May 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 639

ing Minister within the meaning of the said Act is pub-
lished for general information:—
Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend Michael Angelo Keegan.
Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Crown Lands Notices.

Land for Lease, License, and Sale, Hawke's Bay Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 28th May, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lands as per Schedules
hereunder will be offered for lease by auction, at the
Old Provincial Council Chambers, Napier, on Thursday, the
5th July next, at 2.30 p.m.

SCHEDULE.

SMALL GRAZING RUNS.

Wairoa County.—Taramarama Survey District.

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Wairoa County.—Mohaka Survey District.

Terms and Conditions.

The lease will be for an absolute term of twenty-one years,
renewable for a further term of twenty-one years, in accord-
ance with section 209 of "The Land Act, 1885."

Improvements equal in value to one year's rent must be
effected in each year for the first two years, and before the
end of the sixth year an additional amount, equal to two
years' rent, must also be expended.

Valuations for permanent improvements, as described in
sections 210 and 214 of "The Land Act, 1885," will be paid
at the expiry of the leases to the outgoing tenants.

No person can take up more than one run. No person
who owns freehold land or land held under lease or license
from the Crown which in all would exceed 21,000 acres, or
who is incapable of making the declaration prescribed by
section 200 of "The Land Act, 1885," can become a lessee.

Every lessee will have to reside on the land he leases
within twelve months of the commencement of his lease,
and thereafter for a period of six consecutive years. But the
Land Board may relax this condition in the case of any
lessee who is actually residing on any freehold or leasehold
land of his own which is situated within ten miles of the
land leased by him.

For a period of fourteen years from the date of the lease
one-fourth of the rents will be handed over to the County
Council or Road Board of the district, to be expended in the
maintenance or construction of the roads leading to and
opening up the land.

Intending purchasers must be prepared to hand to the
auctioneer, on the fall of the hammer, a declaration signed
and witnessed by a Justice of the Peace, as required by sec-
tion 200 of "The Land Act, 1885." In the event of any pur-
chaser failing to produce the required declaration, the lot
will be put up again and resold.

The first half-year's rent, from the 1st September, 1888, to
the 1st March, 1889, together with £1 1s. for the lease, must
be paid at the sale.

General Description: These lands are situated close to
the road from Frasertown to Lake Waikaremoana, and about
ten miles from the former. Generally the soil is light; sur-
face undulating, with small flats along the banks of streams;
covered with high fern, tutu, and grass in parts; well
watered, and a little bush for firewood in gullies.

PASTORAL RUNS.

For License for Twenty-one Years.

Known as the Tarawera Reserve.

Terms and Conditions: The purchasers will be required to
pay a half-year's rent to 1st March, 1889, and thereafter, in
equal parts, half-yearly in advance, on 1st September and
1st March in each year. A fee of 21s. for the license must
be paid on the fall of the hammer.

NORSEWOOD SURVEY DISTRICT.

To be leased for Fourteen Years.

To be leased for Twenty-one Years.

Terms: Rent to 1st March next to be paid in advance,
and thereafter, in equal parts, half-yearly in advance, on 1st
September and 1st March in each year.

Forfeited Sections, Waipawa Special Settlement, on Deferred Payment.

Note.—No improvements made on these sections.

Terms and Conditions: These sections will be sold on
deferred payment, and subject to the regulations for special
settlements, issued under an Order in Council dated 5th
December, 1885.

Further particulars can be obtained at this office.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Runs and Reserves, Westland.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 2nd May, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in terms of section 180 of
"The Land Act, 1885," and of section 23 of "The
Public Reserves Act, 1881," the lands enumerated below will
be submitted to public auction at the Land Office, Hokitika,
on Wednesday, the 20th June next, at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon.

SCHEDULE.

PASTORAL LANDS;—

Run No. 43: Makawhiho River, containing 19,000 acres;
upset rental, £19 per annum; term, ten years from
the 1st March, 1889.

Run No. 20: Paringa River, containing 14,000 acres;
upset rental, £14 per annum; term, ten years from
the 1st September, 1889.

Reserve within Ross Municipality: Part of Reserve No.
13, containing 2 acres 1 rood 24 perches; fixed annual rental,
£1; term, seven years; valuation for improvements, £63 10s.
GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Goldfields Notice.

Gold-mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 30th May, 1888.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor
has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned
gold-mining lease cancelled, and that the ground is now
open for application as if no lease of the said ground had
ever been applied for:—

George H. F. Russell; Block VIII., Waimea, Westland
Mining District.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Mines.