FEB. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 253

Conditions.

Absolute lease for twenty-one years, with right of renewal
after valuation; full valuation for improvements at end of
lease; right to cultivate in addition to pasturage; no right of
purchase. Existing roads and tracks remain in force, and
the Government has the right at any time to take roads
required for public purposes, excepting over 150 acres in
each run round selector's homestead. No one can lease
more than one section. Residence compulsory within twelve
months, and thereafter for six years. Improvements equalling
four years' rental by the end of first six years. One-fourth of
rents for first fifteen years is expended in opening roads, &c.,
to benefit the lands. One chain in width from high-water
mark is reserved all round the island. The first half year's
rent to be paid on the day of sale, which will represent that
due on the 1st September following; thereafter rent to be
paid on the 1st March and 1st September.

Crown Lands for Sale and Lease.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 11th February, 1889.

IT is hereby notified that the lands included in the
Schedule hereunder will be offered by public auction,
for sale and lease, at the Crown Lands Office, Auckland, on
Tuesday, the 26th day of March next, at 11 a.m.

A. F. F. ETHERIDGE,
For Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

LANDS FOR SALE.
HOKIANGA COUNTY.
Waipoua Survey District.

• Subject to £30 for improvements.
  Description of Land: All open land, inferior soil; close to
  Kawerua Landing.

OTAMATEA COUNTY.
Parish of Kaiwaka.

Description of Land: Chiefly mixed forest lands, consist-
ing of high manuka, kahikatea, rimu, &c.; both lots contain
some kauri, the former being a mile and a half from Puke-
karoro post office.

Wairau Parish.

Description of Land: Nearly all mixed bush, containing
about 25,000ft. kauri.

WHANGAROA COUNTY.
Totara Parish.

Description of Land: Lots 17 to 21, inclusive, contain a
good deal of green burnt kauri of a valuable nature; 20 to
23, inclusive, are mixed bush and open land; 22 has very
heavy kauri upon it, three-fifths of the lot being bush; 23
has a frontage to Whangaroa Harbour.

LANDS FOR LEASE (FROM YEAR TO YEAR).
DEPASTURING LEASE.—BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.
Kerikeri and Kawakawa Survey Districts.

| Run No. 46.. | .. | 9,000. 0. 0 | 10 0 0 |

COROMANDEL COUNTY.
Harataunga Survey District.

| Village re- | I. | 10. 0. 0 | 1 0 0 |
| serve | | | |
Situated at Port Charles.

MANUKAU COUNTY.
Waiuku East Parish.

| 233 | .. | 23. 2. 0 | 1 0 0 |
Landing reserve at mouth of Awaroa River.

Goldfields Notices.

Gold-mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1889.

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

James Hart and Alex. McCloy; Section 36, Block IX.,
Lyell, Karamea Mining District. No. 972.
Henry Whiting and R. Watson, for the Comstock Quartz-
mining Company; Section 10, Block II., Tainui, Karamea
Mining District. No. 1446.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1889.

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 :—

The Victor Emanuel Gold-mining and Quartz-crushing
Company (Limited); Section 8, Block XII., Skippers Creek,
Otago Mining District. No. 320c.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Mines.

Native Land Court Notices.

Partition of Land under the Native Land Court Acts,
1886 and 1888.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1889.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a sitting of the Native
Land Court of New Zealand, to be holden at
Wairau Pa, in the District of Blenheim, on Thursday, the
21st day of March, 1889, will be heard the application of the
person whose name appears in the first column of the
Schedule hereunder for the partition of the land the name
of which appears in the second column, situate in the dis-
trict named in the third column.

W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

"The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1881," and
"The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act 1881 Amend-
ment Act, 1888."

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 27th February, 1889.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Trust Commissioner will,
under the authority and for the purposes of the said
Acts, hold a Court at Wellington, on the 2nd day of March,
1889, for investigating the case mentioned in the Schedule
hereunder, at which time and place all persons interested in
the said case, and having objections to the dealing, are hereby
notified to attend.

W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

89-21. MORTGAGE dated 27th February, 1889, Taniora Love
and Tiotipine Love to Edward Toronto Sturdy, of Hutt,
Section 27.