July 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 795

Wendon District: Section 11, Block VII.; 1, 2, 4, and 10,
Block VIII.; 7, 22 to 25, Block IX.; 3, Block X.
Wendonside District: Sections 5, 16, 17, Block I.; 1, 9,
13, 18, 19, Block II.
Greenvale: Sections 4, 5, 6, Block XI.
NOTE.—Sections in Wendon, Wendonside, and Greenvale
Districts, 123 to 320 acres. Upset price, £1 5s. to £2.
N.B.—The upset price of these sections has been reduced
considerably. The School Commissioners lend to pur-
chasers on mortgage.

TOWNSHIPS.

Town sections in Kelso, St. Bathan's, and Tokanui (about
five miles from Fortrose), at £7 10s. per quarter-acre. Valua-
tion for improvements on Section 33, Block I., St. Bathan's.
Section 336A, Port Chalmers, at £12 10s.
Suburban sections in Fortrose (6, 7, and 15, Block IX.)
and Peebles. Upset price, £3 per acre.

Crown lands advertisements appear in the Daily Times
every Wednesday, and in Witness every Saturday; also by
handbills, to be had at the District Land Offices, County
Councils, Railway-stations, Police-stations, Post Offices, and
Crown Lands Office, Dunedin.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Run in Marlborough liable to forfeiture.

To Henry Watson, of Renwicktown, Shearer.
I GIVE you notice that the Glenfield Run, Kaituna Valley,
held by you under pastoral license, dated the 7th
December, 1885, is liable to forfeiture; and that, if the rent
now due, together with the penalty for non-payment of rent,
be not paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue within three
months after the insertion of this notice in the Gazette, I
shall forthwith declare the said run forfeited.
Dated at the Crown Lands Office, Blenheim, 22nd June,
1886.

HENRY G. CLARK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Leaseholds, Grey Coal Reserve.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 3rd June, 1886.
NOTICE is hereby given that the leaseholds of the sec-
tions of land situated on the Grey Coal Reserve No.
274, and described in the Schedule A hereto, will be offered
for sale by public auction, at the Courthouse, Greymouth, on
Wednesday, the 14th July, 1886, at 1 p.m., subject to the rent
and conditions hereunder set out.
Maps of the sections may be seen at the District Land
Office, Hokitika, and the Public Works Office, Greymouth.
The leaseholds of the sections, excepting those of Nos. 686
and 687, will be offered for sale at a uniform upset annual
rental of 10s. per acre (or fraction of an acre) per annum;
Sections 686 and 687 at an upset annual rental of 10s. per
section.
Term of leasehold, fourteen years.
At same time and place the leaseholds for coal-mining
purposes of two allotments of land within Grey Coal Reserve,
and adjoining the Westport Coal Company's Lease and the
Kaiata Native Reserve, and described in Schedule B hereto,
will be offered for sale at public auction, subject to rents and
conditions as under:—
Term of leasehold, twenty-one years.
First three years' rent, £20 per annum; next four years'
rent, £100 per annum; next seven years' rent, £200 per
annum; next seven years' rent, £250 per annum.
Royalty, 6d. per ton on all coal raised. Rent to merge in
royalty.
Output for the first two years nil, for the next five years
not less than 4,000 tons per annum, for next seven years not
less than 8,000, and for the remainder of term not less than
10,000 tons per annum.
In addition to those stated above, the leases will contain
the ordinary conditions of leases of that description, full
particulars of which will be given at sale.
Conditions of Sale: The highest bidder to be the purchaser.
The purchase-money (in the case of residential allotments
one year's rental, and in the case of coal-mining leases the
full amount of the bonus) and value for improvements to be
paid on the fall of the hammer, together with a fee of £1 1s.
for preparation of lease. In cases where the person entitled
to valuation for improvements purchases, payment for rental
and lease-fee only will be required. If any dispute occurs as
to who is entitled to improvements, the question will be
decided by the Land Board, and if any dispute arises as to
any bidding the auctioneer may put the lot up again.

SCHEDULE A.

No. of | Area. | No. of | Area.
Section. | A. R. P. | Section. | A. R. P.
579 | 10 0 6* | 698 | 3 0 39
627 | 2 0 0 | 699 | 5 0 0
631 | 8 0 0† | 700 | 5 0 0
632 | 9 0 0 | 701 | 5 0 0
686 | 0 2 13 | 702 | 5 0 0
687 | 0 2 34† | 703 | 5 0 0
690 | 4 0 32 | 704 | 5 0 0
691 | 5 0 0 | 705 | 5 0 0
692 | 4 1 24 | 706 | 2 0 2
693 | 2 2 22 | 707 | 4 3 18
694 | 5 0 0 | 708 | 4 0 0
695 | 5 0 0 | 709 | 4 3 14
696 | 5 0 0 | 710 | 4 3 12
697 | 5 0 0 |

*Improvements, £74. †Improvements, £14. ‡Improvements, £70

SCHEDULE B.

No. of | Area. | Block. | Survey District.
Section. | A. R. P. | |
711 | 777 0 0 | IX. and X. | Arnold.
712 | 772 0 0 | X. | "

GERHARD MULLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the
month of April, 1886. Altitude above the sea, 140
feet. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

Date | Barometer | Max. Temp. | Min. Temp. | Mean Temp. | Solar | Terrestrial | Rainfall | Veloc. Wind | Amount of | Direction
| reduced to | in shade | in shade | in shade | Radiation | Radiation | in inches | in miles | Cloud | of Wind
| 32° and | | | | | | | | 0 to 10 |
| corrected, | | | | | | | | |
| inches | | | | | | | | |
1 | 29·769 | 64·0 | 50·0 | 57·0 | 107 | 46 | ·270 | 280 | 2 | S.E.
2 | 30·056 | 63·3 | 50·0 | 56·6 | 125 | 42 | .. | 110 | 4 | N.E.
3 | 30·168 | 65·0 | 48·0 | 56·5 | 132 | 45 | .. | 60 | 3 | Calm
4 | 30·065 | 66·5 | 51·0 | 58·7 | 125 | 45 | .. | 90 | 4 | N.W.
5 | 29·947 | 69·0 | 59·0 | 64·0 | 122 | 54 | .. | 180 | 3 | N.W.
6 | 29·850 | 69·0 | 60·0 | 64·5 | 123 | 50 | .. | 340 | 4 | N.W.
7 | 30·111 | 65·5 | 50·0 | 57·7 | 108 | 49 | ·130 | 140 | 6 | S.E.
8 | 30·421 | 55·0 | 49·0 | 52·0 | 78 | 45 | ·020 | 60 | 4 | S.E.
9 | 30·396 | 58·0 | 45·0 | 51·5 | 126 | 39 | .. | 40 | 4 | N.E.
10 | 30·173 | 63·0 | 46·0 | 54·5 | 125 | 40 | .. | 20 | 2 | Calm
11 | 29·813 | 68·0 | 53·5 | 60·7 | 124 | 49 | .. | 130 | 3 | N.W.
12 | 30·181 | 62·0 | 46·0 | 54·0 | 117 | 40 | 1·700 | 350 | 5 | S.W.
13 | 30·173 | 56·5 | 45·0 | 50·7 | 120 | 40 | .. | 20 | 3 | N.E.
14 | 30·262 | 61·0 | 52·5 | 56·7 | 125 | 41 | .. | 330 | 4 | N.W.
15 | 30·673 | 63·0 | 49·0 | 56·0 | 124 | 42 | .. | 100 | 5 | S.E.
16 | 30·558 | 57·5 | 42·3 | 49·9 | 120 | 44 | .. | 15 | 2 | E.
17 | 30·406 | 64·5 | 51·0 | 57·7 | 118 | 42 | .. | 40 | 4 | N.E.
18 | 30·140 | 66·5 | 58·3 | 62·4 | 96 | 47 | ·030 | 175 | 6 | N.W.
19 | 29·899 | 68·0 | 61·0 | 64·5 | 85 | 50 | 1·010 | 470 | 8 | N.W.
20 | 29·985 | 65·3 | 59·5 | 62·4 | 85 | 54 | ·100 | 360 | 5 | N.W.
21 | 30·265 | 64·0 | 54·5 | 59·2 | 107 | 46 | .. | 105 | 5 | S.E.
22 | 30·406 | 59·0 | 50·0 | 54·5 | 107 | 49 | ·240 | 250 | 5 | N.E.
23 | 30·308 | 64·0 | 56·0 | 60·0 | 108 | 49 | ·060 | 350 | 5 | N.W.
24 | 30·293 | 61·5 | 57·3 | 59·4 | 87 | 52 | .. | 269 | 5 | N.W.
25 | 30·174 | 63·7 | 59·8 | 61·7 | 120 | 50 | .. | 291 | 5 | S.E.
26 | 30·268 | 65·0 | 55·0 | 60·0 | 112 | 51 | .. | 100 | 3 | N.W.
27 | 30·063 | 61·0 | 52·5 | 56·7 | 110 | 48 | .. | 50 | 4 | S.E.
28 | 29·974 | 64·0 | 50·3 | 57·1 | 116 | 48 | .. | 100 | 6 | S.E.
29 | 29·630 | 58·0 | 49·0 | 53·5 | 100 | 45 | 1·400 | 150 | 3 | N.W.
30 | 29·455 | 58·0 | 49·0 | 53·5 | 105 | 45 | .. | | |

• | 30·129 | 62·9 | 51·9 | 57·4 | 111·9 | 46·2 | 4·960 | 167 | 4·2 | ..
  † | 30·053 | .. | .. | 57·0 | .. | .. | 3·525 | .. | .. | ..

• Means. † Same month previous years.

Notes.—Early part fine; on 11th wind changed from
N.W. to S. with heavy rain, 1·70in. recorded on 12th, the
maximum for the month; then fine until 17th, when rain
came on from N.W. and continued until 19th, 1·01in. re-
corded on 19th; showery again on 22nd and 23rd from N.W.;
fine again until 28th, when heavy rain fell from S.E.; 1·4in.
registered on 29th; prevailing wind from N.W., and fre-
quently strong; thunder on 30th. Maximum temperature in
shade, 69; minimum, 42·3. Mean temperature of dewpoint,
50·1; mean humidity, 76. Earthquake on 19th at 9.25 p.m.,
slight.

R. B. GORE,
Observer.