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invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 28th day of April next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 13th day of April next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2217.

Crown Lands Notices.

Land to be offered for Selection on Perpetual Lease in the Pahiatua and Mangatainoka Village Settlements, under the Village Homestead Special-settlement Conditions.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lands enumerated hereunder will be open for application for perpetual leasing, at this office, on and after Monday, the 14th February, 1877, upon the terms and conditions fixed by an Order in Council issued on the 1st September, 1886, and made under section 163 of “The Land Act, 1885.”

SCHEDULE.
MANGAHAO DISTRICT.

Pahiatua.

| 68 | XVIII. | 6 1 5 | 1 14 0 |
| 69 | " | 5 0 21 | 1 6 0 |
| 71 | " | 5 0 16 | 1 6 0 |
| 72 | " | 5 3 15 | 1 10 0 |
| 73 | " | 5 3 12 | 1 10 0 |
| 74 | " | 5 3 9 | 1 10 0 |
| 75 | " | 5 3 6 | 1 10 0 |
| 76 | " | 5 3 2 | 1 16 0 |
| 77 | " | 4 3 38 | 1 5 0 |
| 78 | " | 4 3 33 | 1 5 0 |
| 81 | " | 8 0 6 | 1 2 0 |
| 83 | " | 7 0 26 | 1 9 0 |
| 84, 85 | " | 10 0 0 | 1 15 0 |
| 86, 87 | " | 11 0 10 | 1 19 0 |

The Village Homestead Special-settlement sections are situated in a central and commanding position at the Mangatainoka Bridge, about seven miles south of Woodville, near the junction of the Toritea-Puketoi, North Mangatainoka, and North Tiraumea Roads with the main road and proposed railway to Masterton. Some of the sections contain flat, some undulating, and others broken land. There are lagoons and swamps in places. The sections are generally covered with heavy mixed bush, but there are patches of white-pine and manuka scrub. The lots comprise stony, swampy, and in some parts good soil. Forms of application and plans can be obtained at the principal post offices, Forty-mile Bush, and at this office, where full particulars can be obtained.

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

List of Runs to be submitted to Public Auction, at the Land Office, Christchurch, on the 23rd February, 1887, at 13 o'clock noon.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 30th December, 1886.

THE license for each run will be for a term of three years and five days, terminating on the 1st March, 1890, subject to “The Land Act, 1885.” Purchasers will have to pay six months and five days’ rental to the 1st September, 1887, on the fall of the hammer.

SELWYN COUNTY.

| N. 80 | 65,000 | 202 10 0 | Lochinvar; summer country; formerly held by Mr. J. M. Cochran. |
| N. 9 | 610 | 6 0 0 | Flats on the north bank of the Waimakariri, near the Bealey Township; formerly held by Mr. Bruce. |
| N. 10 | 23,500 | 6 0 0 | Northern slopes of the Black Range; partly bush, near the Bealey Township; formerly held by Mr. Bruce. |
| N. 81 | 11,400 | 12 0 0 | Eastern slope of the Rolleston Range, and the western side of the Wilberforce; summer country; formerly held by Mr. Neave. |
| N. 82 | 11,250 | 20 0 0 | In the forks of the Rakaia and Mathias; summer country; formerly held by Mr. Gerard. |

ASHBURTON COUNTY.

| N. 18 | 5,000 | 15 0 0 | On the south bank of the Rakaia, near Lake Heron; summer country; formerly held by Mr. W. Gerard. |
| N. 83 | 10,000 | 20 0 0 | In the upper forks of the Ashburton; summer country; formerly held by Mr. Potts. |
| N. 13 | 5,000 | 10 0 0 | On the western bank of the River Clyde, upper waters of the Rangitata; summer country; formerly held by Mr. George McRae. |
| N. 16 | 5,000 | 10 0 0 | On the western bank of the River Havelock, upper waters of the Rangitata; summer country; formerly held by Messrs. Campbell, of Mesopotamia. |
| N. 84 | 160 | 8 0 0 | River-bed, south side of Rakaia, near Mr. Wason’s. |
| N. 85 | 90 | 4 10 0 | River-bed, south side of Rakaia, near Mr. Mackay’s. |
| N. 86 | 224½ | 5 12 3 | River-bed, south side of Rakaia, near Acton. |
| N. 87 | 113½ | 5 13 6 | River-bed, south side of Rakaia, near Reserve No. 1114. |
| N. 88 | 263 | 13 3 0 | River-bed, south side of Rakaia, near the mouth. |