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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

half miles westward of Stratford, on the Opunake-Stratford Road, at its intersection with the Aurora Road.

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 inspected, and schedules and all information obtained, at this office, and at the County Council Office, Stratford.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
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.

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

District Land 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 Land 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.

Forfeited Deferred-payment Lands in the Gordon Special Settlement.

District Land and Survey Office,
Auckland, 21st April, 1892.

It is hereby notified, in terms of the Land Acts, that the under-mentioned sections within the Gordon Special Settlement will be offered at auction, for selection on deferred payments, under the amended regulations relating to special settlements made by Order in Council issued on the 5th December, 1885, at this office, on Thursday, the 9th June, 1892, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

WAIRERE SURVEY DISTRICT, PIAKO COUNTY.

Block X: Section No. 2, open fern land, well watered; No. 6, open land with a little swamp; No. 7, about two-thirds open land, with a little swamp and small quantity of mixed bush, near main road; No. 9, open land with a little bush in gullies. Block XI.: Sections Nos. 1 and 2, nearly all open land, with a little bush on ranges; Nos. 6 and 8, open land, with about one-third mixed forest in each. Section No. 8 is weighted with £20 for improvements.

These are forfeited sections in the Gordon Special Settlement, and purchasers under the regulations will stand in the place of original settlers, and will become members of the association.

A deposit of one-twentieth of the total purchase-money, together with license-fee £1 1s., shall be paid on the fall of the hammer, such deposit to be in satisfaction of the first half-yearly instalment to be reckoned from the 1st July next; thereafter the payments shall be made every six months in advance, at the rate of one-twentieth of the price of the land, until the whole price has been paid, when the purchaser shall be entitled to a Crown grant of the land upon proof to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands that he has been continuously in residential occupation for a period of six years, and has fulfilled all the conditions.

No person who is the holder of land on deferred payments, or who has acquired any freehold under that system, or who is the holder of land on perpetual lease, and no person who is the owner of a pre-emptive right, or who is the owner in fee of land anywhere in the colony which, together with any of the areas now offered, would exceed 320 acres, shall be entitled to become a settler under these regulations.

The stated value of the improvements (if any) must be paid in cash to the Receiver of Land Revenue on the fall of the hammer.

Further information may be obtained on application at this office.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale by Auction of Town and Rural Lands, Auckland Land District.

District Land and Survey Office,
Auckland, 21st April, 1892.

Notice is hereby given that the under-mentioned town and rural lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Thursday, the 9th June, 1892, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.