JUNE 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 805

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

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

IT is hereby notified 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.
TOWN OF RUSSELL.

*Subject to £20 for improvements. †Subject to £60 for improvements. ‡Subject to £30 for improvements.

Subject to £245, valuation for improvements, consisting of house, vineyard, fencing, &c.

SUBURBS OF OPUA.

Suburban lots, close to Opua Railway-wharf.

MANUKAU COUNTY.—PARISH OF AWITU.

One-third forest, remainder open.

WAIKATO COUNTY.—PARISH OF TAUPIRI.

Open land, near Ohinewai Railway-station.

WHANGAREI COUNTY.—PARISH OF OTAKAIRANGI.

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.

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.

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.

Temporary Grazing-lease, Canterbury Land District.

District Land and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 30th April, 1892.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Land Act, 1885,” that the under-mentioned section will be offered for lease by public auction, at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 29th June, 1892, at 11 a.m.:

ASHLEY COUNTY.—CHRISTCHURCH SURVEY DISTRICT.

This section is situated at Coutts Island, about a quarter of a mile east of the post-office of that name.

The lease will be from year to year, subject to the right of the Crown to resume possession, on six months’ notice, should the land be required by the Government for any purpose.

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