1732 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 101

SCHEDULE.
VILLAGE OF OHAKUNE.

This township is situated on the main road between Karioi and Pipiriki, and is distant about twenty-four miles from the latter place. The sections being offered are near the confluence of the Mangateterahi Stream with the Mangawhero River. The land is level and partly open. The forest on the bush portion being rimu and birch.

Plans may be seen at the principal post-offices in the district, and at this office, where full particulars can also be obtained.

One-fifth of the purchase-money must be deposited on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with £1 Crown-grant fee, within thirty days, or the deposit will be forfeited.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale by Public Auction of a Pastoral Lease in the Taharua South Block.

District Land and Survey Office,
Wellington, 7th December, 1892.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of "The Land Act, 1892," that the under-mentioned run will be offered at auction, at this office, on Friday, the 3rd February, 1893, at 3 p.m., on pastoral lease for a term of twenty-one years, at the upset rental stated in the Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

TAHARUA South Block, Run No. 28, Taupo East County, 14,000 acres, of which it is estimated about 10,000 acres are open grazing country, and about 4,000 acres bush land. Annual upset rental, £50. Term, twenty-one years.

Six months' rent must be paid at the time of sale, and possession will be given on the 1st March, 1893. Conditions as to future payment of rent, date of lease, &c., may be obtained at this office, and will also be announced at the time of sale.

The purchase or removal of any existing fences on the Crown lands offered for license, whether at the date of sale or before the determination of the present license, will be matter of arrangement between the present licensee and the purchaser during the currency of the present license. No liability is accepted by or on behalf of the Crown in respect of any such fencing.

Where fences form the boundary between Crown lands offered for license and freehold land, the purchaser of such license will be liable to the provisions of any law now or hereafter in force relating to boundary-fences.

The lease of this run will be sold subject to the provisions contained in Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892," relating to the sale of pastoral runs.

Plans and form of lease, &c., can be seen at this office, and at the District Land and Survey Office, Napier.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Grazing Leases of Burnt Portion of Puhupuhi Forest for Sale by Auction.

District Land and Survey Office,
Auckland, 24th November, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lots, being part of the land known as Puhupuhi Forest, on which the timber has been burnt, will be offered for lease for grazing purposes, in terms of section 232 of "The Land Act, 1892," for the term of seven years, by public auction, at the County Council's Office, Whangarei, on Wednesday, the 4th January, 1893, at 11 a.m. :—

Lot. Area. Upset Price.
1 .. 576 acres .. £8 per annum.
2 .. 871 acres .. £10 per annum.
3 .. 709 acres .. £10 per annum.
4 .. 319 acres .. £5 per annum.

Rentals to be paid half-yearly in advance.

Lessees will have the right to use the land for grazing purposes only.

Lessees will have no right to fell or remove from the land any live or dead trees or timber, whether standing or lying on the ground.

Free rights of ingress, egress, and regress for any of the purposes of "The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885," shall be given to all persons duly authorised in that behalf.

Lessee may remove all fencing and buildings erected by them prior to the expiration of the term of the lease, but will have no right to valuation or compensation for improvements, or right of renewal of the lease.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office, or the County Council's Office, Whangarei.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Town and Rural Lands, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Land and Survey Office,
Auckland, 25th November, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned town and rural lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Land Office, Auckland, on Friday, the 27th January, 1893, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

Section. Area. Upset Price.

TOWN OF OPUA.—BLOCK XVIII.

Lot 12 A. R. P. £ s. d.
0 1 0 5 0 0
" 13 0 1 0 5 0 0

RODNEY COUNTY.—PARISH OF ORUAWHARO.

N. 172 108 0 0 175 10 0

Undulating to broken forest land of inferior quality, containing 207 green and 39 dead kauri-trees; situated five miles from Hakaru Post-office.

191A 64 2 0 115 17 6

About 8 acres fern land and burnt bush, remainder kauri and totara forest, containing 59 green kauri-trees and 108 totara-trees; situated four miles from Hakaru Post-office.

PARISH OF PUHOI.

50 185 3 0 126 0 0
N.W. 49 30 2 0 18 12 6
S. 49 81 0 0 35 7 6

Broken forest land, situated about seven miles from Puhoi. Section 50 contains about 150,000ft. kauri; Section 49, about 22,000ft. kauri.

WAITEMATA COUNTY.—PARISH OF MAKARAU.

185 318 0 0 149 5 0

Undulating forest land of fair quality, situated near proposed Kohekohe Railway-station, Makarau—Helensville line.

WHANGAREI COUNTY.—WHANGAREI SURVEY DISTRICT.—BLOCK VII.

7 281 0 0 122 2 6
8 463 3 0 292 0 0
9 626 0 0 347 10 0
10 547 0 0 227 2 6

Forest and open lands of fair quality. Section 7 contains 58 green and 13 dry kauri-trees; Section 8, 97 green and 23 dry kauri-trees; Section 9, 52 green and 17 dry kauri-trees; and Section 10, about 39 green and 5 dry kauri-trees. The sections are from eight to ten miles from Whangarei, and close to Horahora River.

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

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.