1546
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 78

Sitting of the Native Land Court in re Taupo-nui-a-tia.

IN THE NATIVE LAND COURT:
DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.

In the matter of a decision of the Court given at Taupo, on the 24th day of September, 1887, declaring the title to land known as Taupo-nui-a-tia, and in the matter of various applications made for a rehearing in respect of the said decision.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Chief Judge of the Court will, on Wednesday, the 18th day of January, 1888, attend at Cambridge, in the said district, for the purpose of hearing the parties making the applications aforesaid in support thereof, and all other persons interested in the matter of the said decision and applications.

Dated this 21st day of December, 1887.
J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Notice of Sitting of Native Land Court.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 19th December, 1887.

IT is intended to hold a sitting of the Native Land Court at Wellington in January next. All persons having claims to land in this neighbourhood who have not already forwarded applications are hereby requested to do so at once.
W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.

Crown Lands Notices.

Land open for Application, Land District of Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 28th November, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given, in conformity with section 232 of "The Land Act, 1885," that the Crown lands situate in the Mackenzie County and Hakateramea Valley, formerly excluded from sale by the Government in view of proposed railway-extensions, will be open for application at the Land Offices, Christchurch and Timaru, on the 29th February, 1888, subject to the provisions of the said Act.
JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing Runs, Rangitikei District, Wellington Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of "The Land Act, 1885," that the sections of land enumerated below will be open for application, under the system noted in the Schedule, at the Crown Lands Office, Wellington, on and after Friday, the 30th December, 1887, at the upset rental per acre stated opposite each section.
J. W. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.
SMALL RUNS.

Auction of Crown Lands, Marlborough.

Crown Lands Office,
Blenheim, 21st November, 1887.

THE under-mentioned lands will be offered by public auction, at the Survey Office, Blenheim, on Tuesday, the 3rd January, 1888, at noon:—
FOR SALE FOR CASH.
District of Kaikoura Suburban.
Section 15, 53 acres and 27 perches; upset price, £159 11s.

Section 2 of 51, 32 acres 1 rood 26 perches; upset price, £33.

Kaituna Valley, Onamalutu Survey District.
Block VIII., Section 4, 90 acres 2 roods; upset price, £46.*
One-fourth of the purchase-money must be paid at the auction, and the balance, together with the Crown-grant fee, within two months, or the money paid at auction will be forfeited.

UNDER PASTORAL LICENSES, PART VI., "LAND ACT, 1885."
Waitohi Valley, Linkwater Survey District, adjoining Section 1, Block XII., and Section 1, Block XVI., about 230 acres; upset annual rent, £1.
Port Underwood, Survey District of Arapawa, the late Ocean Bay Run, about 450 acres; upset annual rent, £1 17s. 6d.
Term, ten years.
Rent from date of auction to the 1st September, 1888, and a license-fee of £1 1s., must be paid at auction.
HENRY G. CLARK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

• If any one but applicant should become the purchaser the sum of £15 must be paid at the sale to reimburse applicant for cost of survey.

Pastoral License liable to Forfeiture.

Crown Lands Office,
Blenheim, 19th October, 1887.

IT is notified that the pastoral license of Arapaua Run, Queen Charlotte Sound, standing in the name of Charles Godfrey, is liable to forfeiture under section 188 of "The Land Act, 1885," and that unless the rent in arrear, amounting to £12 10s., together with the full amount of the penalty from the 1st September last, be paid within three months from the first insertion of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette, the said license will be forthwith declared forfeited.
HENRY G. CLARK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Notice to Occupiers of Runs, Westland District.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 26th October, 1887.

IN accordance with section 188 of "The Land Act, 1885," I hereby give notice that the runs enumerated in the Schedule hereto will be declared forfeited if the amount of rent due, together with the penalty for non-payment, are not paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Hokitika, within three months from the date of first insertion of this notice.

SCHEDULE.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Lands in the Huiroa and Waitara Districts (Ngatimaru).

Crown Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 7th December, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned sections of rural land in the Huiroa and Waitara Districts have been declared open for selection under the deferred-payment and perpetual-leasing systems.
The land is mostly bush-land, with patches of open, the block on the east bank of the Waitara River (generally known as the Ngatimaru Country) being so surveyed that every section includes more or less open land. It lies about eleven miles to the east of Inglewood, from which it is accessible by the Junction Road.
Plans, schedules, and forms of application and tender may be obtained at this office, and at the District Land Offices, Patea and Hawera.
THOMAS HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.