JULY 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 819

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

Tennyson Survey District: Nydia Bay; estimated area, 720 acres. Annual rent, 3d. per acre.

Tennyson Survey District: Nydia Bay; estimated area, 250 acres. Annual rent, 3d. per acre.

Area and boundaries subject to adjustment after survey.

A fee of £1 1s. for the license or lease and half a year's rent, and, in the case of the small grazing runs, the usual statutory declaration, must be deposited with the application.

HENRY G. CLARK, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Canterbury Land District.—Crown Lands for Leasing.

Crown Lands Office, Christchurch, 23rd June, 1890.

THE under-mentioned lands, situated on the plain in the Ashburton and Geraldine Counties, will be offered for occupation as pastoral lands by public auction, at the Land Office, Christchurch, at 11 a.m., on Wednesday, the 23rd July, 1890, at the upset annual rentals per acre noted below. Tenure, three years, subject to selection as noted below:—

IN THE FORKS OF THE ASHBURTON RIVER.

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BETWEEN THE HINDS AND RANGITATA RIVERS.

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BETWEEN THE RANGITATA AND ORARI RIVERS.

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These lands are liable to selection at any time for cash, on deferred payments, or on perpetual lease, under "The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887," at the prices at which they are now open, or at such prices as may hereafter from time to time be gazetted.

The rent will be payable half-yearly on the first day of March and September in each year, six months' rent being paid at the time of sale; and the rentals will be adjusted at each payment for the lands remaining unselected at the rate paid per acre.

In the event of any of the lands being disposed of at the prices at which they are now open within three months from the date of the previous payment, a proportionate reduction of rent to the area disposed of will be allowed the licensee.

The purchase or removal of any fences existing at the date of sale on the Crown lands offered for lease will be matter of arrangement between the late licensee and the purchaser. No liability is accepted by or on behalf of the Crown in respect of any such fencing.

In the event of the late licensee not becoming the purchaser, a reasonable time will be allowed him for the removal of stock and improvements.

Where fences form the boundary between Crown lands offered for lease and freehold land, the purchaser of such lease will be liable to the provisions of any law now or hereafter in force relating to boundary-fences.

Plans and full particulars can be obtained on application at the Land Offices, Christchurch and Timaru.

JOHN H. BAKER, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Auction Sale of Grey Coal-reserve Leaseholds, and Pastoral Licenses, in the Westland Land District.

Crown Lands Office, Hokitika, 27th June, 1890.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leaseholds of the sections of land situated in the Grey Coal Reserve No. 274, and described in Schedules A, B, and C, given below, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Lands Office, Hokitika, on Wednesday, the 6th August, 1890, at 2 o'clock p.m., subject to the rents, fees, and conditions hereunder set forth.

Maps of the sections may be seen at the District Land Office, Hokitika, and at the Railway-station, Brunner.

Terms of leaseholds fourteen years, fixed annual rentals with bonus biddings; right of re-entry reserved to Government for coal-mining purposes only by paying compensation for improvements not exceeding £200.

Also, at the same time and place, the runs set out in Schedule D, given below, will be offered for lease by public auction, for prices and terms as given, subject to such rights of renewal, &c., as prescribed by the Land Acts.

The purchase-money, consisting, as regards leases in Grey Coal Reserve, of one year's rental in advance, lease-fee, full amount of bonus, and value for improvements (if any); and, as regards runs, six months' rental in advance and lease-fee, to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

Full particulars as to conditions of sale and conditions of lease will be given at sale, or may be ascertained now by applying to the Crown Lands Office, Hokitika.

GERHARD MUELLER, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE A.

DOBSON TOWN SECTIONS.

• Value of improvements: Sections 10, £100; 21, £20; 138, £200 174, £20; 175, £25; 393, £125; 394, £75; 395, £20.