office orders for the amount of rent for the period described, at the rate offered :—

Term of lease : Fourteen years.

This reserve is situated on the north side of the Ashley River, extending easterly about two and a half miles from the junction of the Garry and Ashley Rivers, and consists mainly of sandy loam formation, partly covered with gorse and tussock, and is subject to floods. The lease will be subject to the right of the Crown to terminate it by a year's notice if the land is required by Government for any purpose. Tenders to be accompanied by a deposit of six months' rent.

PARTS OF BLOCKS I. TO IV, LAKE ELLESMERE RESERVE.

Term of lease : Four months from the 1st May, 1892.

Tenders to be accompanied by a deposit of the rent for the full term. The sections are those not disposed of at the auction sales in 1889 and 1890 of part of the Lake Ellesmere Reserve. Lot 4, Block I., is situated on the south-west side of the Halswell River, above the Ahuriri Lagoon, and comprises some swampy land. The lots in Block II. are the unsold sections in the village reserve on the south-west side of the railway-line, where it enters the lake-flat. The remaining sections in Blocks III. and IV. are on the low-lying flats on the north-east side of Lake Ellesmere, and comprise light sandy soil, more or less covered with rye-grass and lake-weed in places.

The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. The lessees will have the right of occupying and using the lands for grazing purposes, but will be prohibited from cropping the same.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
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.

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

District Land and Survey Office,
Auckland, 15th 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 on perpetual lease, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 6th April, 1892, when the first applicant on any tenure will be entitled to the area applied for :—

SECOND-CLASS UNSURVEYED LAND.
Rodney County.—Parish of Hoteo.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, situate in the Parish of Hoteo, and containing approximately 600 acres. Bounded generally towards the north-east, south-east, and south-west by a public road; again towards the south-east by Section No. 84 of the Parish of Hoteo; again towards the south-west by a right line from the westernmost angle of that section to the southernmost angle of Section No. 87 of the same parish; and towards the north-west by said Section No. 87 to the point of commencement.

Description : Two-thirds open land, remainder mixed green and burnt bush, situated between Dome Valley and Hoteo River; land of inferior quality. Cash price, 7s. 6d. per acre.

Manukau County.—Parish of Kahawai.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, situate in the Parish of Kahawai, and containing approximately 425 acres. Bounded towards the north and east generally by the Taihiki River; towards the south by Section No. 1 of the Parish of Kahawai; and towards the west generally by the Waiuku River to the point of commencement.

Description : All open land of poor quality, situated at the confluence of the Waiuku and Taihiki Estuaries. Cash price, 7s. 6d. per acre.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lease of Pastoral Runs, Southland Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 19th February, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease, for a term of ten years, by public auction, at the Land Office, Invercargill, on Thursday, the 31st March, 1892, at noon :—

Run 143, Birchwood Station, Wallace County; about 6,550 acres. Upset annual rental, £54 11s. 8d.

Hilly country, poor land, at an elevation of about 1,800ft. Water is to be had on lower portions during the greater part of the year. Situated five miles west of Wairio Railway-station, with access either from Nightcaps Railway-station, ten miles distant by the Mount Linton Road, or by a cross road from the main road leading through Merivale.

Run (part) 143A, part of Mount Linton Station, Wallace County; about 3,400 acres. Upset annual rental, £28 6s. 8d.

High, ridgy country, with clay-shale formation between Nugget Hill and Wairaki River, patches of good tussock-land here and there, well watered. Accessible by road ten miles from Nightcaps Railway-station.

Run (part) 143B, part of Mount Linton Station, Wallace County; about 3,700 acres. Upset annual rental, £30 16s. 8d.

Broken land, with fairly good tussock-grass and some bush for shelter. Accessible by road eleven miles from Nightcaps Railway-station.

Run (part) 156A1, part of Mount Linton Station, Wallace County; about 5,130 acres. Upset annual rental, £42 15s.

Situated on the bank of the Wairaki River, and is moderately good tussock-grass country, well watered, with some bush here and there. Accessible by road twelve miles from Nightcaps Railway-station.

Run 173B, part of Blackmount Station, Wallace County; about 6,800 acres. Upset annual rental, £56 13s. 4d.

This run has a long frontage to the Waiau River, on the banks of which latter is some flat land. There are existing improvements consisting of three miles and a half of fencing, including a dividing-fence one and a half miles long. Accessible by road thirty miles from the Nightcaps Railway-station.

Run 173c, part of Blackmount Station, Wallace County; about 15,775 acres. Upset annual rental, £131 9s. 2d.

This run is situated between the western slopes of the Takitimo Ranges and the main road through the western district, by which access is had to it. It consists of high country, with tussock-grass and mountain-herbage, and is abundantly watered by tributaries of the Waiau River. It is well adapted for merino sheep. Improvements consist of twenty-six miles of fencing, sheep-yards, &c.

Run 173A, Redcliffe Station, Wallace County; about 14,400 acres. Upset annual rental, £120.

This run is situated between the western spurs of the Takitimo Ranges and the Waiau River, the highest elevation being about 1,200ft. above the sea-level. It consists of good tussock-grass and other native herbage, and is well watered. The main road from Otautau to Manipori passes through this run; it is also accessible by the Mossburn-Te Anau Road. Improvements consisting of seven miles of boundary-fence are on this run.