Nov. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1543

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

District Land and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 1st November, 1892.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Land Act, 1885,” and “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be offered for pastoral lease by public auction, at the Land Office, Timaru, on Monday, the 12th December, 1892, at 11 a.m. :—

UNDER “THE LAND ACT, 1892.”

PASTORAL RUNS.

WAIMATE COUNTY.—MEYER SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 204 | I., II. | A. R. P. 159 2 0 | £ s. d. 5 0 0 |

Term of lease, seven years.

This area comprises islands in the Waitaki River, about six miles below the railway bridge at Hakateramea, 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.”

RESERVES.

WAIMATE AND GERALDINE COUNTIES.—PATITI SURVEY DISTRICT.

| Part 640 | IV. | A. R. P. 25 0 0 | £ s. d. 2 10 0 |

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.

Lands for Sale by Auction, Marlborough Land District.

District Land and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 10th November, 1892.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands will be offered for disposal by public auction, at the Land and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Monday, the 19th December, 1892, at 11 a.m. :—

FOR SALE FOR CASH.

AVON SURVEY DISTRICT.—ON ERINA RUN.

| II. | 1 | A. R. P. 211 1 0 | £ s. d. 105 10 0 | £ s. d. 16 13 4 | £ s. d. 209 17 6 |
| " | 2 | 198 0 29 | 99 0 0 | 16 10 3 | 165 0 0 |
| VII. | 5 | 360 0 0 | 180 0 0 | 20 0 0 | 76 10 0 |

MOLESWORTH SURVEY DISTRICT.—ON PART OF BAREFELL’S RUN.

| XVIII | 1 | 237 0 2 | 237 0 0 | 9 19 0 | 14 0 0 |
| " | 2 | 252 1 15 | 252 0 0 | 10 12 0 | 44 0 0 |
| " | 3 | 234 2 5 | 235 0 0 | 9 17 5 | 1,085 0 0 |
| " | 4 | 331 2 0 | 331 0 0 | 13 18 3 | 350 0 0 |

LINKWATER SURVEY DISTRICT.—OHINGAROA BAY.

| VI. | 7 | 6 1 0 | 6 5 0 | .. | .. |

Should any other person than applicant become the purchaser of either of these sections, the cost of survey and value of improvements as stated above must be paid on the fall of the hammer to the Receiver of Land Revenue, to be handed to the applicant.

One-fifth of the purchase-money must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with the Crown-grant fee, within thirty days, or the payment at auction will be forfeited.

HENRY G. CLARK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Public Reserve for Lease.

District Land and Survey Office,
Nelson, 8th October, 1892.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” that the lease of the under-mentioned section will be offered at public auction, at the Land Office, Nelson, on Friday, the 16th December, 1892, at noon.

Plan and form of lease can be seen and particulars obtained at this office.

The term of the lease will be for fourteen years. No allowance whatever shall be payable on account of improvements effected by the lessee. A deposit of a half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must be deposited on the fall of the hammer.

SCHEDULE.

SECTION 103, Block I., Waitapu District; area, 15 acres 2 roods 8 perches. Upset rental, £3 per annum.

The above section has frontage on the Parapara Estuary, and is situate about four miles and a half from Collingwood. About 4 acres is high ground, poor soil, and the remainder low and swampy.

J. S. BROWNING,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Te Makarini Scholarships, held at Te Aute College, Hawke’s Bay.

THREE scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition. One of these scholarships, to be called the senior scholarship, is open to all Maoris under sixteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination; the other two scholarships are junior scholarships, and are open to all Maoris under fifteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination who have not been pupils at Te Aute or St. Stephen’s, and whose attendance at school during the previous year is considered by the Inspector of Native Schools to have been satisfactory. The senior scholarship is offered for competition among Maori boys on the conditions laid down in the regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools Code, 1886, and in the supplementary regulations that have been sent out to all teachers. Candidates for the junior scholarships will be examined in the subjects specified for Standard IV. in the