824

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 37

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 sections 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 auctioner may put the lot up again.

SCHEDULE A.

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

SCHEDULE B.

GERHARD MULLER,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

PARTICULARS of the Estates of Deceased Persons which have been placed under the Charge of the PUBLIC TRUSTEE for Management during the Month of June, 1886.

Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of July, 1886.

R. C. HAMERTON,

Public Trustee.