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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 27

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 thereafter, 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 particulars 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 auction on the 24th March, 1886, will be open for application, 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:—

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 System, 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.

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 declaration, 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:—

Upset Price at Auction.

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.

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 undulating; 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.