July 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 817

This section contains 180 acres, and is situated on the Mangahao River, about six miles west of Pahiatua, the access for the first four and a half miles being by the Pahiatua-Mangahao cart-road.

All the additional trees will be available to the purchaser, without extra payment, for the term of seven years.

J. H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Land, Wellington District.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 1st July, 1891.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned section will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, the 12th August, 1891, at 11 a.m., for cash.

J. H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

MANGAHAO DISTRICT.

PART of Section No: 19, Block XV., District of Mangahao, 11 acres 2 roods ; upset price, £1 5s. Weighted with £27 5s. for improvements.

This section is situated on the Rock Road, one mile in from the main road, and comprises a narrow strip along a gully, being part of Section No. 19, originally selected by Mr. Moore, and since severed from his land by the new road: the land has been improved by felling and grassing to the value of £27 5s., with which the section is weighted.

Sale of Crown Lands, Auckland District.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Auckland, 5th June, 1891.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 7th day of August next, at 11 a.m.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

TOWNSHIP OF KOHUKOHU.

| 5 | 9 0 0 | 27 0 0 |

SUBURBS OF WHATAWHATA.

MANUKAU COUNTY.

Parish of Waiuku West.

| 166 | 17 3 10 | 13 10 0 |

Open swamp land of medium quality; about one and a quarter miles from Waiuku.

TAURANGA COUNTY.

Parish of Te Papa.

| 159 | 21 0 0 | 25 0 0 |

Open land, on the banks of the Waimapu River. Subject to £100, valuation for improvements.

MAKETU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Block II.

| 52 | 9 2 0 | 47 10 0 |

Open land, near Te Puke Township.

BAY OF PLENTY DISTRICT.

Lease of Small Grazing-run, No. 4, Matata.

| | 8,540 0 0| 53 7 6* |

• Rental per annum. Term of lease, twenty-one years.

Conditions of occupation may be seen at the Land Office, Tauranga, the Post-office, Matata, and upon application at this office.

Terms of Sale: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid at close of sale, and the balance (with Crown-grant fee, £1) within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land shall henceforth be null and void. In the case of the grazing-run one half-year's rent shall be payable at close of the sale.

Plans of the sections may be seen at the local post-offices and on application at this office.

Lands open for Application as Village Homesteads.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 19th June, 1891.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land will be open for application as village homesteads, on Wednesday, the 12th August, 1891:—

PURAKAUNUI VILLAGE, WOODLAND DISTRICT.

Sections 1 to 10, Block VII., and Sections 1 to 10, Block X.; unsurveyed; areas averaging about 20 acres per section. Rental, 1s. per acre per annum.

Fairly good agricultural land, covered with mixed bush; situated on the main road, Owaka to Tautuku, and distant from the former place about eleven miles, and from Romahapa, the present nearest railway-station, about twenty-two miles.

TAUKUPU VILLAGE, TAUTUKU DISTRICT.

Sections 1 to 11, Block IV.; unsurveyed; areas averaging about 20 acres per section. Rental, 1s. per acre per annum.

Fairly good undulating land, covered with bush, well watered; situated at south side of mouth of Taukupu River, distant from Owaka by road now in course of formation about twenty miles, and from Romahapa, the present nearest railway-station, thirty-two miles.

CONDITIONS.

Term of lease, thirty years; renewable for further periods of twenty-one years.

Rents are payable half-yearly, on the first days of January and July in each year.

No rent need be paid for the first two years. The unpaid rent will, however, be added to the capital value, and rent then paid on such increased value, or the arrears of rent can be paid off at any time.

A fee of 10s. will be charged for registration of lease.

A sum of £10 will be advanced by the Government for building a house, which must be finished in six months after selection, and residence on the land is thereafter compulsory.

On bush-lands felling must begin at once.

Each settler shall within two years cultivate one acre, and within four years the half of the remainder, of his selection, and make substantial improvements.

Substantial improvements shall mean—

(1.) Fencing the land with timber or other durable materials, not being a brush fence; or

(2.) Breaking up and laying down the same in English or other cultivated grass; or

(3.) Breaking up and planting or sowing root or other crops therein; and, in case of bush-lands, the felling and clearing of timber and sowing of grass.

Any person who has an interest in any land of more than an acre in extent in the colony is not eligible to select.

No person can hold more than one section.

Married men will have preference as selectors.

No married women are eligible as selectors.

Settlers cannot subdivide or sublet their holdings without consent.

Application forms can be obtained at any Land Office, and must be either lodged personally or sent through the post to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Dunedin.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Native Land Court Notices.

Application for Probate.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1891.

In the matter of the will of MEREKIHEREKA HAPE, of Waikouaiti, deceased.

APPLICATION having been made by Raniera Erihana and Hana Erihana that probate be granted for the aforesaid will:

It is hereby notified that all persons opposing such application must lodge a caveat in manner prescribed within two calendar months after the date of this notice.

W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.

Application for Letters of Administration.

Native Land Court Office,
Gisborne, 10th July, 1891.

In the estate of RUTA TAKOHE, of Waipawa, deceased.

APPLICATION having been made by Haromi te Awakere that letters of administration be granted to her:

It is hereby notified that all persons opposing such application must lodge a caveat in manner prescribed within two calendar months after the date of this notice.

JOHN BROOKING,
Registrar.