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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 95

Terms of Sale: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on fall of hammer, and the balance (with Crown-grant fee, usually £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.

Plans of the sections may be seen at the local post-offices and on application at this office.

Also, at the same time and place, in terms of Part VII. of “The Land Act, 1885,” lease of small Grazing-run No. 10A, Parish of Matata, Whakatane County; area, 6,000 acres. Upset annual rent, £75. Open land with a little puriri in the gullies; situated on the sea-coast between Otamarakau and Whakarewa Rivers, near Matata.

Possession will be given on day of sale.

The purchaser will be required to hand to the auctioneer the declaration required by section 200 of “The Land Act, 1885,” and to pay the first half-year’s rent from the 1st March next, and lease- and registration-fees (£1 11s.) on fall of the hammer.

Conditions of occupation may be seen at the Post-office, Matata, the Land Office, Tauranga, and at this office.

Land for Sale by Auction, Auckland Land District.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 28th October, 1891.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned rural sections will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Land Office, Tauranga, on Wednesday, the 6th January next, at 11 o’clock a.m.:

TAURANGA COUNTY.

Sections 11 and 91A, Parish of Te Papa, containing together 13 acres 2 roods. Upset price, £54.

All open land, close to Wairoa Bridge, and bounded by main coach-road.

Terms of Sale: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid at close of sale, and the balance, with £1 Crown-grant fee, 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.

Plans may be inspected at this office, and at the Land Office, Tauranga.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Land in Canterbury.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned forfeited village-homestead special-settlement sections will be re-opened for application, at this office, on Wednesday, the 6th January, 1892. The leases will be granted for a term of thirty years, renewable, subject to the conditions of residence and occupation prescribed by the Village-homestead Regulations. Each selector must reside on his section within six months of the date of selection, and will also be required to cultivate and make substantial improvements on the land. An advance of £10 will be made by Government after the erection of a dwellinghouse of at least that value. Any person who has an interest in any land of more than an acre in extent in the colony is not eligible to select. No person can hold more than one section. Married men will have preference as selectors. A fee of 10s. for the registration of the lease is payable at the time of application:

ASHLEY COUNTY.—OXFORD SURVEY DISTRICT.—VIEW HILL VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

*Subject to valuation for improvements to the extent of £6.

These sections comprise level stony land of fair quality, contiguous to the water-race, in the View Hill Village Settlement, and are situated about eight miles from Oxford and four and a half miles from Sheffield.

Full particulars as to conditions, and plans and forms of application, may be obtained at this office, 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.

Pastoral Leases in the Wellington Land District to be offered at Auction.

District Land and Survey Office,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1891.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned runs will be offered at auction, on Thursday, the 7th January, 1892, at this office, at 2.30 p.m., on pastoral lease, for a term of ten years, at the upset annual rental stated opposite each run.

SCHEDULE.

These runs are islands in the Waingawa River, situated in Block XV., Mikimiki Survey District, and Block III., Tiffin Survey District. Run No. 26, containing 27 acres, is flat land and good soil; about half the area is bush, the balance being open and in grass. Run No. 27, of 120 acres, is also level, about two-thirds is covered with light bush and scrub, and the remainder being shingle; about 40 acres of the land is good soil, the rest being shingle or stony formation. Portions of both runs are subject to floods when the river is high. The leases of the above runs will be sold subject to the provisions contained in “The Land Act, 1885,” relating to the sale of runs. Full particulars can be obtained at this office.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Public Reserves for Lease.

Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1891.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” that the leases of the under-mentioned sections will be offered at public auction, at the County Council Offices, Pahiatua, on Friday, the 5th February, 1892, at 2 p.m.

Plan and form of lease can be seen and particulars obtained at this office.

The term of the leases will be seven years.

No allowance whatsoever shall be payable on account of improvements effected by the lessees.

A deposit of a half-year’s rent and £1 11s. lease-fee must be deposited on the fall of the hammer.

SCHEDULE.

Section 24, Block VII., Mangahao District; area, 9 acres 2 roods; upset rental per acre per annum, 1s.

The above section is situated in the Woodville-Mangatainoka Block, at the confluence of the Mangatainoka and Makakahi Rivers, adjoining the Township of Scarborough, which is distant from Pahiatua about two miles by a formed road.

Section 26, Block IV., Mangahao District; area, 7 acres 3 roods 33 perches; upset rental per acre per annum, 1s.

This section is situated in the Mangatainoka Village Settlement, about five miles south of Woodville, fronting on the main road from Masterton; also having a frontage to the Mangatainoka River. This section comprises flat land of fairly good quality, and is covered with mixed bush.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.