Dec. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1565

Tenders for Supply of Ironbark Timber to New Zealand Railways, at Wellington, Napier, and Wanganui.

Railway Department, Wellington, 27th December, 1887.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders for the supply of ironbark timber for the New Zealand Railways, at Wellington, Napier, and Wanganui, is published for general information.

By order.
W. M. HANNAY,
Acting for General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

Crown Lands Notices.

Notice of Intention to cancel the Lease of a Perpetual-lease Section.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Land Board to-day resolved to cancel the lease of the under-mentioned perpetual-lease section, unless the conditions of “The Land Act, 1885,” relating to perpetual leases are complied with on or before the 31st January next.

SCHEDULE.

SECTION 34, Block III., Mangaone District; Selector’s name, David Sulter. Rent due, £28 17s. 6d.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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.

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.

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.

1. LAND OPEN FOR SELECTION ON TERMS OF DEFERRED PAYMENTS, ON WEDNESDAY, THE 28TH DECEMBER, 1887.

WAITARA SURVEY DISTRICT.

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| 6 | " | 186 0 0 | 1 10 0 |
| 8 | " | 270 0 0 | 1 10 0 |
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