Sept. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1337

Town Lands in Southland for Sale by Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 21st June, 1893.

N OTICE is hereby given that the following lots in Oraka Township will be submitted to auction in the Land Office, Invercargill, at noon, on Thursday, the 14th day of September, 1893. Terms: One-fifth part of purchase-money on fall of hammer; balance, together with grant-fee and valuation (if any) within thirty days of date of sale.

ORAKA TOWNSHIP.

Sections 1 to 9, 13 to 16, 18 to 29, 46 to 51, 56 to 60, 65 to 67, 71 to 74, one rood each, more or less. Price £5 per section.

Upset price, £2 per acre.

Valuations.

Section 22, two huts, two rooms each, £20; Section 24, house, two rooms, £12; Section 61, two huts, two rooms each, £20; Section 67, house, £25.

Sections 52, 53, and 54 to be sold subject to the New Zealand Pine Company's right to remove sawmill timber growing thereon.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Town Lands in Southland for Sale by Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 21st June, 1893.

N OTICE is hereby given that the following lots in the Township of Oban, Half-moon Bay, Stewart Island, will be submitted to auction in the Land Office, Invercargill, at noon, on Thursday, the 14th day of September, 1893. Terms: One-fifth part price on fall of hammer; balance, together with grant-fee, within thirty days of date of sale.

OBAN TOWNSHIP.

Upset price, £5 per lot.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Lands, Westland, open for Lease on Application.

District Land and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 30th August, 1893.

I N accordance with section 197 of "The Land Act, 1892," I hereby give notice that the under-mentioned pastoral runs have been submitted for sale by public auction and not sold, and will be open for application, at the upset rental, on and after the 12th day of October next:—

Run No. 23, Clarke and Landsborough Rivers, 21,000 acres;
Run No. 24, Waiatoto River, 10,000 acres;
Run No. 36, Oinemaka (Black) River, 15,000 acres;
Run No. 49, Gordon River (Happy Valley), 12,000 acres;
Run No. 74, south side Haast River, 10,000 acres;
Run No. 75, south side Haast River, 6,000 acres;
Run No. 98, Copland Range, 5,000 acres;
Run No. 99, Whitcombe River, 5,000 acres;
Run No. 100, Gribben Spur, 5,000 acres;
Run No. 101, Dickie Spur, 5,000 acres.

Subject to the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892," Part VI. All for the terms of ten years each, and at the annual rental of £1 per 1,000 acres. Possession to be given on the date of granting application, after necessary declaration taken, with the exception of Run No. 75, of which possession cannot be given until on or after the 1st day of March, 1894.

DAVID BARRON,
Commissioner, Crown Lands.

Native Land Court Notices.

"The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1881," and the Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act 1881 Amendment Acts, 1888 and 1889.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 5th September, 1893.

N OTICE is hereby given that a Trust Commissioner will, under the authority and for the purposes of the said Acts, hold a Court at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Palmerston North, on the 22nd day of September, 1893, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, for investigating the cases mentioned in the Schedule hereunder, at which time and place all persons interested in the said cases, and having objections to the said dealings, are hereby notified to attend.

H. F. EDGER,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

KARERE, SECTION 88, PART OF.
93-350. LEASE dated the 17th day of July, 1893, from Hoani Meihana and others to Christina Christensen.

KARERE, SECTION 88, PART OF.
93-351. Conveyance dated the 17th day of July, 1893, from Hoani Meihana and others to Christina Christensen.

"The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1881," and the Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act 1881 Amendment Acts, 1888 and 1889.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 5th September, 1893.

N OTICE is hereby given that a Trust Commissioner will, under the authority and for the purposes of the said Acts, hold a Court at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Christchurch, on the 23rd day of September, 1893, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for investigating the case mentioned in the Schedule hereunder, at which time and place all persons interested in the said case, and having objections to the said dealing, are hereby notified to attend.

H. F. EDGER,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

PURAKAU NO. 2.
93-352. CONVEYANCE dated the 21st day of August, 1893, from Ani Tiria to Henry Blackburn Leatham.

Notice of Sitting of Court for Rehearing of Ngapaeruru.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 5th September, 1893.

I N the matter of a decision of the Native Land Court, made the 4th day of June, 1892, upon the investigation of the title to the land known as Ngapaeruru Block, and of the applications (two) of Alfred L. W. Fraser and Paratene Ngata, as agents for Henare Matua and others, for a rehearing of the aforesaid block, made within three months after the said decision:

Whereas upon inquiry in open Court, at Waipawa, before George Boutflower Davy, Esquire, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, and Wiremu Kauika, Assessor, it was ordered on the 24th day of August, 1893, that a rehearing be had as to the definition of the relative interests of the persons who were found by the Court to be the owners of the said land, and as to the subdivisions of the said land which were made by the Court between the said owners upon the investigation of the title to the said land:

Now, notice is hereby given that a sitting of the Native Land Court will be held at Waipawa, on the 3rd day of October, 1893, to rehear the said case.

H. F. EDGER,
Registrar.