SEPT. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1057

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

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 3rd September, 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 Tuesday, the 20th October, 1891. In cases
where more than one application is received for the same
section, priority of choice will be decided by priority of appli-
cation:—

UNsurveyed LAND.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Bruce Bay Survey District.

Situated on the south side of the Makawhiho River, inter-
sected by the Main South Road scheme, and bounded on the
west by Native Reserve, Section No. 785.

Situated on the south side of the Manakaiatu River, and
on the east side of the Main South Road.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Gillespie's Survey District.

Situated between the Clearwater River and Carter's Creek
and the block at present open for selection along the Cook's
River-flat Road.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

Lands and Survey Department,
Nelson, 20th August, 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, 1887," either for cash, on deferred pay-
ments, or for perpetual lease, at the option of the selector,
on and after Wednesday, the 30th September, 1891. In
cases where more than one application is received for the
same section, priority of choice will be decided by priority of
application for unsurveyed land, and by lot on the following
day, at 11 a.m., at the Crown Lands Office, Nelson:—

SECOND-CLASS SURVEYED LAND.

Motueka Survey District.

• Moutere Hills.

Sections 20, 21, and 22, hilly bush land; 40, 42, and part
47, fern hills.

SECOND-CLASS UNSURVEYED LAND.

All that block of land in the Nelson Land District, situated
in the Waitapu Survey District, comprising about 4,100 acres,
being the unsurveyed portion of Block XI. Cash price, 6s.
per acre.

Very rough broken hills, thickly timbered; timber chiefly
birch, with a few rimu and pine. Access by tracks up Gibson's
and Kitty's Creeks respectively.

All that block of land, comprising about 15,000 acres,
being unsurveyed portions of Blocks VIII., IX., and X.,
Totaranui Survey District. Cash price, 6s. per acre.

Rough mountain-slopes, thickly timbered with birch and a
few rimu. Access by proposed tracks up the Awaroa and
Fall's Rivers respectively.

All that block of land, comprising about 24,500 acres,
being the unsurveyed portions of Blocks I. to IX. inclusive,
Kaikiteri Survey District. Cash price, 6s. per acre.

Rough mountain-slopes, thickly timbered; timber chiefly
birch, with a few rimu and rata. Access by proposed tracks
up the Riwaka, Otuwhero, and Marahau Rivers respectively.

All that block of land, comprising about 17,000 acres,
situated in the Wangapeka Survey District, being the un-
surveyed portions of Blocks X., XIII., and XIV. of the said
district. Cash price, 6s. per acre.

Steep mountain-sides (very cold in winter); mixed bush—
birch, rimu, and a few totara. Access by road up the Wanga-
peka and Dart Rivers.

J. BROWNING,
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.

SCHEDULE.

TOWN OF KOHUKOHU.

SUBURBS OF TUAKAU.

WAITEMATA COUNTY.—PARISH OF ARARIMU.

Forest land, poor soil, containing about 150,000ft. of kauri.
Subject to £25 for improvements.

WAITEMATA COUNTY.—PARISH OF PUKEATUA.

The section contains a little bush. Subject to £15 for im-
provements.

WAITEMATA COUNTY.—PARISH OF WAIPAREIRA.

Open land, near Taupaki Railway-station.

WAITEMATA COUNTY.—PARISH OF PUKEATUA.

About six acres mixed bush, the remainder being open
land.

WHAKATANE COUNTY.—PARISH OF MATATA.

Open land of inferior quality, situated at Te Teko. Sub-
ject to £30, valuation for improvements, consisting of fencing,
grassing, by Mr. William McGarvey.

LEASE OF SMALL GRAZING-RUN NO. 13, COUNTY OF OTA-
MATEA, HUKATERE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Block II.

• Rental per annum.

Poor, broken land, lying between the Wairoa and Arapaoa
Rivers; generally open, but small patches of bush in the
gullies. Terms of lease, twenty-one years. Conditions of
occupation may be seen at the Land Office, and at the Post-
offices at Matakohc and Pahi.

Terms of Sale: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid
on fall of hammer, 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.