MAY 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 699

One-third forest, remainder open.

WAIKATO COUNTY.—PARISH OF TAUPIRI.

| 329A | 8 1 34 | 8 10 0 |
| 343A | 1 0 12 | 1 1 0 |
| 48A | 1 0 16 | 1 2 0 |

Open land, near Ohinewai Railway-station.

WHANGAREI COUNTY.—PARISH OF OTAKAIRANGI.

| 16 | 230 3 28 | 230 17 6 |
| 17 | 241 1 25 | 241 7 6 |
| 19 | 193 3 9 | 145 10 0 |
| 20 | 482 0 0 | 482 0 0 |

Section 16, all forest, containing 172 green and 6 dead kauri; 17, nearly all forest, containing 19 green and 1 dead kauri; 19, about 30 acres fern and scrub, remainder forest, containing 33 green and 22 dry kauri-trees; 20, about one-third forest, containing 139 green and 13 dry kauri-trees. The kauri averages from 3ft. to 4ft. in diameter.

TANGIHUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Block II.

| 35A | 127 0 0 | 1,622 7 6 |
| 35B | 113 0 0 | 1,732 7 6 |
| 35C | 198 0 0 | 1,354 12 6 |

Section 35A contains about 3,753,000ft. of kauri; 35B, contains 1,014,000ft. dead kauri and 3,072,000ft. green kauri; 35C contains 1,596,000ft. dead kauri-timber and 1,347,000ft. green kauri. The timber can be got out down the Waionepu to the Wairoa, or tramway laid to Otaika or Mangapai.

Terms of Sale: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on 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 forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land shall be null and void.

Plans may be seen at the local post-offices and at this office.

GERHARD MUELLER,
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.

Auction Sale of Forfeited Deferred-payment Sections in Otago.

District Land and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 2nd April, 1892.

It is hereby notified that the under-mentioned forfeited deferred-payment sections will be offered for sale by

public auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, at 11.30 a.m. on Wednesday, the 18th May, 1892, under Part III. of "The Land Act, 1885:"—

POOLBURN DISTRICT.

Section 3, Block III.; area, 117 acres 3 roods 33 perches. Upset price, £1 per acre. (Subject to £50, valuation for improvements.)

ROCK AND PILLAR DISTRICT.

Section 12, Block III.; area, 154 acres 3 roods 3 perches. Upset price, £1 per acre. (Subject to £63 16s., valuation for improvements.)

SWINBURN DISTRICT.

Section 10, Block V.; area, 28 acres 2 roods 32 perches. Upset price, £1 5s. per acre. (Subject to £8, valuation for improvements.)

Section 21, Block V.; area, 29 acres. Upset price, £1 5s. per acre. (Subject to £10 8s., valuation for improvements.)

Terms of Payment: One-twentieth part of the total price, and £1 1s. (license-fee), to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance in equal half-yearly instalments extending over a period of fourteen years.

The value of the improvements must be paid in cash on the fall of the hammer.

Purchasers must deposit the statutory declaration required by section 113 of "The Land Act, 1885."

Further particulars can be obtained on application at this office.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

*Land open for Application under "The Naval and Military Settlers' and Volunteers' Land Act, 1891."

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 2nd May, 1892.

It is hereby notified, in terms of "The Naval and Military Settlers' and Volunteers' Land Act, 1891," that the under-mentioned sections will be open for application, by holders of remission certificates under the above Act, on and after Friday, the 3rd June, 1892, at the District Lands and Survey Office Christchurch:—

ASHBURTON COUNTY.—SHEPHERD'S BUSH AND WESTERFIED SURVEY DISTRICTS.

A holder of a remission certificate may select any allotment the cash price whereof does not exceed in amount the sum of money to be remitted under such certificate, and with his application for such allotment shall deposit his remission certificate. Where more than one application for the same allotment is made on the same day, priority of choice shall be decided by lot between the applicants.

Applications to be made at this office between the hours of 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

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

Native Land Court Notices.

"The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1881," and the Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act 1881 Amendment Acts, 1888 and 1889.

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 2nd May, 1892.

Notice is hereby given that a Trust Commissioner will, under the authority and for the purposes of the said Acts, hold a Court at Rawene, on the 25th day of May, 1892, for investigating the case mentioned in the Schedule