APRIL 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 593

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.

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.

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.

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