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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20

grant fee, £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 may be inspected at the local post-offices and at
the land offices.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands for Sale by Auction, Auckland District.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 11th February, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned rural
lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at
this office, on Thursday, the 24th March, 1892, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

COROMANDEL COUNTY.—HARATAUNGA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Block V.

| 1A | A. R. P. 2 3 19 | £ s. d. 1 10 0 |
Open swamp land adjoining Cabbage Bay.

WAIKATO COUNTY.—PARISH OF TAUPIRI.

| 75 | 14 2 0 | 14 10 0 |
Open land, partially cultivated near Taupiri, and adjoining
the Komakorau River. Subject to £60, valuation for improve-
ments.

HOBSON COUNTY.—PARISH OF TATARARIKI.

| 97A | 320 0 0 | 160 0 0 |
About two-thirds swamp, remainder open land.

RAGLAN COUNTY.—AWAROA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Block VIII.

| 35A | 43 2 0 | 32 12 6 |
Open land, covered with fern and mixed bush. Subject to
£30, valuation for improvements effected.

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 abso-
lutely forfeited.
Plans may be seen at local post-offices.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands open for Sale or Selection.

District Land and Survey Office,
Auckland, 21st January, 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, when the
first applicant on any tenure will be entitled to the area
applied for:—

SECOND-CLASS UNSURVEYED LAND.
Kawhia County.—Awakino North Survey District.

Broken country, situated on the Awakino River, covered
with forest, soil fair, some of it papa.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lease of Reserve in Canterbury.

Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 27th February, 1892.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Public Reserves
Act, 1881,” that written tenders will be received at this
office up to noon on Thursday, the 14th April, 1892, for the
lease of the under-mentioned reserve. Tenders must be
accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for five
and a half months’ rent to the 1st October, 1892, at the rate
offered:—
Reserve No. 2954, situated on the south bank of the
Tengawai River, adjoining the Mackenzie County Road,
about one and a half miles south-west of Sutherland’s
Railway-station and three miles north-east of Cave; area,
40 acres; upset annual rental, £3. Term of lease, seven
years, subject to the right of the Crown to terminate the
lease by a year’s notice if the land is required by Govern-
ment for any purpose.
The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. The
lessee will have the right of occupying and using the land
for grazing purposes, but will be prohibited from cropping
the same.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
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 par-
ticulars 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 contra-
vention 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 con-
ditions, 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.

MOKIHINUI VILLAGE-HOMESTEAD SPECIAL SETTLEMENT.