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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 11

priority of right to be heard, as provided by section 2, Appen-
dix E, of "The Land Act, 1885."

Lithograph 14.

UNSURVEYED LANDS.

| Section | Block. | District. | Area. | Cash Price |
| or Lot. | | | | per Acre. |

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Ashburton County.—Forks of the Ashburton River, on Mount
Somers and Alford Estate Runs.

| | VII. | Alford | .. | 30 0 0 | £ s. d. |
| | | " | .. | 60 0 0 | 1 5 0 |
Bush land, Alford Forest.

| | VII.,XI. | Alford | .. | 585 0 0 | 1 2 6 |
| | XI. | " | .. | 80 0 0 | 1 5 0 |
Hilly ground, grass and fern only, part of it ploughable.

35915 | X. | Spaxton | .. | 48 3 15 | 1 5 0
Light stony land.

| | XIV. | Spaxton | .. | 63 3 0 | 1 10 0 |
Part ploughable land ; near the old Spread Eagle Hotel.

| | XIV. | Spaxton | .. | 80 0 0 | 1 10 0 |
Partly fenced and improved; near the old Spread Eagle
Hotel.

35896 | XIV. | Spaxton | .. | 41 0 0 | 1 5 0
35897 | " | " | .. | 33 0 0 | 1 5 0
35895 | II. | Westerfield | .. | 4 1 24 | 1 5 0
Light stony land.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

| | X. | Alford | .. | 8 0 0 | 0 10 0 |
Steep face of terrace.

| | X. | Alford | .. | 10 0 0 | 0 10 0 |
| | " | " | .. | 296 0 0 | 0 19 6 |
Very stony flat land.

35913 | V.,IX., | Spaxton | .. | 74 2 15 | 0 19 6
Light stony land.

| | X. | Spaxton | .. | 1570 0 0 | 0 15 0 |
| | " | " | .. | 100 0 0 | 0 15 0 |
35917 | X.,XIV. | " | .. | 82 0 0 | 0 15 0 |
| | XIII.,}| " | .. | 970 0 0 | 0 15 0 |
| | XIV. | " | .. | 96 0 0 | 0 17 6 |
| | " | " | .. | 89 0 0 | 0 17 6 |
| | II. | Westerfield | .. | 35 0 0 | 0 17 6 |
| | XIV. | Spaxton | .. | 503 0 0 | 0 12 6 |

Light stony river-bed land ; fair feed in spring, autumn,
and winter months.

A selector may purchase for cash any of the sections, not
exceeding 640 acres of first-class land and 2,000 acres of
second-class land; or may take up, on deferred payments,
640 acres of land; or, on perpetual lease, 640 acres of first-
class land or 2,000 acres of second-class land. If the selector
wishes to acquire any section on deferred payments, an
addition of one-fourth to the cash price will be made. If the
selector wishes to take up a section on perpetual lease, the
annual rental will be 5 per cent. on the cash price of the
land.

The present runholders have the right of removal or sale
during the currency of their present licenses of any fences
which are now or shall at the expiration of the said licenses
be in or upon their runs.

Applications to be made at the Land Offices, Christchurch
and Timaru.

Applications must be accompanied by deposits for survey,
which vary from £6 for 30 acres to not less than £66 10s. for
1,000 acres. These deposits form part of the purchase-
money. For details of payment see New Zealand Gazette,
dated 31st January, 1889, page 115.

No applications for additional land will be received from
selectors who are in arrear with the payments on their pre-
sent holdings.

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS.

Applications must be made on proper forms, to be obtained
at the Crown Lands Offices, Christchurch and Timaru, and
must be accompanied by the statutory declaration required
by the system under which the application is made; also by
a deposit of, with perpetual-lease applications, a half-year's
rent and 30s. lease-fee; with deferred-payment applications,
a half-year's instalment and 21s. license-fee; and, with cash
applications, one-fifth of the total price.

If an applicant apply for more than one section, it is
essential that he should be present at the drawing for
priority of choice, either personally or by duly-authorised
agent, to avoid confusion in the event of his being successful
for two or more sections.

Cheques forwarded as deposits must be marked by the
bank on which they are drawn as "Correct for fourteen
days."

J. H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Totara Timber on Crown Lands, Wellington Land
District.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1890.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of "The Land Act,
1885," and the regulations issued thereunder, that
the trees on the under-mentioned sections will be put up for
sale by public auction, at the upset price of 10s. per tree, at
the Land Office, Wellington, on Tuesday, the 18th March,
1890, at noon.

The purchaser shall pay 50 per centum of the purchase-
money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance within
thirty days from the date of the sale. He shall have the
sole use of the land and the right to cut and remove all
timber thereon during a period of five years from the same
date.

MANGAHAO DISTRICT.

| Section. | Block. | No. of Totara | Estimated |
| | | Trees. | Superficial Fee |
| 129 | III. | 1,905 | 4,685,000* |
| 133 | " | 500 | 1,200,000† |

• On Section 129 there are, in addition, 66 kahikatea trees, esti-
  mated to contain 206,000 superficial feet, besides about 900 totara
  trees more or less unsound.

† On Section 133 there are, in addition, about 1,500 totara trees
more or less unsound.

All the additional trees will be available to the purchaser, with-
out extra payment, for the term of five years.

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

Pastoral Runs open on Application.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 19th February, 1890.

THE under-mentioned runs having been offered by public
auction, and not disposed of, will be open for applica-
tion, at the upset rental, on and after Thursday, the 20th
March next, at the Napier and Gisborne Land Offices, in
terms of section 173 of "The Land Act, 1885:"—

| District. | Run No. | Area. | Annual Rental. |
| | | A. R. P. | £ s. d. |
| Waitara | 3 | 5,326 0 0 | 33 6 0 |
| Kuripapanga | 13 | 19,500 0 0 | 20 6 4 |

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small-grazing Runs open for Application.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 19th February, 1890.

THE under-mentioned runs having been offered by public
auction, and not having been disposed of, will be open
for application, at the upset rental, on and after Thursday,
the 20th March next, at the Napier and Gisborne Land
Offices, in terms of section 213 of "The Land Act, 1885:"—

| District. | Run No. | Area. | Annual Rental. |
| | | A. R. P. | £ s. d. |
| Waingaromia | 58 | 2,893 0 0 | 36 3 4 |
| Waimata | 59 | 2,986 0 0 | 37 6 6 |
| " | 60 | 3,155 0 0 | 39 8 10 |

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.