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same allotment, the right to occupy shall be determined by
lot.
Plans may be seen and further particulars obtained at the
Land Office, Christchurch.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands to be leased on the Perpetual-leasing System,
under Section 161 of “The Land Act, 1885.”—Provincial
District of Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 3rd January, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned section is
open for lease for a term of thirty years, with the right
of renewal for further terms of twenty-one years, and that
applications will be received on Friday, the 4th February,
1887, for the said lease, at the Land Offices, Christchurch
and Timaru, and also by Mr. March, at the Railway Station,
Orari, on Thursday, the 3rd February. The applications
received by Mr. March will bear the same date as those
received at the Land Office, Christchurch :—

GERALDINE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Under section 161 of “The Land Act, 1885,” only one
allotment can be held by one person. Every application
shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration, the amount
of the first six months' rent, and a fee of £1 10s. Should
there be more than one application on the same day for this
section, the right to occupy shall be determined by lot. Maps
may be seen and forms can be obtained at the Crown Lands
Offices, Christchurch and Timaru.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands on Perpetual Lease as Village Homestead
Special Settlements, under Section 163 of “The Land Act,
1885,” and the Regulations issued by the Governor under
the Authority of the said Section, and published in
“Gazette” No. 45, 2nd September, 1886.—Land District
of Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 4th January, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned sections are
open for lease for a term of thirty years, with the right
of renewal for further terms of twenty-one years, and that
applications will be received on Friday, the 4th February,
1887, for the said leases, at the Land Offices, Christchurch
and Timaru, and also by Mr. March, at the Railway Station,
Orari, on Thursday, the 3rd February. The applications
received by Mr. March will bear the same date as those
received at the Land Offices, Christchurch and Timaru :—

RESERVE 389, TOWNSHIP OF ORARI.

The only charge for the lease will be a fee of 10s. No
selector shall take up more than one allotment. Plans may
be seen at the Land Offices, Christchurch and Timaru, where
also copies of the Village Homestead Special Settle-
ment Regulations may be obtained.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands to be leased on the Perpetual-leasing System,
under Section 161 of “The Land Act, 1885.”—Provincial
District of Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 4th January, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned sections are
open for lease for a term of thirty years, with the right
of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years, and that
applications will be received for the said leases at the Land
Offices, Christchurch and Timaru, on the 4th February, and
by Mr. March, at the Orari Railway Station, on the 3rd
February, 1887. The applications received by Mr. March
will bear the same date as those received at the Land Office,
Christchurch :—

RESERVE 389, TOWNSHIP OF ORARI.

Under section 161 of “The Land Act, 1885,” only one
allotment can be held by any one person. Every application
must be accompanied by a statutory declaration, the amount
of the first six months' rent, and a fee of £1 10s. Should
there be more than one application on the same day for the
same allotment, the right to occupy shall be determined by
lot. Plans may be seen and further particulars obtained at
the Land Offices, Christchurch and Timaru.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lease of Reserve, Provincial District of Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 5th January, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-
mentioned reserve, situated on the south side and at
the mouth of the river Rakaia, will be offered by public
auction, in accordance with section 23 of “The Public
Reserves Act, 1881,” at the Land Office, Christchurch, on
Wednesday, the 9th day of February, 1887, at 12 o'clock
noon :—

Term of lease, seven years, to date from the 1st April next ;
and seven months and nineteen days' rent on the fall of
the hammer to be paid (to the 1st October, 1887).

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands on Perpetual Lease as Village Homestead
Special Settlements, under Section 163 of “The Land
Act, 1885,” and the Regulations issued by the Governor
under the Authority of the said Section, and published in
“Gazette” No. 45, of the 2nd September, 1886.—Land
District of Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 5th January, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned sections are
open for lease for a term of thirty years, with the right
of renewal for further terms of twenty-one years, and that
applications will be received on Thursday, the 3rd February,
1887, for the said leases, at the Land Offices, Christchurch
and Timaru, and also by Mr. March, at the Town Board
Office, Geraldine, on Wednesday, the 2nd February. The
applications received by Mr. March will bear the same date
as those received at the Land Office, Christchurch :—

TOWNSHIP OF GERALDINE.

The only charge for the lease will be a fee of 10s. No
selector shall take up more than one allotment. Plans may
be seen at the Land Offices, Christchurch and Timaru, where