Aug. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 835

and all married women who are not legally separated from their husbands, are debarred from taking up land under this system.

General.

All applications for sections of surveyed land made on the same day shall be deemed as simultaneous. In cases where there is more than one application for the same land the right of occupation shall be determined by lot.

All applications must conform to the general scheme of sections as shown on the maps, and must be made in writing upon the proper printed forms provided for the purpose, and be accompanied by the required declaration, deposits, &c. If personal attendance is not possible, a duly-authorised agent should deposit the applications in this office, to avoid disappointment owing to incompleteness or informality causing rejection of the same. The land office will be open to applicants from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., except on Saturdays, when the office will close at 1 p.m.

Full particulars, plans, forms, &c., may be obtained on application at this office.

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

Grey Coal Reserve Leaseholds for Sale by Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 5th July, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leaseholds of the sections of land situated in the Grey Coal Reserve No. 274, and described in the Schedules A, B, C, D, E, and F, given below, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Railway Goods-station, Brunnerton, on Wednesday, the 22nd August next, at 2 o’clock p.m., subject to the rents, fees, and conditions hereunder set out.

Maps of the sections may be seen at the District Land Office, Hokitika; the Public Works Office, Greymouth; and the Railway-station, Brunnerton.

Term of leaseholds enumerated in Schedules A, B, C, D, and F, fourteen years.

Right of re-entry reserved to Government for coal-mining purposes only at any time during the currency of the lease, or at the termination thereof, by paying compensation for improvements not exceeding £200, &c.

At the same time and place the leasehold for coal-mining purposes of Section No. 734 (see Schedule E), within Grey Coal Reserve, east of and adjoining the Wallsend Coal Company’s lease, will be offered for sale by public auction, subject to rents and conditions as under:—

Term of leasehold, twenty-one years. First three years’ rent, £20 per annum; next four years’ rent, £100 per annum; next seven years’ rent, £200 per annum; next seven years’ rent, £250 per annum. Royalty, 6d. per ton on all coal raised; rent to merge in royalty.

Output for the first two years, nil; for the next five years, not less than 4,000 tons per annum; for the next seven years, not less than 8,000 tons per annum; and for the remainder of term, not less than 10,000 tons per annum.

In addition to those stated above, the leases will contain the ordinary and special conditions of leases of that description, full particulars of which will be given at sale, or may be obtained at the Land Office, Hokitika.

Conditions of Sale: The highest bidder to be the purchaser. The purchase-money in the case of the Dobson Town sections, the Brunnerton Township, Wallsend Railway Reserve, and Wallsend Township residential allotments, the Dobson suburban sections, and the coal-mining lease Section No. 734, one year’s rental, lease-fee, the full amount of bonus (if any), and value for improvements (if any), to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

In cases where the person entitled to valuation for improvements purchases, payment for rental, bonus, and lease-fee only will be required.

If any dispute occurs as to who is entitled to the value for improvements, the question will be decided by the Land Board; and, if any dispute arises as to any bidding, the auctioneer may put the lot up again.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE A.
DOBSON TOWN SECTION.—LEASEHOLDS.

SCHEDULE B.
BRUNNERTON TOWNSHIP.—RESIDENTIAL ALLOTMENTS.—LEASEHOLDS.

• Value of Improvements: Sections 44, £20; 45, £150; 46, £120; 48, £100; 49, £5; 50, £80; 51, £60; 52, £25; 53, £30; 54, £120; 55, £65; 56, £80; 57, £10; 64, £20; 65, £160; 73, £50.