1566 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 82

Crown Lands Notices.

THE CHEVIOT ESTATE.

NOTICE is hereby given that
FIFTY-FOUR FARMS,
comprising 12,482 acres of First- and Second-
class Agricultural Land, will be open for appli-
cation for

LEASE IN PERPETUITY
on and after Monday, the 13th day of November,
1893, at the Land Offices, Christchurch, Timaru,
and Cheviot.

Rents from 2s. to 11s. per acre per annum.
Areas from 83 acres to 485 acres.

Also,

THREE GRAZING-FARMS,
comprising 2,506 acres, for Lease for twenty-one
years.

SIXTY-SIX VILLAGE-SETTLEMENT ALLOTMENTS
will be open for selection for LEASE IN PER-
PETUITY.

Rents from 3s. to 12s. per acre per annum.
Areas from 4½ acres to 77 acres.

Also, for Sale by Auction, on the 17th Novem-
ber, at the Provincial Council Chamber, Christ-
church, at 11 a.m.,

FOR CASH OR ON TERMS,

FORTY-NINE FARMS,
comprising 11,936 acres of First- and Second-class
Agricultural Land.

Upset prices from £3 to £12 per acre.
Areas from 31 acres to 573 acres.

And Thirty-three Sections in the new

TOWN OF MACKENZIE.

Prices, £7 10s. to £30.

THE MANSION HOUSE AND 5,000 ACRES
of Land will also be offered for Sale in one lot,
for Cash or Terms, on the 17th November.
Upset, £25,000. Should the house and land not
be sold, then 2,896 acres will be offered in
6 sections, on same terms. Prices, £2 15s. to
£5 12s. per acre.

Plans and terms, with full particulars of the
lands and a brief description of each section,
can be obtained at any Land Office in the colony.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Town and Rural Lands for Sale, and Sale of Totara,
Rimu, and Matai Timber, Hawke's Bay Land District.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 17th October, 1893.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned Crown
lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at the
Crown Lands Office, Napier, on Wednesday, 27th December,
1893, at 2.30 p.m.

SCHEDULE.

FOR SALE FOR CASH.

Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money to be
paid at the close of the auction, and the balance, together
with £1 Crown-grant fee, within thirty days of the date of
auction.

Description of Section 1, Block XIII., Waihua Survey
District.—About 7 acres are under scrub, the remainder
being open, sloping gently from sea-coast for about 5 chains,
and then falling rapidly towards the creek. Pastoral
land; soil good in the flat parts, but very poor where steep.
Papa formation; no pumice. Well watered. About three
miles from Mohaka Ferry. No road-access.

SALE OF TOTARA, RIMU, AND MATAI TIMBER.

Rimu, 100
Matai, 50 | 200,000
50,000
30,000 | £ s.
171 5 |

Terms of Sale.—The purchaser shall pay 50 per cent. of
the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the
balance within thirty days from the date of sale. He shall
have the sole use of the land, and the right to cut and
remove all timber thereon, during a period of twelve months
from the same date.

The following lands will be offered by public auction at
the Crown Lands Office, Gisborne, on the same date, at
11 a.m.

FOR SALE FOR CASH.

Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money to be
paid at the close of the auction, and the balance, together
with £1 Crown-grant fee, within thirty days of the date of
auction.

THOMAS HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Leases of Small Grazing-runs, Southland, open for
Application.

District Land and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 16th September, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that leases of the under-men-
tioned small grazing-runs will be open for application,
at this office, on Tuesday, the 7th November, 1893, at the
rental noted opposite each run.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

High and broken country; northern aspect; front half
well grassed with silver-tussock; back portion rocky, and
poorly grassed with snow-tussock; contains also about 1,130
acres of birch bush; height above sea-level, from 1,300ft. to
5,000ft.; distance from Mossburn Railway-station about 15
miles. This run will be burdened with £76 16s., being half
the value of boundary-fence.

Hilly, poor land; poorly grassed with snow-tussock and a
sparse mixture of silver-tussock; yellow-clay formation;
southern aspect; height above sea-level, from 1,200ft. to
1,900ft.; distance from Mossburn Railway-station, about 12
miles. This run will be burdened with £94 4s., being half
the value of boundary-fence.

Undulating poor land; poorly grassed with snow-tussock
and a sparse mixture of silver-tussock; yellow-clay for-
mation; eastern aspect; height above sea-level, from
1,300ft. to 1,900ft.; distance from Mossburn Railway-station,
about 11 miles. This run will be burdened with £54 12s.,
being half the value of boundary-fence.

Conditions of Lease.

1. The term of lease is twenty-one years, with the option
   of renewal for a further period of twenty-one years, at a rent
   to be fixed by valuation, and improvements being secured to
   lessee as provided by "The Land Act, 1892," section 132.
   Each lessee is required to make the declaration as per form
   printed hereon.