Nov. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1527

SCHEDULE.

Definition of Interests in a Reserve at Waitara West.

Native Land Court Office,
Whanganui, 22nd November, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a sitting of this Court to be held at New Plymouth on the 7th day of January, 1887, will be heard the application of Robert Chisenhall Hamerton, Esq., the Public Trustee of the Colony of New Zealand, for an order of the Native Land Court defining the proportionate shares of the several persons who shall be then found by the said Court to be signified by the name of the "Puketapu Tribe," and to be as such tribe beneficially interested in a certain reserve granted to the said Public Trustee, containing 214 acres or thereabouts, the boundaries of which are described in the Schedule hereunder written.

ELWIN B. DICKSON,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

PARTS of the Sections numbered 1 and 50, Waitara West, situate in the Paritutu Survey District. Bounded on the
North by a reserve; on the East by waste land and by other part of Section No. 1, 4469·9 links; on the South by Brown Road, 3731·9 links; and on the West by other part of Section No. 50, 5316 links.

The plan may be inspected at the Survey Office at New Plymouth.

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Leaseholds, Grey Coal Reserve.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 4th November, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leasehold of the sections of land situated on the Grey Coal Reserve No. 274, and described in the Schedules A and B attached hereto, will be offered for sale by public auction at the Railway Goods Station, Brunnerton, on Friday, the 17th December, at 2 p.m., subject to the rents and conditions hereunder set out.

Maps of the sections may be seen at the District Land Office, Hokitika, and the Public Works Office, Greymouth.

Term of leaseholds enumerated on Schedules A and B, fourteen years. Right of re-entry reserved to Government, for coal-mining purposes only, at any time during the currency of the lease, or at the termination thereof, by paying compensation for improvements not exceeding £200.

At same time and place the leasehold for coal-mining purposes of Section No. 711 (see Schedule C), within Grey Coal Reserve, west of Wallsend Coal Company's lease, and adjoining Kaiata Native Reserve, will be offered for sale at public auction, subject to rents and condition 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 tons; 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 (for rental or bonus as the case may be) to be the purchaser. The purchase-money (in the case of Dobsontown sections) one year's rental, and in the case of the Brunnerton and Wallsend sections, and the coal-mining lease Section 711, one year's rental; and the full amount of bonus (if any) 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 or bonus and for 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.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE A.

RESIDENTIAL LEASEHOLD ALLOTMENTS AT BRUNNERTON AND WALLSEND.