Feb. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 365

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

District Land and Survey Office, Blenheim, 4th February, 1892.

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 for perpetual lease, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 23rd March, 1892. 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, Blenheim :—

FIRST-CLASS SURVEYED LAND.

| Marlboro’ | Wakamarina .. | 65 | I. | 53 3 0 | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| “ | “ .. | 66 | “ | 47 1 0 | 1 0 0 | 47 5 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 19 1 | 0 1 0 | 1 3 8 |
| “ | “ .. | 67 | “ | 47 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 47 10 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 19 5 | 0 1 0 | 1 3 9 |
| “ | “ .. | 68 | “ | 67 0 37 | 1 0 0 | 67 4 7 | 1 5 0 | 4 4 1 | 0 1 0 | 1 13 8 |
| “ | “ .. | 69 | “ | 80 2 37 | 1 0 0 | 80 14 7 | 1 5 0 | 5 0 11 | 0 1 0 | 2 0 5 |
| “ | “ .. | 70 | “ | 73 0 37 | 1 0 0 | 73 4 7 | 1 5 0 | 4 11 7 | 0 1 0 | 1 16 8 |
| “ | “ .. | 71 | “ | 66 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 66 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 4 2 6 | 0 1 0 | 1 13 0 |
| “ | “ .. | 72 | “ | 66 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 66 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 4 2 6 | 0 1 0 | 1 13 0 |
| “ | “ .. | 73 | “ | 52 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 52 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 3 5 0 | 0 1 0 | 1 6 0 |
| “ | “ .. | 10 | V. | 42 3 24 | 1 0 0 | 42 18 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 13 8 | 0 1 0 | 1 1 6 |
| “ | “ .. | 11 | “ | 37 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 37 10 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 6 11 | 0 1 0 | 0 18 9 |
| “ | “ .. | 12 | “ | 35 2 32 | 1 0 0 | 35 14 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 4 8 | 0 1 0 | 0 17 10 |
| “ | “ .. | 13 | “ | 35 1 8 | 1 0 0 | 35 6 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 4 2 | 0 1 0 | 0 17 8 |
| “ | “ .. | 14 | “ | 43 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 43 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 13 9 | 0 1 0 | 1 1 6 |
| “ | “ .. | 35 | “ | 56 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 56 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 3 10 0 | 0 1 0 | 1 8 0 |
| “ | “ .. | 36 | “ | 52 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 52 10 0 | 1 5 0 | 3 5 8 | 0 1 0 | 1 6 3 |
| “ | “ .. | 37 | “ | 49 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 49 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 3 1 3 | 0 1 0 | 1 4 6 |
| “ | “ .. | 38 | “ | 45 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 45 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 16 3 | 0 1 0 | 1 2 6 |
| “ | “ .. | 39 | “ | 36 3 0 | 1 0 0 | 36 15 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 5 11 | 0 1 0 | 0 18 5 |
| “ | “ .. | 40 | “ | 29 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 29 10 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 16 11 | 0 1 0 | 0 14 9 |
| “ | “ .. | 63 | “ | 52 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 52 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 3 5 0 | 0 1 0 | 1 6 0 |
| “ | “ .. | 64 | “ | 53 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 53 10 0 | 1 5 0 | 3 6 11 | 0 1 0 | 1 6 9 |
| “ | “ .. | 2 | IX. | 54 3 0 | 1 0 0 | 54 15 0 | 1 5 0 | 3 8 5 | 0 1 0 | 1 7 5 |
| “ | “ .. | 4 | “ | 60 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 60 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 3 15 0 | 0 1 0 | 1 10 0 |
| “ | “ .. | 7 | “ | 45 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 45 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 16 3 | 0 1 0 | 1 2 6 |
| “ | “ .. | 69 | “ | 64 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 64 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 4 0 0 | 0 1 0 | 1 12 0 |
| “ | “ .. | 70 | “ | 59 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 59 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 3 13 9 | 0 1 0 | 1 9 6 |

Partly hill and partly terrace and flat, and covered with timber, principally birch, rimu, matai, and white-pine in places; soil good, clay soil on hills and terraces, and loamy on the lower flats skirting the streams. These sections front on the Rai River, within half a mile of the coach-road from Blenheim to Nelson.

HENRY G. CLARK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Land and Survey Office, Wellington, 4th February, 1892.

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 for perpetual lease, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 23rd March, 1892. In cases where more than one application is received for the same section on the same day, priority of choice will be decided by lot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the Crown Lands Office, Wellington :—

FIRST-CLASS SURVEYED LAND.

| Oroua .. | Gorge .. | 2 | II. | 585 0 0 | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| “ .. | “ .. | 3 | II. | 215 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 215 10 0 | 1 5 0 | 13 9 4 | 0 1 0 | 5 7 9 |

These sections are situated on the slopes of the Ruahine Ranges, at the back of the Awahou-Pohangina Special-settlement Block and the Manchester Block, close to the Township of Ashurst, and comprise broken hilly land, of fair quality, covered with mixed forest.

| Oroua .. | Pohangina | 8 | XI. | 411 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 411 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 25 13 9 | 0 1 0 | 10 5 6 |

This section is situated at the back of the Awahou-Pohangina Special-settlement Block, about twelve miles north of Ashurst, and comprises hilly country, of fairly good soil, covered with mixed forest.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands for Application as Village Homesteads.

District Land and Survey Office,
Nelson, 10th February, 1892.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land will be open for application, under the village-homestead system, on Thursday, the 24th March, 1892. Applications must be made on the proper forms, and must be made in person or sent through the post to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Nelson. Application-forms and full particulars can be obtained at this office, and from the local Land Officer, Westport.

This land is being opened for the purpose of providing homestead sites for intending settlers. Holders of other lands exceeding one acre in extent are not eligible as selectors. Any person putting in an application in contravention of the conditions under which the land is opened is liable to be prosecuted for making a false declaration, and any section obtained thereby is, in accordance with the conditions, forfeited. Alleged ignorance of the conditions will not, after this notice, be accepted as an excuse for persons putting in applications who hold other lands.