MAY 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 617

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.

Auction Sale of Rural Lands, Gisborne.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 15th April, 1886.

THE following lands will be offered for sale, by public auction, at the Land Office, Gisborne, on Thursday, the 27th May next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.
Cook County.

Turanganui Survey District.

I. | 1 | 48 3 34 | 293 15 6
| 2 | 38 0 26 | 228 19 6
| 3 | 38 0 20 | 228 15 0

Description of Land.—Good quality, a quantity of kahikatea on each section.

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, and at the Land Office, Gisborne.

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

*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

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

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of "The Land Act, 1885," Parts II. and VII., that leases of the runs enumerated 1886," at the upset rental per acre stated opposite each run.

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.

Provincial District of Canterbury.

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

I HEREBY give notice that the under-mentioned runs will be submitted to auction, at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 19th May, 1886, at 12 o'clock noon.

The license for the said runs shall be for a term of three years nine months twelve days, subject to the provisions of "The Land Act, 1885."

The purchaser will have to pay on the fall of the hammer fifteen months twelve days' rent to the 1st September, 1887, in pursuance of clause B of subsection 2 of section 172 of "The Land Act, 1885."

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

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

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.