 0 0 | 6 0 0
| 640 | 11 | " | 25 1 0 | 4 0 0
| 641 | 8 | Otaio River | 1 3 24 | 8 0 0

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve 389, Sections 6, 7, 11, and 13, Provincial District
of Canterbury, to be leased on the Perpetual-leasing Sys-
tem, under Section 142 of “The Land Act, 1885.”

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 10th April, 1886.

IT is hereby notified that the above sections are open for a
lease 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 11 a.m. on
the 20th May, 1886. The tenders will be opened at the
meeting of the Land Board on the same day.

Plans, conditions, and tender-forms can be obtained at
the Land Offices, Christchurch and Timaru.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

| Section. | Area. | Upset Annual
| | A. R. P. | Rental.
| 6 | 43 0 34 | £ s. d.
| 7 | 45 3 31 | 6 10 0
| 11 | 49 3 0 | 6 18 0
| 13 | 31 3 18 | 7 10 0
| | | 9 12 0

No person can be a lessee who owns or occupies, inclusive
of the lease tendered for, more than 640 acres of land in the
colony. Any person can tender for two or more leases, but
no person can hold more than one lease unless the leases
adjoin each other.

Each tender must be accompanied by a statutory declara-
tion, together with six months' rent at the rate tendered, and
the sum of £1 10s. for registration.

Canterbury Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 16th March, 1886.

IT is hereby notified that on and after this date the
quarter-acre sections in the undernamed Government
townships are reduced to the following prices:—

| | | | £ s. d.
| South Rakaia.. | .. | .. | 7 10 0
| Arowhenua .. | .. | .. | 7 10 0
| South Rangitata | .. | .. | 7 10 0
| Geraldine .. | .. | .. | 7 10 0
| Waimate .. | .. | .. | 7 10 0
| Bealey .. | .. | .. | 7 10 0

On Application, on Deferred Payment.
Arowhenua .. .. .. 10 0 0

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Notice under Section 188, “Land Act, 1885.”

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 8th April, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given to the Licensee, William Rose,
that the rent of Run 149 being in arrear, the license
is liable to forfeiture, and, should the rent together with the
penalty not be paid within a period of three months from
present date, forfeiture will be declared accordingly.

JOHN SPENCE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing Runs, Wanganui, Tuhua, Murimotu, and Rangitikei Districts, Provincial District of Wellington.

Crown Lands Office, Wellington, 17th April, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of “The Land Act, 1885,” Parts II. and VII., that leases of the runs enumerated
hereunder will be open for application at the Crown Lands Office, Wellington, on and after Saturday, the 29th May,
1886,” at the upset rental per acre stated opposite each run.

SCHEDULE.

| No. of | Block | Survey District. | Area. | Upset Rent | Remarks.
| Run. | | | A. R. P. | per Acre. |

KAREWAREWA BLOCK.

1 | VIII. | Waipakura .. | 405 2 0 | 6d. | From east to west high black birch hills, undulating, rather
| | | | | | steep and precipitous; soil on tops of ridges poor, richer in
| | | | | | gullies and hollows; timber mostly black birch or tawa; water
| | | | | | abundant.
2 | " | " .. | 412 2 0 | 6d. | Same as Section 1, with patches of pines and totara.
3 | " | " .. | 418 0 22 | 6d. | On Section 3 the timber is tawai, tautau, rewarewa, hinau, and
| | | | | | tawa; soil good, except on tops of ridges.
4 | " | " .. | 628 0 0 | 6d. | Generally hilly and undulating, with sufficient flat land for
| | | | | | homestead at junction of Upokonui and Upokongaro Streams;
| | | | | | soil generally good, varying from rich black loam to medium;
| | | | | | timber consists of rewarewa, tawa, hinau, tawai, manuka,
| | | | | | and rimu; water abundant.
5 | " | " .. | 640 0 0 | 6d. | About one-third area covered with heavy bush, remainder with
| | | | | | scrub, manuka, tutu, koromiko, fern; section hilly and un-
| | | | | | dulating; soil good on the whole; timber consists of tawai
| | | | | | and manuka, with patches of pine bush; well watered.
1 | V. | Mangawhero .. | 550 0 0 | 6d. | Hilly and steep, gullies precipitous; soil poor, except in patches;
| | | | | | timber black birch, rimu, rewarewa, and tawa; water plentiful.
2 | " | " .. | 566 0 0 | 6d. | Section steep and hilly, soil poor, except in patches; timber
| | | | | | black birch, patches of pine, hinau, and tawa; well watered.