Mar. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 467

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Crown Lands Notices.

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.

Section. Area. Upset Price.

COROMANDEL COUNTY.-HARATAUNGA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Block V.
A. R. P. £ s. d.
1A 2 3 19 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 improvements.

HOBSON COUNTY.-PARISH OF TATARAKI.
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 absolutely 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.

Section. Block. Area. Cash Price Deferred-payment Perpetual-lease Rent
per Acre. Price per Acre. per Acre.

Acres. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1 VI. 2,000 0 7 6 0 9 4½ 0 0 4½
2 " 2,000 0 10 0 0 12 6 0 0 6
1 VIII. 2,000 0 10 0 0 12 6 0 0 6
2 " 2,000 0 10 0 0 12 6 0 0 6
1 IX. 2,000 0 10 0 0 12 6 0 0 6
2 " 2,000 0 10 0 0 12 6 0 0 6

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 Government 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 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.

MOKIHINUI VILLAGE-HOMESTEAD SPECIAL SETTLEMENT.

Section. Block. Area. Rent per Acre per Annum. Total Rent per Annum.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
33 XV. 4 1 16 0 3 0 0 13 6
34 " 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 15 0
35 " 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 15 0
36 " 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 15 0
37 " 5 0 3 0 3 0 0 15 0
38 " 5 0 9 0 3 0 0 15 0
39 " 6 0 15 0 3 0 0 18 0
41 " 5 0 5 0 3 0 0 15 0
42 " 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 15 0
43 " 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 15 0
44 " 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 15 0
45 " 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 15 0
46 " 5 0 15 0 3 0 0 15 0
47 " 5 0 21 0 3 0 0 15 0
48 " 6 0 30 0 3 0 0 18 6
49 " 5 3 25 0 3 0 0 18 0
50 " 6 3 7 0 3 0 1 1 0
51 " 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 15 0
52 " 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 15 0
53 " 5 0 29 0 3 0 0 15 6
54 " 5 0 22 0 3 0 0 15 6
55 " 6 1 20 0 3 0 0 19 6
56 " 5 1 37 0 3 0 0 16 6
57 " 3 3 6 0 3 0 0 12 0
58 " 5 0 32 0 3 0 0 15 6
59 " 6 0 30 0 3 0 0 18 6
60 " 6 3 29 0 3 0 1 1 0
61 " 4 3 26 0 3 0 0 15 0
62 " 4 0 13 0 3 0 0 12 0
63 " 3 3 38 0 3 0 0 12 0