Dec. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1411

Crown Lands Notices.

Lease of Land in City of Auckland.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Auckland, 10th December, 1891.

IT is hereby notified that the section enumerated here-
under will be offered for lease for fourteen years, by
public auction, at this office, at noon on Wednesday, the
20th January, 1892:—

CITY OF AUCKLAND.

Lot 24 of Section 8, containing 18 perches. Upset price,
£10 per annum.
The section has frontages of 143 links to Beach Road, and
82 links to Short Street.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands, Land District of Canterbury, to be leased
on the Perpetual-leasing System, under Section 161 of
“The Land Act, 1885.”

Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 10th November, 1891.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned section will
be opened for application on Wednesday, the 13th
January, 1892, under section 161 of “The Land Act, 1885,”
for perpetual lease, for a term of thirty years, renewable,
subject to the conditions of residence and improvements
prescribed by the Land Acts. Every application must be
accompanied by a statutory declaration (in form below)
and by £2 10s., the amount of the first six months' rent,
and a fee of £1 10s. Should there be more than one applica-
tion on the same day, the right to occupy shall be de-
termined by lot:—

ASHBURTON COUNTY.—ASHBURTON SURVEY DISTRICT.

Reserve 264, Lot 12, Block VII., 50 acres; price per acre,
£2; capital value, £100; rent per acre, 2s.; half-yearly
rental, £2 10s.
This section is situated on the south-eastern side of the
Main South Railway, about two miles north-east of the
Dromore Railway-station, and comprises light arable land.
A sum of £100 shall be paid at the time of application for
the improvements on the land, consisting of dwelling-house,
fencing, crops, water-race, &c.

DECLARATION ON TAKING A LEASE, OR BECOMING A TRANS-
FEREE OR SUB-LESSEE OF A LEASE UNDER SECTION 161.
I, , of , in the Land District, and
Colony of New Zealand, , do solemnly and sincerely
declare—

1. That I am of the age of seventeen years and upwards.
2. That I am the person who, subject to the provisions of
   “The Land Act, 1885,” am tendering for the purchase [or
   is desirous of becoming the transferee or sub-lessee] of a
   lease of Section , Block , District.
3. That I am purchasing such lease solely for my own use
   and benefit, and for the purpose of cultivation, and not
   directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other
   person whomsoever.
4. That, including the said lands, I am not the owner,
   tenant, or occupier, directly or indirectly, either by myself
   or jointly with any other person or persons, of any lands
   anywhere in the colony exceeding in the whole fifty acres.
5. That I have not within seven years from the date
   hereof surrendered a lease with perpetual right of renewal of
   the lands for a lease whereof I am now tendering.
   And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
   lieving the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the
   General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices
   of the Peace Act, 1882.”
   Declared at , this day of 189 ,
   before me, , a Justice of the Peace.

Full particulars as to conditions, and plans and forms of
application, may be obtained at the Land Office, Christ-
church, where applications will be received, on and after the
date specified, between the hours of 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and
2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., except on Saturdays, when the office
closes at 1 p.m.

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

Town and Rural Lands for Sale, Auckland District.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Auckland, 28th October, 1891.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned town
and rural lands will be offered for sale by public
auction, at this office, on Friday, the 8th January next,
at 11 o'clock a.m.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

TOWN OF RUSSELL.
Section I.

Lot 6 | 0 0 36 | 6 15 0
Lot 7 | 0 0 31 | 5 16 3
Lot 8 | 0 1 2 | 7 17 6
Lot 9 | 0 0 32 | 6 0 0

HOKIANGA COUNTY.
Parish of Pupuke.

N. 136 | 46 2 0 | 23 5 0
137 | 118 3 0 | 119 0 0
138 | 78 2 30 | 79 0 0
S. 139 | 29 2 17 | 22 6 3

Very poor and broken forest land, containing kauri timber
as follows, which is the only value for the lots: Section 136,
about 30,000ft.; Section 137, about 700,000ft.; Section 138,
about 300,000ft.; and Section 139, about 150,000ft. The
timber can be driven down the Mangakino Stream.

N.E. 16 | 23 1 0 | 60 0 0
N.E. 40 | 25 0 0 | 15 0 0
S.W. 42 | 66 3 0 | 40 0 0

Section 16, poor broken land, covered with fern and dry
timber; the section contains about 180,000ft. of kauri.
Sections 40 and 42, broken bush land, Section 40 containing
about 30,000ft. of kauri, and Section 42 about 100,000ft.

Parish of Hunua.

231 | 37 0 0 | 55 10 0

Comprises 8½ acres of bush, which contains 35,000ft. of
kauri; the remainder is open land covered with fern and
scrub.

Parish of Tuakau.

77A | 4 1 8 | 6 7 6

Mixed forest and open land, very broken, situated about
one and a half miles from Tuakau Railway-station.

WAIKATO COUNTY.
Parish of Taupiri.

471 | 48 0 0 | 48 0 0

Open land of good quality, containing a few small clumps
of bush, situated about three miles from Taupiri, and adjoin-
ing the Mangawara Stream.

Parish of Whangamarino.

115A | 5 0 32 | 2 12 6

Open land, intersected by the Waerenga Stream.

WHANGAREI COUNTY.
Mangakahia Survey District.

Block XII.

3 | 166 1 10 | 208 0 0
4 | 267 3 0 | 402 0 0
5 | 71 3 0 | 108 0 0
6 | 147 3 20 | 185 0 0

All open and forest lands. Section 3 contains about 30
green and 80 dry kauri trees; Section 4 contains 260 green
and 60 dry trees; Section 5, about 110 green and 25 dry trees;
Section 6, about 30 green and 45 dry trees.

WHANGAROA COUNTY.
Parish of Kaeo.

N.E. 34 | 6 2 0 | 3 5 0
74A | 4 2 29 | 2 10 0
75 | 25 2 13 | 13 0 0

N.E. 34, broken forest land containing about £5 worth of
kauri; 74A, broken forest land with northerly aspect; 75,
broken indifferent land, mostly cleared and in grass, subject
to £50 for improvements.