Nov. 21.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1191

Auction Sale of Crown Lands in Auckland.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 4th November, 1889.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lands contained in the
Schedule hereunder will be offered for sale by public
auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Auckland, on Friday, the
13th December next, at 11 a.m.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

| | RURAL LANDS. | | |
| | Mareretu Parish, Otamatea County. | | |
| 171 | :: | 63 3 16 | 64 0 0 |
| 172 | .. | 69 0 8 | 69 2 6 |
Description of Land: Lot 171, broken bush land, with
about 225,000ft. of kauri; 172, chiefly broken bush land con-
taining about 225,000ft. of kauri, remainder undulating fern
land, good soil.

| | Kaihu Survey District, Hobson County. | | |
| I. | | | |
| 9 | | 160 3 24 | 135 7 6 |
| 10 | " | 79 2 8 | 55 0 0 |
| 11 | " | 152 2 25 | 151 0 0 |
| 13 | " | 106 0 30 | 89 15 0 |
| 14 | " | 106 2 0 | 89 15 0 |
| 15 | " | 137 0 32 | 89 0 0 |
| 16 | " | 148 1 24 | 305 10 0 |
Description of Land: Land of inferior quality, but con-
taining valuable kauri timber. Section 9 contains approxi-
mately 300,0000ft.; 10, 60,000ft.; 11, 300,000ft.; 13,
200,000ft.; 14, 10,000ft.; 15, 150,000ft.; 16, 1,000,000ft.

| | Tutamoe Survey District. | | |
| 9 | XIII. | 169 1 16 | 138 10 0 |
Description of Land: Inferior soil, contains 300,000ft. of
kauri.

Runs open for Application, Marlborough Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Blenheim, 22nd October, 1889.

IN accordance with sections 173 and 213 of "The Land
Act, 1885," the Marlborough Land Board hereby declares
that the under-mentioned runs, having been previously
offered by public auction, shall be open for application, at
the respective annual rents set forth below, on and after the
30th November, 1889:—

PASTORAL RUNS UNDER PART VI., "LAND ACT, 1885."
Slopes of Kaikoura Range, between Clarence and Awatere
Valleys. Term of licenses to be from date of disposal to
the 1st July, 1896. The licensee in each case to have the
boundaries laid off at his own expense, if required to do so by
the Land Board.
Tone, Upcot, and Tapuaenuka Survey Districts: Estimated
area, 10,800 acres; annual rent, £11 5s.
Tapuaenuka Survey District: Estimated area, 11,800
acres; annual rent, £12 5s. 10d.

SMALL GRAZING RUNS FOR LEASE UNDER PART VII.,
"LAND ACT, 1885." Term, twenty-one years. Annual
rent, 3d. an acre. (The unsurveyed runs are subject to
modification of boundaries and area after survey.)

Orieri Survey District, Pelorus Sound.
Piaukahe Bay, 1,500 acres.
Peninsula between Piaukahe and North-west Bays, 1,000
acres.
North-west Bay, 1,150 acres.
North-west Bay, 850 acres.
North-west and Wilson Bays, 940 acres.
Four-Fathom Bay, 720 acres.
Hopai Bay, 900 acres.

Gore Survey District.
Kenepuru Sound, 900 acres.

Linkwater Survey District, Kenepuru Sound.
Section 8, Block II., 228 acres; Section 3, Block III., 171
acres (in one run).

Orieri Survey District, Pelorus Sound, Tawhitinui Reach.
Section 3, Block XI., 328 acres.

A fee of £1 1s. for the license or lease, and half a year's
rent, to be deposited with the application.

HENRY G. CLARK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Canterbury Runs.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 25th October, 1889.

THE under-mentioned runs will be offered for sale by
public auction, at the upset annual rentals noted
below:—

SALE AT LAND OFFICE, CHRISTCHURCH, TUESDAY, 10TH
DECEMBER, 1889, AT 11 A.M.
Blackford Station: Run 100, 35,000 acres (11,000 barren);
fourteen years, fixed tenure; rent, £500.
Manuka Point Station: Run 127, 40,000 acres (25,000
barren); twenty-one years, fixed tenure; rent, £135.
Woodstock Station: Run 149, 9,000 acres; rent, £150;
situated within the area of selection by the Midland Railway
Company; tenure for six years and ten months, subject to
right of resumption, without compensation, on twelve months'
notice, if required for the purpose of granting to the said
company.

SALE AT LAND OFFICE, TIMARU, FRIDAY, 6TH DECEMBER,
1889, AT 11 A.M.
Ben Ohau Station: Run 87, 54,700 acres; rent, £425;
fixed tenure for twenty-one years.
Rhoboro Downs Station: Run 88, 65,000 acres; rent,
£375; fixed tenure for twenty-one years.
Glentanner Station: Run 89, 58,000 acres (32,000 barren);
rent, £225; fixed tenure for twenty-one years.

The tenures are in each case (except Run 149) for two
months less than the terms stated.

Six months' rent must be paid at the time of sale, and
possession will be given on the 2nd May, 1890. Conditions
as to further payment of rent, date of leases, &c., may be ob-
tained at the Land Office, Christchurch, and will also be
announced at the time of sale.

The purchase or removal of any existing fences on the
Crown lands offered for license, whether at the date of sale
or before the determination of the present license, will be
matter of arrangement between the present licensee and the
purchaser during the currency of the present license.