JULY 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 783

HAKATERAMEA DISTRICT.

The lands are fairly-grassed pastoral country. They are offered under the provisions of "The Educational Reserves Sale and Leasing Act, 1876," under which they are liable to be purchased at any time at £2 per acre. The general provisions of "The Land Act, 1885," relating to pastoral lands will also apply to these lands. The rent to be paid half-yearly, six months' rent being paid at the time of sale, and the rentals to be adjusted at each payment for the lands remaining unsold at the rate paid per acre.

Poster and plans can be seen at the principal railway-stations and post offices throughout Canterbury, and may be obtained at the Land Offices at Christchurch and Timaru.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale by Auction of Crown Lands, Dunedin.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 16th June, 1890.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be sold by auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Thursday, the 17th July, 1890, at 11.30 a.m.:-

PASTORAL LICENSES.

With Immediate Possession.

Blackstone District: Sections 2, 3, and 4, Block VIII., about 791 acres; term, seven years. Upset rental, £19 15s. 6d. per annum.

Greenvale District: Section 3, Block XVII., about 320 acres; term, ten years. Upset rental, £5 6s. 8d. per annum.

Kuriwao District: Section 22, Block IX., about 502 acres; term, nine years. Upset rental, £16 14s. 8d. per annum.

Otago Peninsula District: Section 53, Block III., about 437 acres; term, ten years. Upset rental, £5 per annum.

Te viot District: Section 46, Block II., about 195 acres; term, seven years. Upset rental, £5 14s. per annum.

Run 36, Lake County, about 2,500 acres; term, seven years. Upset rental, £5 per annum.

Run 205c, part of Taieri Lake Station, Maniototo County, about 4,250 acres; term, seven years. Upset rental, £110 per annum. Subject to valuation for existing improvements (if any).

With Possession on the 1st March, 1891.

Run 421, Class I., Benmore Station, Waitaki County, about 15,000 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset rental, £30 per annum.

Run 421a, Class I., Benmore Station, Waitaki County, about 14,800 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset rental, £30 per annum.

Run 429b, Class I., Benmore Station, Waitaki County, about 6,700 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset rental, £20 per annum.

Run 429c, Class I., Waitaki County, about 2,600 acres, term, twenty-one years. Upset rental, £10 per annum.

Pastoral licenses for the foregoing runs will be sold generally in terms of Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1885," tenure of runs marked "Class I." being certain for terms stated, Government not reserving the right of resumption.

Runs possession of which is not given until the 1st March, 1891, are subject to valuations for existing improvements, to be paid one month before possession is given.

Purchasers will be required to deposit a half-year's rent and £1 1s. license-fee on fall of hammer, and, in case of Run 205c, to pay the valuation for improvements (if any), to be declared at sale at same time.

SMALL GRAZING RUN, UNDER PART VII. OF "THE LAND ACT, 1885."

Nenthorn District, Sections 1, 2, 3, 8 to 12, Block II., and Strath-Taieri District, Section 16, Block XIII. (grouped): About 2,255 acres; term, twenty-one years from the 1st September, 1890. Upset rental, £70 9s. 6d. per annum. Valuation for improvements, £739 9s. Possession on day of sale.

The purchaser will be required to hand to the auctioneer immediately the lease is knocked down to him the declara-
tion required by section 200 of "The Land Act, 1885," and to pay the first half-year's rent and lease- and registration-fees (£1 11s.). Valuation for improvements payable within fourteen days from day of sale.

RURAL AND SUBURBAN DEFERRED-PAYMENT LANDS, UNDER PART III. OF "THE LAND ACT, 1885" (REOPENED).

Dunback District (Rural): Section 14, Block V., 269 acres 2 roods 14 perches. Upset price, £1 per acre. Valuation for improvements, £30.

Tuapeka West District (Rural): Section 18, Block II., 55 acres 1 rood 28 perches. Upset price, £1 per acre. Valuation for improvements, £16 10s. Section 20, Block II., 101 acres 2 roods. Upset price, £1 per acre. Valuation for improvements, £18.

Waikoikoi Township (Suburban): Sections 9, 13, and 20, containing 2 acres and 8 perches, 1 acre, and 1 acre 1 rood 39 perches respectively. Upset price, £5 per acre. Valuation for improvements on Section 13, £3 4s.

Terms of Payment: For rural land, one twenty-eighth of total price and £1 1s. license-fee, to be paid on fall of hammer; balance in equal half-yearly payments extending over fourteen years. For suburban land, one-tenth of total price and £1 1s. license-fee, to be paid on fall of hammer; balance in equal half-yearly payments extending over five years. Purchasers must deposit statutory declaration required by section 113 of "The Land Act, 1885," and pay valuation for improvements (if any) at time of sale.

TOWNSHIPS.

Town sections in Herbert, Kelso, Kurow, and Pembroke Townships. Upset price, £30 per acre, except small sections in Blocks I., II., and III., Pembroke, which are offered at £3 per section.

Terms: One-fifth of purchase-money to be paid on fall of hammer; balance, with £1 Crown-grant fee, within thirty days.

For further information apply at this office.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Native Land Court Notices.

*Inquiry under "The Ngarara and Waipiro Reinvestigation Act, 1889."

IN THE NATIVE LAND COURT,
NEW ZEALAND.

WHEREAS I have been directed by the Chief Judge to ascertain whether any, and what, amount is payable, under the provisions of section 5 of "The Ngarara and Waipiro Reinvestigation Act, 1889," to Tuta Nihonihio in respect of the costs of survey of part of the Waipiro Block incurred and paid by him:

All persons concerned are hereby notified and required to attend personally at the Registrar's Office, at Gisborne, on Monday, the 4th day of August, 1890, and then and there to produce all books, claims, receipts and accounts in their possession relating to the above-mentioned matter, on which day I shall proceed to take the accounts.

Dated at Gisborne, this 3rd day of June, 1890.

JOHN BROOKING,
Registrar, Native Land Court.

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

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 30th June, 1890.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Trust Commissioner will, under the authority and for the purposes of the said Acts, hold a Court at Opotiki, on the 6th day of August, 1890, for the investigation of the cases mentioned in the Schedule hereunder, at which time and place all persons interested in the said cases, and having objections to any of the dealings, are hereby notified to attend.

EDW. HAMMOND,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

Allotment No. 73, Parish of Matata, 300 Acres.
89-169. Transfer dated the 14th day of November, 1889, from Arama Karaka Mokonuiarangi to Jane Close.

Allotment No. 6, Town of Whakatane.
90-31. Lease dated the 4th day of June, 1890, from Wera-hiko and others to John McAlister.