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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16
Lands for Sale, Lease, and License, Land District of Small Grazing Runs to be leased under Part VII. of "The
Hawke's Bay.
Land Act, 1885."—Sunday Island.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lands enumerated here-
under will be offered at auction, at the Napier and
Gisborne Land Offices, as follows:-
At the Old Provincial Council Chambers, Napier, on
Thursday, the 28th March, 1889, at 2.30 p.m.:-
PASTORAL RUNS.

Abstract of Conditions.
Term of license, twenty-one years, without liability to
resumption by Crown.
Rent to be paid half-yearly in advance, the first payment
to be made on day of sale, being for the period from the 28th
March, 1889, to the 31st August, 1889.
A pasturage license shall entitle the holder thereof to the
exclusive right of pasturage over the lands specified therein,
but shall give no right to the soil, or timber, or minerals, and
shall immediately determine over any land which may be
proclaimed a hundred, or which may be licensed, leased,
purchased, granted, or reserved under this or any other Act.
Such roads and rights-of-way as the Governor or the Land
Board may deem necessary may at any time be taken
through any run without compensation.
No licensee of any run purchased hereunder shall be
allowed to transfer his interest therein without the consent
of the Land Board.
Twelve months before the expiration of the term of license
(if it shall be determined to again let the land for depastur-
ing purposes) the run shall be put up to public auction sub-
ject to a valuation for improvements, such valuation in no
case to exceed three times the amount of the average annual
rental of the run. In the case where the run is not again
offered for lease the licensee will be allowed to remove build-
ings, fencing, enclosures, or other improvements made by
him while lessee, at any time within three months after the
expiration of his license.
Runs may be divided with the sanction of the Land Board,
and upon payment of £1 1s. for each subdivision.
If the licensee shall not pay the rent within fourteen days
after it shall become due he shall be liable to a penalty of
not more than £1 for every day that such rent shall be in
arrear, and if such rent, together with the full amount of the
penalty, be not paid within three months after such due date
the license shall forthwith be declared forfeited.

FOR CASH. - TOWNSHIP OF PORANGAHAU.

| No. of Section. | Area. | Upset Price. |
|---|---|---|---|
| | A. R. P. | £ s. d. |
| 215 | 0 0 38.4 | 25 0 0 |

ON DEFERRED-PAYMENT (FORFEITED SECTION). - MATAMAU
VILLAGE.

• Weighted with £5 for improvements.

At the Land Office, Gisborne, on Thursday, the 28th
March, 1889, at 11.30 a.m.:--
FOR CASH.

FOR LEASE FOR TWENTY-ONE YEARS.

FORFEITED DEFERRED-PAYMENT SECTION.

No improvements.

For further particulars apply at the Napier and Gisborne
Land Offices.
G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 30th January, 1889.

THE following small grazing runs will be offered for lease
by public auction, for a term of twenty-one years, with
right of renewal, as provided for under section 209 of "The
Land Act, 1885," at the Land Office, Auckland, on Tuesday,
the 26th March next, at 11 a.m.

S. PERCY SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.
SUNDAY ISLAND.

| Section. | Approximate Areas. | Upset Annual Rental. |
|---|---|---|---|
| | A. R. P. | £ s. d. |
| 2 | 1,710 0 0 | 21 15 0 |
| 4 | 930 0 0 | 11 12 6 |
| 6 | 1,410 0 0 | 17 12 6 |
| 7 | 1,570 0 0 | 19 12 6 |

Description of Land: Section 2 is the old crater of Sunday
Island, part of which is open and bare dried mud, somewhat
stony, though the greater part is covered with pohutakawa,
ngaio, and other trees. The soil in parts is very good, but
generally not so. It is for the most part naturally fenced by
steep cliffs. There are three small lakes in this run. Sec-
tion 4 is all covered with bush, mostly pohutakawa, soil very
good, a few small flats, the largest near Wilson Point. The
surface consists of ridges sloping to the east from an extreme
height of 1,723ft. to sea-level, ending often in abrupt cliffs.
Section 6 is all bush-covered, and the surface broken by
ridges running generally south to the coast; the soil is good.
Highest points 1723ft. and 1551ft. Section 7 is mostly bush-
covered and broken, but with about 150 acres of level land
in Denham Bay, the site of the former settlement, in which
a few groves of bananas are still growing and bearing. Large
quantities of potatoes, kumaras, &c., were formerly grown
here. There is a fresh-water lagoon, and landing-place in
easterly weather. The flat is naturally fenced by cliffs, the
rest of the section is broken and bush-covered; soil good.
General: Sunday Island is situated in latitude 29° 15' 5",
600 miles north-east from Auckland. The climate is mild
and equable, being somewhat hotter than North Auckland.
Sheep appear to do well on artificial grasses (mostly Poa
pratensis). Bananas and other tropical and semi-tropical
fruits flourish well. Landing is the great difficulty, but is
generally possible at one or other of the four landing-places.
Mr. Thomas Bell and family are the only present residents.
For further particulars see "The Kermadec Islands, their
Capabilities and Extent;" Government Printer, Wellington,
1887.

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.)