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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 56

These sections are situated on the western side of the Mangatainoka River, opposite the Pahiatua Township. The sections fronting the river are flat, and the remainder are hilly and swampy in parts, and the whole are covered with bush. The soil varies from fair to good. Forms of application, plans, and full particulars may be obtained at this office, and at the principal post offices in the Wairarapa District.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Tenders for the Lease of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands Office,

Wellington, 20th September, 1886.

TENDERS are invited for the lease of the under-mentioned sections in the Waitotara Local Land District, under the provisions of Part IV. of "The Land Act, 1885."

Each tender must be accompanied by a statutory declaration under the Act, together with an amount equal to six months' rent at the rate tendered, and a fee of £1 10s. to cover cost of lease and registration, which must be lodged at the District Land Office, Patea, not later than 4 p.m. on Friday, the 5th November, 1886.

The tenders will be opened at the meeting of the Land Board, at Wellington, on Thursday, the 11th November next.

Forms of tender, declaration, and other information may be obtained at the principal Land Office, Wellington, and at the Land Office, Patea.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

Lease of 1,303 acres Grazing Land, Lake Ellesmere, Provincial District of Canterbury.—Part former Reserve 959.

Crown Lands Office,

Christchurch, 28th September, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that the right to occupy the under-mentioned blocks of land, for pastoral purposes, for a period of ten months, from the 3rd November, 1886, will be offered by auction at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 3rd November, 1886, at 12 o'clock noon, at the upset price of 8d. per acre:—

560 acres, formerly rented by C. W. Minchiner.

367 acres, formerly rented by C. W. Minchiner.

376 acres, adjoining land rented by J. Brackenridge.

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

JOHN H. BAKER,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands in Marlborough open for Perpetual Lease under Conditions of Village Homestead Special Settlements of 1st September, 1886.

Crown Lands Office,

Blenheim, 12th October, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that applications will be received at this office on Monday, the 22nd November, 1886, for perpetual leases of the sections enumerated in the Schedule hereunder. In the event of more than one application being received for any section on the 22nd November,

Sitting of the Native Land Court for the Subdivision of Hereditaments.

Native Land Court Office,

Whanganui, 21st October, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a sitting of this Court, to be held at New Plymouth, on the 23rd day of November next, will be heard the applications of the persons whose names appear in the first column for the subdivision of the hereditaments comprised in the Crown grants of the pieces of land the names of which appear in the second column, situate in the districts named in the third column of the Schedule hereto.

And in pursuance of section 7 of "The Native Land Division Act, 1882," all persons having in their possession any original grant or other instrument of title relating to any of the lands aforesaid are hereby ordered to produce the same at the said sitting of the Court.

EDWIN B. DICKSON,

Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lands open for Application, Wellington District.

Crown Lands Office,

Wellington, 17th October, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lands enumerated hereunder will be open for application at this office on and after Monday, the 22nd November, 1886, upon the terms and conditions fixed by an Order in Council issued on the 1st September, 1886, and made under the 163rd section of "The Land Act, 1885."