Aug. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 859

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 disap-
pointment owing to incompleteness or informality causing
rejection of the same. The land office will be open to ap-
plicants 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 Com-
pany'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 re-
mainder 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 descrip-
tion, 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 im-
provements 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.

• Section.
• Area. (A. R. P.)
• Fixed Annual Rental.
• Section.
• Area. (A. R. P.)
• Fixed Annual Rental.

SCHEDULE B.
Brunnerton Township.—Residential Allotments.—Leaseholds.

• Section.
• Area. (A. R. P.)
• Fixed Annual Rental (£ s. d.)
• Section.
• Area. (A. R. P.)
• Fixed Annual Rental (£ s. d.)

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.