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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 41

after such decision was given, by Eparaima Purei and other
Natives feeling themselves aggrieved thereby:

Upon inquiry in open Court as to the said applications, held
at Napier on the 8th day of May, 1889, by the Chief Judge,
assisted by Tamati Tautuhi, an Assessor of the Court:

I, Hugh Garden Seth Smith, Chief Judge of the said
Court, in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in
me, do hereby order that a rehearing upon such claim be
had, for the purpose of ascertaining whether any names
should be added to the list of owners already admitted, and
for the purpose also of deciding what, as among the several
owners of the said land, are their relative shares and in-
terests, at a time and place to be hereafter notified; subject
to the condition that the validity of any lease now in ex-
istence of the said land shall not be affected by any order of
the Court.

Dated the 9th day of May, 1889.

H. G. SETH SMITH,
Chief Judge.

Crown Lands Notices.

Land to be sold at Auction, Wellington Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1889.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of "The Land Act,
1885," that the under-mentioned land will be offered
at auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 7th August,
1889, at 2.30 p.m., at the prices and rental specified in the
schedule. Full particulars obtainable on application:

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

SCHEDULE.

• Weighted with £55 5s. for improvements. † Weighted with
  £16 10s. for improvements. ‡ Weighted with £33 5s. for improve-
  ments.

Description of Land: These sections are situated in the
South-west Waitapu Block, on the Rangitikei River, at Te
Rewa, near the Onepuhi Native Reserve. The area includes
river-flats and terrace-land, portions being cleared, and the
rest covered with mixed bush. The soil varies from good to
first-class. The only means of access is by the Rangitikei
River-bed, from the Onepuhi Bridge-distance six miles-or
by the road laid off through Williamson's, and the cut lines
in continuation of this road. There are some Maori whares
and fences on Section 1.

252 | XI. | Wairoa | .. | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0

This section is situated in the Okotuku District, and com-
prises flat or undulating land, covered with grass or flax.
Subsoil sandy. There is a good waterfall on the Wairoa
Stream (east boundary of the section), well adapted for a
water-mill. Distance south from Waverley, four miles, three
of which are on a dray-road.

FORFEITED SMALL RUNS.

2 | VIII. | Waipakura | .. | 412 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6
3 | " | " | .. | 418 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6

Description of Land: Undulating and high black-birch
hills, rather steep and precipitous, soil on tops of ridges
poor, richer in gullies and hollows; timber mostly black
birch or tawa; water abundant.

FORFEITED DEFERRED-PAYMENT SECTION.

15 | VII. | Mangaone | .. | 108 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6

Sale of Crown Lands, Marlborough Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Blenheim, 19th June, 1889.

THE under-mentioned lands will be offered by public
auction at the Survey Office, Blenheim, at noon on
Tuesday, the 30th July, 1889:-

LICENSES OF PASTORAL RUNS UNDER PART VI. OF "THE
LAND ACT, 1885."

Cloudy Bay Survey District-Waitohi Valley: Estimated
area, 1,300 acres; term of license, ten years. Upset annual
rent, £5 8s. 4d.

Arapawa Survey District-Opua Bay, Tory Channel, Run
No. 8: Estimated area, 730 acres; term of license, ten years.
Upset annual rent, £3 1s.

Slopes of Kaikoura Range, between the Clarence and
Awatere Valleys. Term of licenses to be from date of dis-
posal to 1st July, 1896 :-

1. Tone Survey District: Estimated area, 4,000 acres.
   Upset annual rent, £4 3s. 4d.

2. Tone, Upcot, and Tapuaenuka Survey Districts: Esti-
   mated area, 10,800 acres. Upset annual rent, £11 5s.

3. Tapuaenuka Survey District: Estimated area, 11,800
   acres. Upset annual rent, £12 5s. 10d.

The licensee in each case to have the boundaries laid off
at his own expense if required to do so by the Land Board.

LEASES OF SMALL GRAZING RUNS UNDER PART VII. OF
"THE LAND ACT, 1885."-TERM, TWENTY-ONE YEARS.

Gore Survey District-Kenepuru Sound: Estimated area,
900 acres.* Upset annual rent, 3d. an acre.

Orieri Survey District-Tawhitinui Reach, Pelorus Sound:
Estimated area, 570 acres.* Upset annual rent, 3d. an
acre.

• Subject to modification of boundaries and area after survey.
  One half-year's rent, and £1 1s. for each license or lease
  must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

RESERVES UNDER "THE PUBLIC RESERVES ACT, 1881."

Greenburn Survey District-Kaikoura Shearing Reserve:
Estimated area, 6,300 acres; lease under section 23 "Public
Reserves Act, 1881; term, 1st October, 1889, to 1st July, 1896,
Upset annual rent, £30. The lease to be subject to the
same conditions as those contained in the lease now current.
Half a year's rent and £3 3s. for the lease to be paid on the
fall of the hammer. The lease to be executed within thirty
days from notice that the lease is ready for signature; in
default, the right to the lease, and the money paid at auc-
tion, to be ipso facto forfeited.

Arapawa Survey District-Point Deffenbach Reserve:
Estimated area, 90 acres; license for pastoral purposes,
terminable on one year's notice under section 25, "Public
Reserves Act, 1881." Upset annual rent, £1 5s., payable in
advance on the 1st July in each year; one year's rent and
£1 1s. for the license to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

HENRY G. CLARK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Lands, Otago Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 17th June, 1889.

BY auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on
Thursday, the 18th July, 1889, at noon:—

PASTORAL LICENSES.

Beaumont District, Sections 8 and 9, Block II., Sections
1 to 6, Block VIII.; and Tuapeka West District, Sections
74A and 75, Block III.; about 3,796 acres; term, seven
years. Upset rental, £94 18s. per annum.

Waihemo District: Section 3, Block VIII., and Section 1,
Block IX.; about 988 acres; term, fourteen years. Upset
rental, £15 per annum.

Run 36, Lake County: About 2,500 acres; term, seven
years. Upset rental, £15 per annum.

Run 458 (Class I.), Lake County: About 23,100 acres;
term, twenty-one years. Upset rental, £5 per annum.

Possession of the foregoing runs will be given on day of
sale.

Dunback District: Sections 10, 12, and 13, Block I.;
about 588 acres; term, seven years. Upset rental, £14 14s.
per annum. Possession on the 1st September, 1889.

Run 209 (Class I.), part of Kureheka Station, Waitaki
County: About 5,200 acres; term, ten years. Upset rental,
£60 per annum. Subject to valuation for improvements to
an amount not to exceed £420, to be paid one month before
the 1st March, 1890, the date on which possession will be
given.

The foregoing runs will be sold generally in accordance
with the provisions of Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1885."

Purchasers will require to deposit a half-year's rent and
£1 1s. license-fee on fall of hammer.

RURAL, VILLAGE, AND SUBURBAN DEFERRED-PAYMENT
LANDS. (RE-OPENED.)

Dunback District (Rural): Section 14, Block V., 269 acres
2 roods 14 perches. Upset price, £1 10s. per acre; valua-
tion for improvements, £59 5s.

Rock and Pillar District (Rural): Section 12, Block III.;
154 acres 3 roods 3 perches. Upset price, £1 10s. per acre;
valuation for improvements, £54.

Tuapeka West District (Village): Section 7, Block XIV.;
4 acres 3 roods 34 perches. Upset price, £1 10s. per acre;
valuation for improvements, £11 12s. Section 22, Block
XIV., 5 acres and 5 perches. Upset price, £1 10s. per acre,