Oct. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1455

General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

(Signature.)

Declared at , this day of , 18 , before me, , a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Notice fixing Terms and Conditions for the Sale of the Cheviot Mansion-house and the Lands and Buildings adjacent thereto.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Cheviot Estate Disposition Act, 1893,” I, John McKenzie, Minister of Lands for the time being, appointed under “The Land Act, 1892,” do hereby declare and determine that the 5,000 acres of land described in the First Schedule hereto, together with the mansion-house on the Cheviot Estate, and other buildings specified in the said Schedule, will be offered for sale by public auction at Christchurch on the 17th day of November, 1893, at the upset price of £25,000, and upon the terms stated in the said First Schedule.

And I do further declare that, if the said land, mansion-house, and other buildings are not sold at the public auction on the day aforesaid, the portions thereof enumerated in the Second Schedule hereto shall be open for sale on application upon the terms and conditions and at the prices stated in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Land District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 5,000 acres, more or less, situated in Blocks VII. and IX., Cheviot Survey District, and Block XVI., Lowry Peaks Survey District, and bounded generally towards the east by the summit of the Seaward Range to Mount Maccoinnich, thence by the summit of a spur to the River Jed at a point about 26 chains from its mouth, by that river to a point about 1 chain above the “Brothers,” by a right line across the Jed to the dray-track at its nearest part, by that track in a north-westerly direction to a fence which forms the eastern boundary of the Dingle paddock, thence by that fence in a north-westerly direction to the Jed River, thence by the right bank of that river to a point north-west of where the western boundary-line of Section 7, Block IX., Cheviot Survey District, meets the Jed Road, thence by Section 7 aforesaid, and by Section 2, Block XI., Cheviot Survey District; towards the south-west generally by Section 1, Block XI., Cheviot Survey District, Sections 17, 16, 15, and 13, Block XVI., Lowry Peaks Survey District; towards the west generally by the Homestead Road; and towards the north generally by the River Jed, the fence forming the north-west boundary of the Pine Walk by the Woolshed Stream, again by the Jed River to and across the main road, by that road, by the South Deer Park to where the south-east boundary of the said park crosses a spur of the Seaward Range near McQueen’s cottage, and thence by the summit of the said spur to the summit of the Seaward Range first mentioned: be all the aforesaid distances more or less: excluding from the above-described area all lands which may be required for public purposes, together with the building thereon known as the mansion-house, and the stables, water-supply, dairy, apple-house, woodshed, store, strawberry-house, manager’s house, Marchlaw buildings, Sinclair’s cottage, Hayes’s cottage, the blacksmith’s and carpenter’s workshops, the laundry, cowsheds and yards, cart-shed, colt-house, and all other buildings and erections, of what nature soever, upon the said land. Price for the whole, £25,000.

TERMS OF SALE.

One-fourth of the purchase-money must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee, £1, within thirty days thereafter; or, at the option of the purchaser, to be declared in writing at the close of the auction, one-fourth part of the purchase-money may be paid on the fall of the hammer, one-fourth part thereof within thirty days next after the date of sale, and one-half part thereof, together with Crown-grant fee, £1, in five years from date of sale, such part to bear interest at the rate of £5 per centum per annum until payment, such interest to be paid by the purchaser at the expiration of every half-year following the date of sale.

The certificate of title shall not issue to the purchaser until full payment of his purchase-money, interest, if any, and fees; and in case the purchaser shall make default in payment of such purchase-money or interest, or any part thereof respectively, for a period of sixty days after the same has become due, as the case may be, the Minister may cause possession of such land and of all improvements thereon to be recovered on behalf of the Crown, as provided by “The Land Act, 1892,” and thereafter may sell or dispose of such land and improvements by public auction on such terms and conditions as he thinks fit, and either for cash or partly for cash and partly upon like terms as the same was originally sold. If the original purchaser has paid any part of the purchase-money before default, the Minister may repay the same to such purchaser with the value of any improvements made on the land, or such part of such purchase-money or value as the Minister thinks fit, and less any loss occasioned to the Crown by such resale, together with the costs and expenses the Crown may have been put to in recovering possession and reselling such land.

Should the purchaser elect to allow one-half of the purchase-money to remain unpaid for five years, then he must insure the buildings on the said land against destruction by fire for the sum of not less than £6,000.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

FIRST- AND SECOND-CLASS LAND.

TERMS OF SALE.

One-fourth of the purchase-money must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee, £1, within thirty days thereafter; or, at the option of the applicant, declared in writing, one-fourth part of the purchase-money shall be paid in cash immediately on the close of the sale, one-fourth part thereof within thirty days next after the date of sale, and one-half part thereof, together with Crown-grant fee, £1, in five years from the date of sale, such part to bear interest at the rate of £5 per centum per annum until payment, such interest to be paid by the purchaser at the expiration of every half-year following the date of sale.

No certificate of title shall issue to any purchaser until full payment of his purchase-money, interest (if any), and fees, and in case any purchaser shall make default in payment of such purchase-money or interest, or any part thereof respectively, for a period of sixty days after the same has become due, as the case may be, the Minister may cause possession of such land and of all improvements thereon to be recovered on behalf of the Crown, as provided by “The Land Act, 1892,” and thereafter may sell or dispose of such land and improvements by public auction on such terms and conditions as he thinks fit, and either for cash or partly for cash and partly upon like terms as the same was originally sold. If the original purchaser has paid any part of the purchase-money before default, the Minister may repay the same to such purchaser, with the value of any improvements made on the land, or such part of such purchase-money or value as the Minister thinks fit, and less any loss occasioned to the Crown by any such resale, together with the costs and expenses the Crown may have been put to in recovering possession and reselling such land.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this tenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Notice to Mariners, No. 40 of 1893.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1893.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, and the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, are published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

PORT ADELAIDE RIVER.—NORTH ARM.

Two beacons, painted green, with V-shaped heads, have been placed on the south end of Torrens Island, which, in line, mark the direction in which the telegraph cable is laid from the mainland to the island.

To avoid doing damage to the telegraph cable with their anchors or chains, masters of vessels bringing up in the North Arm are directed not to anchor within 50 fathoms of the said line.

By order.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
Secretary to the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices, 2nd September, 1893.