Aug. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 949

"The Native Land Court Act, 1886," and its Amendments.

Native Land Court Office, Auckland, 13th August, 1891.

NOTICE is hereby given that a sitting of the Native Land Court will be held at Te Awaroa, Kaipara, on the 23rd day of September, 1891, to hear and determine the several matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written, in respect of which applications have been received by the Registrar, and all such other matters as may be lawfully brought before it.

H. F. EDGER, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION UNDER "THE EQUITABLE OWNERS ACT, 1886."

| 1 | Honetana Rehua, Paraone Pairama, Pera Kaiwaru, Mohi Ruru, Reupena Waitai, and others | Tuhirangi .. | Crown grant, Register 4B, 377; 18th December, 1869. |
| 2 | Patoromu te Akariri, Rapanā Takerei, Hami Tawaewae, Pairama Mu, Rihari Pungaro, Tana Manukau, Paora Tuhaere, Kihirini Reweti, Te Keene Reweti, Nia Reihana, Puna Reweti, Paora Davis, Ropihā Reihana, Hekiera Taierua, and others | Paparoa .. | Crown grant, Register 2B, 558; 2nd November, 1865. |
| 3 | Paora Kawharu and Hakuene Ratu .. | Pukeatua .. | Crown grant, Register 12A, 781; 2nd December, 1865. |

Crown Lands Notices.

Rural Lands open for Sale or Selection, Southland Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 28th July, 1891.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, in terms of sections 3 to 11 of "The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887," either for cash, on deferred payments, or for perpetual lease, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 16th, September, 1891. In cases where more than one application is received for the same section, priority of choice will be decided by lot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the Crown Lands Office, Invercargill :—

SECOND-CLASS SURVEYED LAND.

Undulating pastoral land for most part, but steep and broken in places; situate two miles north of Titipua Stream, and about six miles from Ota Creek Railway-station, on the Dunedin-Invercargill line.

Tuturau District.

| 24 | X. | 307 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 1 1 10½ | 0 0 10½ |
| 25 | " | 315 2 18 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9 |

Consists mostly of spurs sloping to the north; land of a mixed pastoral and agricultural character; situate north of Mimihau Stream, and about nine miles from Wyndham Township. Section 24, burdened with £32 10s., and Section 25, with £9 10s., valuation for improvements (fencing).

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands open for Sale or Selection, Otago Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 9th July, 1891.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, in terms of sections 3 to 11 of "The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887," either for cash, on deferred payments, or on perpetual lease, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 2nd September, 1891. In cases where more than one application is received for the same section, priority of choice will be decided by lot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin :—

FIRST-CLASS SURVEYED LAND.

Maniototo County.—Gimmerburn Survey District.

Open, level, agricultural sections, black soil, sandy clay subsoil, fronting the Taieri River, about twenty miles south of Naseby; distance from Dunedin about one hundred miles.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Terms and Conditions of Sale of the Mangaramarama Village-homestead Settlement.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 28th July, 1891.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land will be open for application under the village-homestead system on Thursday, the 3rd September, 1891. Applications must be made on the proper forms, and will be received at this office and also at the County Council Offices, Pahiatua. They must be made in person to the Commissioner of Crown Lands or other officer of the department, who will attend there to receive them, but they will not be received at Pahiatua by post. Application-forms and full particulars can be obtained at this office.

This land is being opened for the purpose of providing homestead sites for intending settlers. Holders of other lands exceeding one acre in extent are not eligible as selectors. Any person putting in an application in contravention of the conditions under which the land is opened is liable to be prosecuted for making a false declaration, and any section obtained thereby is, in accordance with the conditions, forfeited. Alleged ignorance of the conditions will not, after this notice, be accepted as an excuse for persons putting in applications who hold other lands.