APRIL 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 557

Native Land Court Notice.

Notice.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sitting of this Court at Waikanae, previously adjourned to the 4th day of May next, has been further adjourned to Otaki, and will be held there on the 4th day of May, 1887.

By order.
W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.

Goldfields Notice.

Gold-mining Lease Certificate declared forfeited.

IN conformity with the regulations for the granting and issue of gold-mining leases, it is hereby notified that the under-mentioned certificate of application has been declared forfeited for non-execution of lease, and that the ground is now open to persons holding miners' rights or business licenses, or to applicants for a lease, as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:—

879c. John Mitchell and David Henderson; Section 20, Block II., Skipper's Creek District, containing 10 acres, in the Wakatipu Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this twenty-second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Crown Lands Notices.

Runs liable to Forfeiture.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 19th April, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of section 188 of "The Land Act, 1885," to the occupants of the under-mentioned runs, that the same are liable to forfeiture; and if the rent, together with the full amount of penalty, be not paid within three months from date the runs will be declared forfeited:—

Runs 190B, 190C, 190D, 190E, and 302B, Eyre District.

JOHN SPENCE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Auction of Pastoral Licenses in Marlborough.

Crown Lands Office,
Blenheim, 25th April, 1887.

PASTORAL licenses of the under-mentioned runs, under Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1885," will be offered by public auction at the Survey Office, Blenheim, on Tuesday, the 31st May, 1887, at noon. Three months' rent and £1 1s. license-fee must be paid in each case on the fall of the hammer:—

Locality. | Survey | Area. | Upset
| District. | | annual Rent.
--- | --- | --- | ---
Queen Charlotte Sound— | | |
Mahakipawa .. | Linkwater | 550 | 1d. ₱ acre.
Anatolia Bay .. | Gore | 400 |
Tory Channel .. | Arapawa .. | 730 | £3 0 0
Arrowsmith's Bay | " .. | 250 | £1 1 0
Oyster Bay .. | " .. | 1,150 | 1d. ₱ acre.
Bartlett's Creek .. | Onamalutu | 60† | £1 0 0
| " | 2200† | 1d. ₱ acre.
Waitohi Valley .. | Linkwater | 210 | "

• Licensee to have boundaries surveyed at his own expense when-ever called upon to do so by the Land Board.
  † The public to have the right of free ingress and egress to any part of the land, notwithstanding the license.
  ‡ The public to have a right-of-way through this land.
  Term of license, ten years.
  For further particulars apply at this office.

HENRY G. CLARK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands Sale, Land District of Otago.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 2nd April, 1887.

BY auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Thursday, the 5th May, 1887, at noon:—

RURAL LAND.

Akatore District.—Section 31, Block I.; 52 acres 1 rood 5 perches. Upset price, £1 1s. per acre. About three miles from Milton.

Strath Taieri District.—Section 7, Block XI.; 50 acres. Upset price, £1 1s.; and survey fees, £11.

Tuapeka East District.—Section 38, Block VI.; 37 acres and 34 perches. Upset price, £1 1s.; and survey fees, £4 7s.

Wairepa District.—Section 46, Block I.; 15 acres 2 roods 8 perches. Upset price, £1 1s. per acre. Old Bush Reserve, about four miles from Romahapa Railway Station.

Rural Deferred Payment.
(Reopened at £1 5s. per acre.)

Lower Hawea District.—Section 20, Block V.; 319 acres. Improvements, £100.

Otago District.—Section 22, Block I.; 213 acres. Improvements, £20.

Poolburn District.—Section 28, Block III.; 200 acres. Improvements, £75.

Tarras District.—Section 4, Block IX.; 320 acres. Improvements, £25.

Note.—The valuations for improvements have been further reduced.

Townships.

Sections in Alexandra, Kurow, and St. Bathan's. Upset price, £30 per acre.

Suburban.

Sections in Clyde, at £3 per acre; and Moeraki Township, at £10 per acre.

Note.—Some of the sections in Moeraki will be sold under the Special Powers and Contracts Act.

Small Grazing Runs.

Section 9, Block XII., Glenkenich District; 733 acres. Upset rental, 6d. per acre; valuation for improvements (further reduced), £325.

Sections 1 and 2, Block XI., Swinburn District; 3,093 acres. Upset rental, 8½d. per acre. Improvements, £932 6s.

Section 1, Block XII., Swinburn District; 2,583 acres. Upset rental, 8½d. per acre. Improvements, £2,036 7s. 6d.

Note.—Purchasers must deposit on sale the required statutory declaration, and pay the first half-year's rent, with fee for lease (£1 1s.), together with valuations for improvements.

Pastoral Licenses.

Run No. 219A; about 1,640 acres, Maniototo; 5 years Upset rental, £33 10s. per annum.

Run No. 245; about 11,970 acres, Tarras; 10 years. Upset rental, £150 per annum.

Run No. 245A; about 12,104 acres; Tarras; 10 years. Upset rental, £100 per annum.

Run No. 247A; about 2,700 acres; Gimmerburn; 5 years. Upset rental, £36 17s. per annum.

Run No. 338A; about 25,000 acres; Upper Hawea; 14 years. Upset rental, £50 per annum.

Run No. 338B; about 14,560 acres; Upper Hawea; 14 years. Upset rental, £100 per annum.

Run No. 430A; about 10,000 acres, Upper Hawea; 14 years. Upset rental, £15 per annum.

Sections 8 and 9, Block IV., Tiger Hill District; 348 acres. Lease to expire the 1st March, 1889. Upset rental, £8 14s. per annum.

Terms and Conditions of Sale.

The licenses of the above runs will be sold subject to the general provisions as to runs in "The Land Act, 1885." On Runs Nos. 219A, 245, 245A, and 247A—possession of which will not be given till the 1st March, 1888—the first year's rent, with the license fee (£1 1s.), to be paid on fall of the hammer. On Runs Nos. 338A, 338B, 430A, and Sections 8 and 9, Block IV., Tiger Hill District—possession of which will be given on day of sale—the rent from day of sale to the 1st September, 1888, with license fee (£1 1s.).

Payments must be made either by marked cheque or in cash.

Valuations for improvements (if any) payable one month before getting possession.

Further particulars can be obtained on application at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.