Dec. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1513

Hummock District, Sections 1 to 5, Block II., about 2,123 acres. Term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £53 1s. 6d. Valuation for improvements, £61 16s.

Waikouaiti District, Run 171H, about 3,390 acres. Term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £84 15s. Valuation for improvements, £294.

Waikouaiti District, Sections 26 and 27, Block V., about 663 acres. Term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £20 14s. 4d. Valuation for improvements, £185.

Possession on day of sale.

Purchasers will be required to hand to the auctioneer the declaration required by section 200 of "The Land Act, 1885," and to pay first half-year's rent, and lease and registration fees (31s.), on fall of hammer.

Valuations for improvements payable within fourteen days from day of sale.

TOWNSHIPS.

Town sections in Catlin, Kaitangata, and Alexandra Townships. Upset price, £30 per acre.

Suburban sections in Riverside Township, containing from 2 roods to 8 acres each. Upset price of sections under 5 acres, £20 per acre; of sections over 5 acres, £5.

Terms: 20 per cent. deposit on fall of hammer; balance, with Crown-grant fee (20s.), within thirty days.

For further particulars apply to this office.

J. P. MAITLAND, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Run liable to Forfeiture.—Notice to Occupier.

Crown Lands Office, Christchurch, 1st December, 1890.

IN pursuance of clause 188 of "The Land Act, 1885," I hereby give notice that the run mentioned in the Schedule hereto will be declared forfeited if the rent, together with the penalty for non-payment at due date, is not paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Christchurch, within three months of the date of this notice.

JOHN H. BAKER, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

RUN No. 68, Black Forest Station, Waimate County, 20,800 acres; David Gunn, lessee.

Notice to Occupier of Pastoral Run, Hawke's Bay District.

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

IN accordance with section 188 of "The Land Act, 1885," I hereby give notice that the run described in the Schedule hereto will be declared forfeited if the amount of rent due, together with the penalty for non-payment, are not paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Napier, within three months from the date of first insertion of this notice.

G. W. WILLIAMS, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

RUN No. 52, Tuahu District, 9,252 acres; George Hall, lessee.

Auction Sale of Pastoral Licenses, Westland Land District.

Crown Lands Office, Hokitika, 20th November, 1890.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leaseholds of pastoral runs, as noted below, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Lands Office, Hokitika, on Tuesday, the 13th January, 1891, at 11 o'clock a.m. Terms in each case, ten years, from the 1st March, 1891; and upset price, annual rentals as noted:—

Run No. 5, Upper Teremakau North, 10,000 acres; £10.

Run No. 12, Upper Mikonui, 3,000 acres; £3.

Run No. 24, Waiatoto, 15,000 acres; £15.

Run No. 25, Arawata, 14,000 acres; £14.

Run No. 48, Blue River, 10,000 acres; £10.

GERHARD MUELLER, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land District of Canterbury.—Canterbury Runs for Sale by Auction.

Crown Lands Office, Christchurch, 24th November, 1890.

THE under-mentioned runs will be offered for sale by public auction, at the upset annual rentals noted below, at the Land Office, Timaru, on Wednesday, the 7th January, 1891, at 11 a.m.:—

Rhoboro' Downs Station: Run No. 88, Mackenzie County, 64,600 acres; rent, £250. Tenure, ten years.

Part of Benmore Station: Run No. 92, Waitaki County, 28,000 acres, of which about 10,000 acres are fairly-grassed country, extending down to Lake Ohau; rent, £40. Tenure, ten years.

Part of Lake Ohau Station: Run No. 93, Waitaki County, 55,000 acres, on the east side of Lake Ohau and the Hopkins River, including the homestead-paddocks; about 27,000 acres of fairly-grassed country, including some good river-flats; the rest is bush or high barren country. Rent, £150. Tenure, ten years.

Part of Lake Ohau Station: Run No. 93A, Mackenzie County, 124,000 acres, in the fork of the Hopkins and Dobson Rivers, and the country lying on the east side of the latter river down to Lake Ohau; about 47,500 acres are fairly-grassed country, including the river-flats up the Dobson River; the rest is bush or high barren country. Rent, £150. Tenure, ten years.

Birchwood Station: Run No. 94, Waitaki County, 47,000 acres, of which it is estimated about 15,000 to 20,000 acres are fair grazing country; the rest is bush or high barren country. Rent, £50. Tenure, ten years.

Hunter River Station: Run No. 95, Vincent County, about 50,000 acres, the estimated area of grazing country being about 15,000 acres, including the cattle-flats on the Hunter River; rent, £35. Tenure, seven years.

Cotter's Station: Run No. 95A, Vincent County, about 18,000 acres, including the flats on both sides of the Hunter River, fit for grazing cattle; rent, £10. Tenure, seven years.

Green Bush Station: Run No. 99A, Vincent County, 9,500 acres, on the east side of the Hunter River, including some river-flats capable of grazing cattle; rent, £20. Tenure, seven years.

Island Flat Station: Run No. 99B, Vincent County, 16,000 acres, including river-flats, on the east side of the Hunter River; rent, £10. Tenure, seven years.

Mount Albert Station: Run No. 96, Lake County, about 46,000 acres, on the west side of Lake Wanaka, including about 7,300 acres of bush; rent, £60. Tenure, seven years.

Otawaiti Station: Run No. 98, Lake County, about 30,000 acres, of which 18,000 acres are bush land. This run includes the flats on the north side of the Wilkin River and west side of the Makarora River. Rent, £20. Tenure, seven years.

Birch Hill Station: Part of Reserve No. 2652, 10,000 acres, and part of Reserve No. 2756, 4,000 acres, Mackenzie County; rent, £85. These reserves are let under "The Public Reserves Act, 1881." Tenure, seven years; but subject to twelve months' notice of termination of lease as provided by the said Act.

Runs Nos. 95 and 96 are subject to valuation for improvements existing on such parts of them as are occupied under license formerly held as No. N92, issued under "The Land Act, 1885." The said valuation will be payable one month before possession is given, as provided by section 180 of "The Land Act, 1885."

Six months' rent must be paid at the time of sale, and possession will be given on the 1st March, 1891. Conditions as to further payment of rent, date of leases, &c., may be obtained 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. No liability is accepted by or on behalf of the Crown in respect of any such fencing.

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

Posters 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.