Mar. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 295

Section
or
Lot. | Block | District. | Area. | Cash
Price per
Acre.
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
| | | A. R. P. | £ s. d.
35874 | V. | Hinds.. | 12 2 26 | 1 5 0
35875 | V., VI. | " .. | 104 3 34 | 1 5 0
35870 | V. | " .. | 24 3 20 | 1 5 0
35871 | " | " .. | 21 2 11 | 1 5 0

Light stony land, about one and a half miles north of Hinds Township.

35877 | IX. | Hinds.. | 33 3 7 | 1 5 0

Light stony land, adjoining Section 31729.

UNSURVEYED LANDS.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Ashburton County.—Between Hinds and Rangitata Rivers.

I., V. | Shepherd’s Bush | 1,120 0 0 | 1 2 6
V., IX. | " | 576 0 0 | 1 2 6

Very stony, dry land, below high terrace of Rangitata River.

VII., XII. | Shepherd’s Bush | 256 0 0 | 1 5 0

Stony plain, one mile south of Mayfield, adjoining water-race near Mr. Mably’s farm.

IX. | Shepherd’s Bush | 147 0 0 | 1 10 0

Stony land, near the sheep-yard of the Shepherd’s Bush Station.

X. | Shepherd’s Bush | 75 0 0 |
X., XI. | " | 303 0 0 |
XIII. XIV. | " | 3,800 0 0 | 1 10 0
XIV. | " | 430 0 0 |
" | " | 830 0 0 |
X., XIV. | " | 560 0 0 |

Very stony land, on the Cracroft Run; interspersed throughout with fair soil, difficult to break up, and not suitable for grain-growing, but good turnip crops and fair grass can be obtained.

XIV., XV. | Shepherd’s Bush | 653 0 0 | 1 5 0

Stony land, on the Cracroft Run; lighter soil than the upper part of the plain, but capable of being ploughed.

I. | Rangitata | 369 2 0 |
I., II. | " | 2,768 0 0 |
II. | " | 203 0 0 | 1 5 0
" | " | 239 0 0 |
" | " | 322 0 0 |

Stony land, on the Cracroft Run; light soil, with patches here and there of manuka, ploughable, but turnip crop not so certain as on the higher land.

V. | Rangitata | 290 1 14 |
" | " | 409 0 0 |
" | " | 280 0 0 |
V., VI. | " | 370 0 0 | 1 5 0
VI. | " | 147 2 0 |
" | " | 266 2 0 |

Light stony land, fairly grassed, capable of being ploughed, but not suited for cropping.

V. | Hinds .. | 171 1 4 | 1 5 0

Light stony land, about one and a half miles north of Hinds Township.

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 for unsurveyed lands 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 present 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.

Notice to Occupier of Run, Marlborough District.

Crown Lands Office,
Blenheim, 13th January, 1890.

PURSUANT to section 188 of “The Land Act, 1885,” I hereby give notice that, if the amount of rent and penalty due on Run No. 19, situate at Onapua Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound, Arapoua Survey District, and held under license by William Henry Keenan, be not paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Blenheim, within three months after the insertion of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette, the said run will be declared forfeited.

HENRY G. CLARK,
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:”—

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Native Land Court Notices.

Application for Removal of Restrictions.

Native Land Court Office,
Whanganui, 11th March, 1890.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Judge of the Native Land Court, with an Assessor, will sit at the Native Land Courthouse, at Whanganui, on the 22nd day of March next ensuing, and make inquiry with respect to the application of the person named in the first column of the Schedule hereto for the removal of the restrictions on alienation of the land named in the second column, situate in the district named in the third column, and thereon report as he shall think fit.

ELWIN B. DICKSON,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

“The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1881,” and the Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act 1881 Amendment Acts, 1888 and 1889.

Native Land Court Office,
Whanganui, 7th March, 1890.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Trust Commissioner, under the authority and for the purposes of the said Acts, will hold a Court at the Resident Magistrate’s Court-house, at Palmerston North, on Thursday, the 20th day of