JUNE 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 667

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 section 200 of “The Land Act, 1885.” In the event of any purchaser 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; surface 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: Makawiho 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.

Notice to Occupiers of Runs, Westland District.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 16th May, 1888.

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.

PARTICULARS of the Estates of Deceased Persons which have been placed under the Charge of the PUBLIC TRUSTEE for Management during the Month of May, 1888.

Dated at Wellington, this 2nd day of June, 1888.

R. C. HAMERTON,
Public Trustee.