1674 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 98

Pastoral Run liable to Forfeiture.

District Land and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 10th November, 1893.

PURSUANT to section 215 of "The Land Act, 1892,"
notice is hereby given to the executors of Charles
Brown, occupiers of Run 14, that the license is liable to
forfeiture; and if the rent due thereon, together with the
full amount of penalty, be not paid within three months from
date hereof, the same will be declared forfeited.

HENRY G. CLARK,
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.

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.

Rural Land for Sale by Auction.

District Land and Survey Office,
Wellington, 11th November, 1892.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned rural land
will be offered for disposal by public auction, at the
Land and Survey Office, Wellington, on Thursday, the 12th
January, 1893, at noon:-

SUBDIVISION OF LOTS 8 AND 9, TUTAEKARA SURVEY DISTRICT, COUNTY OF PAHIATUA.

These sections are situated on the east side of the main coach-road between Woodville and Masterton, about seven and a quarter miles south of Pahiatua. The soil is rich alluvial, inclined to be sandy, and the entire area is level. Native clearings of 8 acres and 3 1/4 acres have been made on Sections 16 and 17 respectively. With this exception, the land is covered with forest, consisting chiefly of tawa, rata, kahikatea, horopito, patete, mahoe, kareao, &c., with the usual underscrub.

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

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Pastoral Leases, Canterbury Land District.

District Land and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 2nd November, 1892.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of "The Land Act, 1892,"
and "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be offered for pastoral lease by public auction, at this office, on Monday, the 19th December, 1892.

Except where otherwise expressed, 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 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.

UNDER "THE LAND ACT, 1892."

ASHLEY COUNTY.

This section is situated on the south bank of the River Ashley, adjoining the properties of Messrs. Beattie and Bowick, distant about five miles north of Cust Railway-station, and comprises soil of a sandy-loam quality, growing cocksfoot and clover.

The lease will be subject to the right of the Crown to terminate it by six months' notice if the land is required by Government for any purpose.

ASHBURTON COUNTY.

This section is situated on the north bank of the south branch of the Ashburton River, about sixteen miles above Mount Somers, and adjoining the Clent Hills and Dunbar's Runs; it comprises flat and undulating land, stony and swampy in parts, and some large and small lagoons; the soil varies from inferior to fair in character, carrying native grasses. The elevation of the block is over 2,000ft. above the sea-level.

UNDER "THE PUBLIC RESERVES ACT, 1881."

ASHLEY COUNTY.

This section is situated on the north bank of the Waimakariri River, about eleven miles south of West Oxford, in the south-east corner of Burnt Hill Run, and consists of alluvial, stony flats of inferior quality.

AKAROA COUNTY.

This section comprises all but 23 3/4 acres of the Akaroa Lighthouse Reserve, and consists of fairly good, hilly, tussock land. The lessee shall forthwith fence off the paddock reserved for the lighthouse-keepers with a substantial post-and-wire sheep-proof fence, in which a 4ft.-gate shall be placed in the position pointed out by the Commissioner of Crown Lands. A right of road from the lighthouse to the roads leading to Akaroa is reserved across the land leased.

ASHBURTON COUNTY.

This section is situated on the north-east side of the Rangitata River, adjacent to the Arundel Traffic-bridge, and comprises the upper terrace lands and river-flats, which consist of stony, well-grassed land of fair quality.