MAR. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 525

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Lands by Auction, Hawke's Bay Land District.

District Land and Survey Office,
Napier, 21st March, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sections enumerated in the Schedule hereunder will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Napier, on Thursday, the 28th April, 1892, at 11 a.m.:-

SCHEDULE.
For Cash.

Section. Block. District. Area. Upset Price.
21 XIII. Opotiki 46 2 30 200 0 0
27 VI. Norsewood 41 3 31 150 0 0
7 VII. Woodville 0 2 38 5 0 0

Section 21, situated on the main road, one and a half miles from Frasertown; the portion between road and river agricultural land, balance hilly, and covered for the most part with manuka scrub. Section 27, situated about two and a half miles from Norsewood Township; level land, rather more than half cleared and in good grass; estimated value of the improvements on the section, £74. Section 7, situated on main road Woodville to Napier, and distant two miles from the former.

To be offered for sale by public auction, at the District Land Office, Gisborne, on Thursday, the 28th April, at 11 a.m.:-

For Cash.-SUBURBAN LAND.

Section. Block. Locality. Area. Upset Price.
7 X. Awanui Township, 1 2 29 12 0 0
Waiapu District

About eighty miles north of Gisborne.

Terms of Sale: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid at close of sale, and the balance, with £1 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.

Plans may be inspected at this office, and at the Land Office, Gisborne.

T. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Leases of Runs in Hawea Valley to be sold by Auction, Land District of Canterbury.

District Land and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 1st March, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Land Acts, that the pastoral leases of the under-mentioned runs will be offered for sale, by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 27th April, 1892, at 12 o'clock noon:-

Run 95, Hunter River Station, Vincent County, about 39,200 acres; term of lease, five years and ten months; upset rental, £20 per annum. This run is weighted with £85, being the value of improvements, consisting of buildings and fences, which sum must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

Runs 99A and 99B, Green Bush and Island Flat Stations, Vincent County, about 25,500 acres; term of lease, five years and ten months; upset rental, £15 per annum.

Six months' rent must be paid at the time of sale, and possession will be given on the 1st May, 1892. Subsequent payments of rents must be made half-yearly in advance, on the 1st March and the 1st September.

Plans and full particulars may be obtained at this office.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Runs withdrawn from Application, and offered for Lease, Land District of Canterbury.

District Land and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 1st March, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Land Acts, that the under-mentioned runs are withdrawn from application, and will be offered for lease, by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 27th April, 1892:-

Run 95, Hunter River Station, Vincent County, 50,000 acres.

Run 99A, Green Bush Station, Vincent County, 9,500 acres.

Run 99B, Island Flat Station, Vincent County, 16,000 acres.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Deferred-payment Land, Canterbury Land District.

District Land and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 12th March, 1892.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of "The Public Reserves Sale Act, 1878," and "The Land Act, 1885," and its amendments, that the under-mentioned lands will be offered for sale on deferred payments, by public auction, at this office, on Thursday, the 23rd June, 1892, at 11 o'clock a.m.

Purchasers will hold their lands subject to the conditions of residence and improvements prescribed by Part III. of "The Land Act, 1885."

SCHEDULE.
COUNTY OF SELWYN.-SURVEY DISTRICT OF SELWYN.- RESERVE 288, NORTH RAKAIA.

Lot. Block. Area. Upset Price per Acre. Total Upset Price.
1 IX. 40 3 2 5 0 0 203 16 3
2 IX., XIII. 40 2 39 5 0 0 203 14 4
3 40 2 26 4 16 11 197 1 0
4 XIII. 12 0 0 1 5 0 15 0 0
5 124 0 0 1 5 0 155 0 0
6 59 3 37 4 7 6 262 8 4
7 XIII., XIV. 59 2 28 5 0 0 298 7 6
8 XIV. 29 3 23 1 17 6 56 1 0
9 69 3 4 2 10 0 174 8 9
10 22 0 0 1 17 6 41 5 0
11 XIII., XIV. 117 0 23 1 17 6 219 12 11
12 80 0 0 3 15 0 300 0 0
13 XIV. 59 2 36 3 15 0 223 19 5

This reserve is situated on each side of and adjacent to the main south railway-line, immediately to the north-east of the River Rakaia. The distance from the Bankside Railway-station, in a south-westerly direction, is about three miles, and from the Rakaia Railway-station, across the river, about two miles. Lots 1, 2, and 7 comprise good soil; Lot 3 is good soil, though slightly stony; Lots 4, 5, and 11, very light and stony soil; Lots 6, 12, and 13, good light soil, stony in places; Lots 8, 9, and 10, on the south-east side of the railway, comprise light and stony soil.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

Any person not disqualified may apply and hold land on deferred payment, under Part III. of "The Land Act, 1885," to any extent not exceeding a total area of 640 acres, in one or more contiguous selections.

The term of license shall in each case be for a period of ten years.

Each purchaser at the auction will be required to pay the first half-year's instalment (one-twentieth of total purchase-money) and a license-fee of £1 1s., and to make a declaration in the form prescribed by section 113 of "The Land Act, 1885."

Each selector shall, within six months after the issue of the license, personally reside on the land, and shall continue so to reside for a period of six years from the issue of the license. He will also be required to effect cultivation as follows: Within one year from the date of the license, not less than one-twentieth of the land; within two years, not less than one-tenth; and within four years, not less than one-fifth. Each selector shall, within six years from the date of his license, in addition to the cultivation of one-fifth of the land, have put substantial improvements of a permanent nature on the land to the value of £1 for every acre of such land.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lease of Reserves, Canterbury Land District.

District Land and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 16th March, 1892.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," that written tenders will be received at this office up to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, the 26th April, 1892, for the leases of the under-mentioned reserves, on the terms stated. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheques or post-