Oct. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1355

Auction Sale of Pastoral Licenses, and of Leases of Residential Suburban Sections, Dobson, Grey Coal Reserve No. 274.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 2nd August, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that the licenses of the runs set out below will be offered by public auction, at the Land Office, Hokitika, on Tuesday, the 11th day of October next, at the hour of 2 o’clock in the afternoon, at the prices and for the terms given, and subject to any rights of renewal, &c., as may be prescribed by the Land Acts or any other constituted authority.

Also, at the same time and place, the leaseholds of the sections in Grey Coal Reserve, also set out hereunder. Terms of these leaseholds: Fourteen years from the 1st January, 1893; annual rentals fixed, bidding by bonus; right of re-entry reserved to Government for coal-mining purposes only, by paying compensation for improvements not exceeding £200.

Maps of the sections in Grey Coal Reserve may be seen at the Land Office, Hokitika, and at the Railway-station, Brunnerton; and of the pastoral runs at the Land Office, Hokitika; where other full particulars as to the conditions of sale and conditions of lease and license, &c., may be ascertained.

Payments to be made on fall of the hammer, and consist, with regard to pastoral licenses, of six months’ rent in advance, and license-fee, £1 1s.; with regard to leaseholds in Grey Coal Reserve, one year’s rental in advance, lease-fee, full amount of bonus (if any), and value for improvements (if any).

PASTORAL LICENSES.

Run 29 is situated on the north side of the Teremakau River, and Run 94 on the Bannock Brae Range.

Date and term of lease: Ten years from the 1st March, 1893.

SUBURBAN LEASEHOLDS IN GREY COAL RESERVE No. 274.

These sections adjoin Township of Dobson, Block IX., Arnold Survey District.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Land at Pungarehu.

District Land and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 23rd August, 1892.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land at Pungarehu will be offered for sale, by public auction, for cash, at this office, at noon, on Saturday, the 15th October, 1892:—

CAPE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Block XII., Section No. 112, containing 1 acre 3 roods; upset price, £25. Weighted with improvements, value £1,000. Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained on inquiry at this office.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Leases for Sale by Auction, Land District of Canterbury.

District Land and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 9th September, 1892.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Land Act, 1885,” and “The Public Reserves Act,” 1881,” that the undermentioned Crown lands will be offered for pastoral lease by public auction, at the Land Office, Timaru, on Monday, the 21st November, 1892, at 11 a.m. :—

UNDER “THE LAND ACT, 1885.”

Term of lease, seven years.

This area comprises islands in the Waitaki River, about six miles below the railway bridge at Ilakateramea, and opposite Sections 33761 and 36278, the property of Messrs. R. Campbell and Sons (Limited) and H. R. Parker, Esq. The islands are generally well grassed.

WAIMATE COUNTY.—NIMROD SURVEY DISTRICT.

205 | V., IX. | 118 0 0 | 11 16 0

Term of lease, seven years.

This area is situated on the east side of the Hakateramea River, extending southwards from Peter’s Creek for a distance of about two and a quarter miles, and comprises fairly good, well-grassed, river-bed land.

MACKENZIE COUNTY.—STRACHEY SURVEY DISTRICT.

206 | II., III., VI., VII. | 2,950 0 0 | 86 0 10

Term of lease, five years.

This area is situated on the Ben Ohau Run No. 87, adjacent to the River Twizel, between the Ohau and Pukaki Rivers, and comprises well-grassed plains at an elevation of about 1,500ft. above sea-level.

MACKENZIE COUNTY.—JOLLIE SURVEY DISTRICT.

207 | I., II., IV. | 550 0 0 | 13 15 0

Term of lease, seven years.

This area is situated between the Braemar Estate and the River Tasman, and comprises well-grassed land of fair quality, at an elevation of about 1,700ft. above sea-level.

UNDER “THE PUBLIC RESERVES ACT, 1881.”

Term of lease, seven years.

This area is situated in the Pareora River, at the crossing of the Main South Road, and comprises generally good, well-grassed, low-lying land, subject to floods.

WAIMATE AND GERALDINE COUNTIES.—OTAIO* AND PATITI† SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Part 640 | VIII.*, III.† | 12 0 0 | 1 4 0

Term of lease, seven years.

This area is situated in the Pareora River, about three-quarters of a mile above the crossing of the Main South Road, and comprises fairly well-grassed land, subject to floods.

MACKENZIE COUNTY.—BURKE SURVEY DISTRICT.

1264A | VIII. | 14 3 3 | 6 0 0

Term of lease, seven years.

This section is known as the Police Reserve at Burke’s Pass, and comprises well-grassed land of good quality, and well sheltered by plantations on the west and south-west sides. A strip of plantation 60 links wide, on the west side of reserve, is excluded from lease.

Each and every lease shall be subject to the right of the Crown to terminate it as to part or the whole of the lands comprised therein, by giving to the lessee one year’s previous notice in writing if the land is required by the Government for any purpose.

The lessees will have the right of occupying and using the lands for grazing purposes, but will be prohibited from cropping the same.

Upon the fall of the hammer the purchaser of each lease shall pay six months’ rent in respect thereof.

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