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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12

Public Reserve for Lease.

Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 20th January, 1892.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of "The Public Reserves
Act, 1881," that the lease of the under-mentioned sec-
tion will be offered at public auction, at Hunterville, on
Saturday, the 12th March, 1892, at 10 a.m.

Plan and form of lease can be seen and particulars ob-
tained at this office.

The term of the lease will be seven years.

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

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

SCHEDULE.

SECTION 207, Township of Hunterville; area, 1 acre; upset
rent per annum, 10s.; term of lease, seven years.

This section is situated on the Ongo Road, in the Township
of Hunterville, which is about sixteen miles from Marton, on
the Murimotu Road, and the projected North Island Main
Trunk Railway, and the trains now run past the township.
Part of the section is in grass and the rest covered with
manuka scrub, and it is partly flooded after heavy rain. A
temporary fence has been put up round the section, except
on the front, where a stab fence is erected; and there is a
drain through the section for about two and a half chains.
The quality of the land in Hunterville is generally very good.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land for Settlement, Land District of Wellington.

Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1891.

THE following land is being opened for ordinary selection
under "The Land Act, 1887," and will be opened
early in March :—

5 miles from Eketahuna, Mount Baker Block .. 5,500
21 miles from Pahiatua, North Puketoi Block .. 10,000
6½ miles from Birmingham, Oroua-Coal Creek Block 6,000
14 miles from Pipiriki, Waimarino Block .. 14,000

Total .. .. .. 35,500

To be followed by 40,000 acres now under survey between
the Puketois and the East Coast.

The following village-settlement lands will be offered for
sale in March :—

| Locality. | No. of | Size: Acres. | Price per Acre. |
| Village Settlement. | Allotmts. | | |
| On West Coast— | | | |
| Pukiore.. | 8 | 2 to 5 | .. |
| Welford.. | 5 | 5 to 9 | .. |
| West Waitapu | 7 | 1 to 3 | .. |

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Auction of Lands at Blenheim.

Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 14th January, 1892.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands will
be offered for disposal by public auction at the Lands
and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Tuesday, 23rd February,
1892, at noon :—

FOR SALE FOR CASH.

Linkwater Survey District.

Section 2, Block XVI.: Area, 47 acres 3 roods 14 perches.
Upset price, £24.

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

PASTORAL LICENSES (under Part VI. of "The Land Act,
1885").

Gore Survey District, East Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound,
Run No. 3: Estimated area, 100 acres; term, 5 years.
Upset annual rent, £3.

Wakamarina Survey District, Kaituna Valley, adjoining
Run 53: Estimated area, 900 acres; term, 10 years. Upset
annual rent, £3 15s.

Wakamarina Survey District, Kaituna Valley, adjoining
Sections 19, 21, and 105: Estimated area, 210 acres; term,
10 years. Upset annual rent, 17s. 6d. Half a year's rent
and £1 1s. license-fee must be paid at the auction in each
case.

LEASE (under Section 23 of "The Public Reserves Act,
1881").

Town of Picton: Sections 620, 621, 622, 623, and 624 ;
area, 2 acres and 12 perches; term, 5 years. Upset annual
rent, £2 10s. Half a year's rent and £3 for the lease must
be paid on the fall of the hammer.

HENRY G. CLARK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Otago Runs classified.

Lands and Survey Department,
Wellington, 1st February, 1892.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Com-
missioners appointed in pursuance of section 9 of "The
Land Acts Amendment Act, 1888," have reported to His
Excellency the Governor that the lands described in the
Schedule hereto have been classified by them as therein
noted.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

SCHEDULE.

CLASS I.—Pastoral Lands, being Lands suitable exclusively
for Pasturage, and not capable of being used with Profit
in Areas of less than Five Thousand Acres.