July 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1075

Crown Lands Notices.

Lease of Reserve at New Plymouth.

District Land and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 28th June, 1892.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” that a lease for ten years, from the 1st January, 1893, of the under-mentioned reserve will be offered by public auction, at this office, at noon, on Saturday, the 20th August, 1892:—

PARTITUTU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Upset yearly rental: First two years, free; second ditto, £15; third ditto, £20; fourth ditto, £25; fifth ditto, £30.

The land to be fenced and cleared of gorse within the first two years.

This reserve is two miles from the Town of New Plymouth and within a few chains of the breakwater.

Full particulars may be ascertained on application at this office.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Land and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th June, 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 Wednesday, the 27th day of July next, at 11 a.m. :—

Near Whatawhata Bridge, and adjoining Waipa River. Owner of mill-buildings allowed two months from date of sale for removal.

SUBURBS OF PAHI.

| 103 | 4 0 12 | 12 0 0 |

BLOCK IV., MAKETU SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 2A | 5 0 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 4A | 5 0 29 | 15 12 0 |
| 6A | 6 1 7 | 18 13 9 |

Open land, good soil, near Maketu Township.

PARISH OF OPAHEKE.

| Lot 18, Section 1 | 10 0 0 | 30 0 0 |

One and a half miles from Papakura Railway-station.

BLOCK XIV., OPUAWHANGA SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 8 | 262 2 0 | 299 15 0 |

Broken land, lying near head of Tutukaka Harbour, and covered with dense forest, containing about 180 kauri-trees, or 450,000ft. of timber.

BLOCK IV.,* WHANGAREI SURVEY DISTRICT, AND BLOCK XIV.,† OPUAWHANGA SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 2* | 192 1 0 | 246 0 0 |
| 7† | | |

Broken land, at head of Tutukaka Harbour, and covered with dense forest, containing about 150 kauri-trees, or 400,000ft. of timber.

Terms of Sale: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on fall of 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 henceforth be null and void.

Plans may be inspected at the local post-offices and at the Land Offices, Auckland and Tauranga.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Land for Sale by Auction.

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

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Land Act, 1885,” that the under-mentioned section of rural land will be offered for sale for cash, by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 17th August, 1892.

One-fifth of the purchase-money, and the amount of valuation for improvements, must be deposited on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with £1 Crown-grant fee, within thirty days, or the deposit will be forfeited. There are no limitations or restrictions incumbent upon purchasers of cash lands at auction.

Plans and full particulars may be obtained at this office.

AKAROA COUNTY.—PIGEON BAY SURVEY DISTRICT.

This reserve is situated at Barry’s Pass, adjoining the main road from Little River to Akaroa, about a quarter-mile westward of the Hill Top Hotel, and comprises hilly and undulating land, formerly covered with forest, but now roughly cleared and well grassed. A sum of £37 16s. must be paid on the fall of the hammer for the improvements on the land, consisting of fencing.

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

Small Grazing-runs for Lease.

District Land and Survey Office,
Auckland, 22nd June, 1892.

IN accordance with section 213 of “The Land Act, 1885,” the Auckland Land Board hereby notifies that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs, having been previously offered by public auction, shall be open for application at the respective annual rents set forth below, on and after Wednesday, the 31st day of August, 1892:—

SMALL GRAZING-RUNS, UNDER PART VII. OF “THE LAND ACT, 1885.”

Open lands, covered principally with rough tussock.

OTAMATEA COUNTY.—HUKATERE SURVEY DISTRICT.—SECTION 10 OF BLOCK II.

| 13 | 1,629 | 10 3 9 |

Poor broken land, lying between the Wairoa and Arapaoa Rivers; generally open, but small patches of bush in gullies.

WHAKATANE COUNTY.—PARISH OF MATATA.

Run No. 10A, 4,000 acres; annual rent, £25.

Open land, with some puriri in the gullies; situated on coast between Maketu and Matata.

Terms: Lease and registration fees, £1 10s., and half a year’s rent, together with the usual statutory declaration, must be deposited with the application.

If more applications than one are made on the same day for the same run, the lease will be submitted to public auction, the bidding to be limited to the applicants.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.