Oct. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1149

his objection. All such objections will be heard and determined at a sitting of the Court, to be held at Waiomata-tini, on the 10th day of November, 1891.

JOHN BROOKING,
Registrar.

Application for Letters of Administration.

Native Land Court Office,
Gisborne, 15th August, 1891.

In the estate of HONE MAIHA, of Anaura, aboriginal native, deceased.

APPLICATION having been made by Rutene Porotiti that letters of administration be granted herein :

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 the Gazette containing this notice.

JOHN BROOKING,
Registrar.

Sitting of Court further adjourned.

IN THE NATIVE LAND COURT,
NEW ZEALAND.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Native Land Court which was advertised to sit at Tokaanu, Taupo, on the 16th day of October, 1891, has been adjourned to the 6th day of November, 1891.

Dated this 12th day of October, 1891.

H. G. SETH-SMITH,
Chief Judge.

Sitting of Court further adjourned.

IN THE NATIVE LAND COURT,
NEW ZEALAND.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sitting of the Native Land Court at Kihikihi which was adjourned to the 5th day of November, 1891, has been further adjourned to the 26th day of November, 1891.

Dated this 12th day of October, 1891.

H. G. SETH-SMITH,
Chief Judge.

Crown Lands Notices.

Pastoral Lease of Haldon Station to be sold at Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 18th September, 1891.

NOTICE is hereby given that the pastoral lease of the under-mentioned run will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Tuesday, the 27th October, 1891, at 12 o’clock noon:—

Run 69, Haldon Station, Waimate County, about 19,238 acres. Term of lease, nineteen years and four months; fixed tenure, from the 1st November, 1891; upset rental, £350 per annum.

The lease, all costs whereof shall be borne by the purchaser, will be from the Canterbury College. The lease shall be subject to the right of the Canterbury College or the Crown to dispose of the freehold of the whole of the run or any part thereof by way of sale. Provision is made in the memorandum of lease to meet this contingency. Six months’ rent must be paid on the fall of the hammer, four months’ rent on the 1st May, 1892, and thereafter half-yearly on the 1st March and the 1st September in each year. Possession will be given on the 1st November, 1891. Plans and full particulars as to terms of lease may be obtained at this office, the Timaru Land Office, or from the Registrar of Canterbury College.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

Department of Lands and Survey,
Auckland, 24th 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 on perpetual lease, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 18th November, 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, Auckland:—

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Rodney County.—Parish of Kourawhero.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.

95 | .. | 9 0 6 | 1 10 0 | 1 17 6 | 0 1 6

96 | .. | 9 1 20 | | |

Tea-tree, raupo, and kahikatea swamp lands; close to main road.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Bay of Islands County.—Kerikeri Survey District.

6 | VIII. | 20 3 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 9 4½ | 0 0 4½

7 | " | 25 0 0 | | |

Poor broken land covered with short tea-tree; small patches near shore are suitable for cultivation.

Bay of Islands County.—Motatau Survey District.

3 | VIII. | 50 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6

Open gum land with a little bush; near main road.

Hobson County.—Parish of Tatarariki.

110 | .. | 103 0 35 | | |

111 | .. | 82 2 35 | | |

112 | .. | 105 2 31 | 0 5 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 0 3

113 | .. | 100 1 0 | | |

114 | .. | 77 0 14 | | |

115 | .. | 103 3 28 | | |

Open and swamp lands of poor quality, sandy soil; access by road and river.

Rodney County.—Parish of Tauhoa.

170A | .. | 40 2 0 | 0 5 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 0 3

Poor open land, well watered.

Whangarei County.—Parish of Ruatangata.

21 | .. | 46 2 15 | | |

22 | .. | 54 1 15 | 0 5 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 0 3

S. 58 | .. | 54 1 28 | | |

M. 66 | .. | 40 2 34 | | |

All open lands of inferior quality.

Whangarei County.—Parish of Owhiwa.

159, | .. | 122 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6

S.E. 160 | | | | |

All broken forest land of fair quality, well watered, and situated about three miles from Parua Bay.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands open for Sale or Selection, Hawke’s Bay Land District.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Napier, 10th 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 on perpetual lease, at the option of the selector, on and after Thursday, the 29th October, 1891. In cases where more than one application is received for the same section, priority of choice will be decided by priority of application:—

COOK AND WAIROA COUNTIES.—NUHAKA NORTH SURVEY DISTRICT.

VII., XI., XII., XV., and XVI. | A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
| 4,526 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½

Bounded towards the north by the Okahu Block; towards the east by the Paritu Block; towards the south by Crown land proclaimed open for selection on the 18th June, 1890; and towards the west by the Maraetaha Road.

The block, by the Nuhaka Road, which is in course of being felled and partially formed, is ten miles distant from the Nuhaka Pa, situated on the main road from Wairoa to Mahia. It is thirty miles distant from Gisborne, and about thirteen miles from the shipping-place at Mahia. It is, generally speaking, undulating hilly country, covered with mixed timber, consisting of rimu, rata, &c. The soil is light, but fairly good.

T. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,