Aug. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 979

2. No person can lease more than one run.
3. Residence on the run is compulsory for six years, commencing within twelve months from commencement of lease, unless the lessee obtain the consent of the Land Board to reside on land in his occupation within ten miles of the run.
4. Permanent improvements must be effected equal to one year’s rental by the end of the first year, two years’ rental by the end of the second year, and four years’ rental at the end of the sixth year.
5. One half-year’s rent to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

The lessee has no right to purchase any part of the land, but he can select 150 acres around the homestead, through which no road can be taken or other public privilege exercised without compensation.

One-fourth of the rent paid during the first fifteen years is returned to the local body, to be spent in improving the access to the land.

Tenders for Yearly Tenancy of Land.

Crown Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 12th August, 1891.

TENDERS will be received up to noon on Saturday, the 19th September, 1891, for a yearly tenancy, terminable by three months’ notice at any time, of Section No. 8, Block XIII., Opaku Survey District, containing 4 acres 2 roods; upset rental, £1 per annum.

Tenders must be in writing, addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Plymouth, and must enclose, by way of deposit, an amount equal to six months’ rent at the rate tendered.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

Lands and Survey Department,
New Plymouth, 23rd 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 9th 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, New Plymouth.

SURVEYED LAND.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Hawera County.—Opunake Survey District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
62 | XI. | 133 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 0 1 0

All level, soil light and shallow (volcanic), covered with mixed forest containing rimu, kahikatea, rata, tawa, &c.; situate about one mile and a half from the Punehu Village, which is seven miles from Opunake by a good road. The section is well watered.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Clifton County.—Mimi Survey District.

1 | VII. | 410 0 0 | 0 19 6 | 1 4 4½ | 0 0 11¾

There are about 70 acres of open grass land, being terraces and hill-slopes, facing the sea, on the coast-line, fit to carry stock at once. On the northern part of section, fronting the Gilbert Road, there are about 70 acres of a good high terrace mostly all covered with rewarewa, hinau, tow hai, wharangi, and other light woods. In other parts there are about 20 acres of good terrace-land. The remainder of section is one large gully, with numerous sharp spurs and steep water-courses; timber as above, with a little kohekohe, mangio, and puriri, with a thick undergrowth of kiekie, &c. The Gilbert Road runs through and also forms the northern boundary. The land lies immediately north of the Pukearuhe Township, to which there is a good road. Twenty miles from Waitara.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
5 | XI. | 453 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9

Generally broken; from 80 to 100 acres flats on the streams, which are first-class land; remainder pastoral; heavily timbered, with mixed forest.

7 | XI. | 275 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9

About 100 acres of flats and slopes near streams, remainder a high ridge; flats liable to be flooded; heavily timbered with rata, rimu, kahikatea, a little totara, &c.

8 | XI. | 533 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½

About 60 acres of good land, flats and slopes; remainder a high ridge and spurs; pastoral; heavily timbered with mixed forest containing a little puriri.

1 | XII. | 2,000 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½

About 250 acres of good land, flats and slopes; about 300 acres of fair land on back of section, remainder rough broken spurs, 600 acres of which are covered with black-birch; other timbers are rata, rimu, kahikatea, matai, a little totara, &c.; thick undergrowth.

Clifton County.—Upper Waitara Survey District.

1 | II. | 464 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9

Generally broken, about 60 acres of rich land on the flats near streams; two high ridges in section; about 20 acres of black-birch on south-west corner; heavy mixed forest.

2 | II. | 510 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½

Generally broken; about 90 to 100 acres good flats, balance steep hill-sides; 20 to 30 acres of high scrub, otherwise heavy forest.

4 | II. | 1,590 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½

About 300 acres of good flats and slopes, remainder rough gullies and spurs, with many gutters and landslips; about 300 acres of black-birch, a little totara, remainder, mixed forest.

5 | II. | 695 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½

About 200 acres much broken on back portion, with numerous slips and gutters; about 100 acres of good flats and slopes near streams; 30 acres covered with high scrub, 40 acres with black-birch; some long spurs, all heavily timbered.

11 | II. | 681 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½

About 150 acres of good slopes and flats, remainder rough gullies and spurs. Timber: rata, rimu, kahikatea, tawa, towai, a little totara, &c.; no birch.

12 | II. | 1,210 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½

About 200 acres of flats on streams, fairly good land; remainder rough hill-sides, with a large quantity of birch on summits; heavy mixed forest containing a little totara.

1 | III. | 830 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½

About 150 acres of good land, 250 acres rough black-birch, remainder rough broken spurs; heavily timbered with mixed forest.

2 | III. | 960 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½

About 200 acres of good land, about 400 acres of fair spurs, remainder rough sharp spurs, principally black-birch; one stream liable to flood; heavily timbered with mixed forest.

The general character of the country is broken, with ridge of papa formation, liable to slip, rising from 300ft. to 900ft. above the flats, which are rich alluvial land. The block is well watered, and is situate about twenty miles from Waitara, fourteen miles of which are along the North Road, the best in the district, and the remaining six are on a new-formed cart-road up the Mimi Valley. At present the roads are not felled or formed in the block.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale by Auction of Town, Suburban, and Rural Lands, and Small Grazing-run Lease.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 23rd July, 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 2nd October next, at 11 a.m.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.