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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.

Land for Sale by Auction, Land District of Canterbury.

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

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Land Act, 1885,” that the under-mentioned section will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at this office, on Friday, the 17th June next, at 12 o’clock noon :—

ASHBURTON COUNTY.—WESTERFIELD SURVEY DISTRICT.

This section is situated immediately below the high terrace on the south-west side of the south branch of the Ashburton River. It has frontage on the Shepherd’s Bush Road, about one and three-quarter miles north-east of the Westerfield Railway-station, and is distant about eight miles in a north-westerly direction from the Town of Ashburton. The section comprises soil of fair quality, but is liable to flood.

A deposit of one-fifth of the purchase-money shall be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with a Crown-grant fee of £1, within thirty days thereafter, or the deposit will be forfeited and the sale cancelled.

There are no restrictions or limitations incumbent upon purchasers of cash lands at auction.

Plans may be seen and further particulars obtained at this office.

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.

Rural Lands open for Sale or Selection, Hawke’s Bay Land District.

District Land and Survey Office, Napier, 18th 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 6th April, 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, Napier :—

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Cook .. | Hangaroa .. | 27 | X. | 64 2 27 | 1 0 0 | 64 13 6 | 1 5 0 | 4 1 3 | 0 1 0 | 1 12 6
Situated about forty-five miles from Gisborne and two and a half miles from Tiniroto, on a formed road; the country is broken fern land, light soil, with some flats suitable for a homestead.

Patangata | Weber .. | 3 | X. | 387 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 483 15 0 | 1 11 3 | 30 4 8 | 0 1 3 | 12 2 0
Fair land, with mixed bush and good road-access; three miles from the Wainui-Danevirke formed road and the Weber Village.

Waipawa.. | Woodville .. | 40 | I. | 22 0 9 | 2 10 0 | 55 3 0 | 3 2 6 | 3 8 9 | 0 2 6 | 1 7 6
Covered with mixed bush; fair soil. The land is nine miles from Woodville and eight from Danevirke, and has easy road-access; it fronts Top Grass Road and a cross road. All the adjoining land at Maharahara is taken up and settled.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Cook .. | Hangaroa .. | 20 | X. | 50 2 21 | 0 15 0 | 37 19 6 | 0 18 9 | 2 7 10 | 0 0 9 | 0 19 3
Situated about forty-five miles from Gisborne and two and a half from Tiniroto Village, on a formed road; the country is broken fern land, light soil, with some small flats suitable for a homestead.

Cook .. | Motu .. | 9 | III. | 195 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 121 17 6 | 0 15 7½ | 7 12 6 | 0 0 7½ | 3 1 0
Hilly pastoral country, covered with light bush, on the banks of the Motu River. The section fronts the Gisborne-Opotiki Road, and is about a mile and a half away from the Motu Village.

Cook .. | {Uawa .. | 1 | I. } | 627 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 313 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 19 12 0 | 0 0 6 | 7 16 9
| {Tokomaru .. | 1 | XIII.} |
Mostly bush, good soil; about forty-five miles from Gisborne. The Ormond-Waiapu Road (not formed) runs through the western corner.

Wairoa .. | Mohaka .. | 4 | XI. | 85 3 17 | 0 10 0 | 43 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 2 13 9 | 0 0 6 | 1 1 6
The land is unbroken country, covered with fern and light scrub; the soil is light pumice. The section is situated close to the Napier-Wairoa main road, and is about eight miles from Mohaka Post-office.

Wairoa .. | Taramarama* | 2, 3 | V. | 464 3 0 | 0 10 0 | 232 7 6 | 0 12 6 | 14 10 8 | 0 0 6 | 5 16 3
There are about 28 chains of fencing on the land, which is about twelve miles from Frasertown.

• Weighted with £15 for improvements.

T. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.