Dec. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1703

Run 488, Fiord County: 14,800 acres; upset rental, £2 10s. Bush land; situated between the Waitutu River and a line parallel to this river and about three miles east of same, and about thirty-three miles west of Orepuki.

Run 489, Fiord County: 11,700 acres; upset rental, £2 10s. Bush land; situated between the Wairaurahiri River and a line parallel to and about three miles west of same, and about thirty miles west of Orepuki.

Run 490, Fiord County: 12,000 acres; upset rental, £2 10s. Bush land; situated between the Wairaurahiri River and the Edwin Stream, and about twenty-six miles west of Orepuki.

Run 503, Fiord County: 176,130 acres; upset rental, £16. High, broken, and mostly bush-clad country, some parts being over 5,000ft. above sea-level; situated between Charles and George Sounds.

Run 504, Fiord County: 204,800 acres; upset rental, £20. High, broken, and mostly bush-clad country, some parts being over 4,000ft. above sea-level; situated between Thomson and Charles Sounds.

Run 505, Fiord County: 88,000 acres; upset rental, £8. High, broken, and mostly bush-clad country, some parts being over 6,000ft. above sea-level; situated between the South-west Arm and the South Fiord of Lake Te Anau.

Run 506, Fiord County: 139,200 acres; upset rental, £13. High, broken, and mostly bush-clad country, some parts being over 4,000ft. above sea-level; situated between Bradshaw and Smith Sounds and Manipori Lake.

Run 507, Fiord County: 81,900 acres; upset rental, £7. High, broken, and mostly bush-clad country, some parts being over 4,000ft. above sea-level: situated between Breaksea and Dusky Sounds.

Run 508, Fiord County: 159,700 acres; upset rental, £15. High, broken, and mostly bush-clad country, some parts being over 4,000ft. above sea-level; situated between Dusky Sound and Preservation Inlet.

Term of lease, twenty-one years.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Grazing Lease of Portion of Pukenui Forest, Auckland, for Sale by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 24th November, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land, being part of the Pukenui Forest, will be offered for lease for grazing purposes, in terms of section 232 of “The Land Act, 1892,” for the term of ten years, by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 24th January, 1894, at 11 a.m.:

PURUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Section 1, Block XI., 1,580 acres; upset price, £10 per annum.

Rentals to be paid half-yearly in advance.

The lessee will have the right to use the land for grazing purposes only.

The lessee will have no right to fell or remove from the land any live or dead trees or timber, whether standing or lying on the ground.

Any timber upon the land must be protected by the lessee, and the lessee must also prevent any fire, should any occur, from spreading.

Free rights of ingress, egress, and regress for any of the purposes of “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” shall be given to all persons duly authorised in that behalf.

The lessee may remove all fencing and buildings erected by him prior to the expiration of the term of the lease, but will have no right to valuation or compensation for improvements, or right of renewal of the lease.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Customhouse Reserve, Blenheim, open for Lease by Tender.

Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 7th November, 1893.

TENDERS will be received up to noon on Monday, the 18th December, for a yearly tenancy, terminable by three months’ notice at any time, of part of Allotment 206, Town of Blenheim, and part of Section 46, Opawa, containing 1 rood 25 perches, and known as the Customhouse Reserve. Upset rental, £3 per annum. Tenders must be in writing, addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Blenheim, and must be accompanied by an amount equal to six months’ rent at the rate tendered.

Plan of the land and conditions of lease can be seen at this office.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Tin-mining Leases.

Department of Lands and Survey,
District Office, Invercargill, 27th October, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following tin-mining-lease applications at Pegasus, Stewart Island, have been declared cancelled for non-payment of rents: viz., Nos. 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 59, 60, 64, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 83, 86, 88, 89, 91, 93, 94, 118, 119, 121, 125, 135, 153, 154, 155.

Notice is further given that the above-mentioned areas will be open for application at this office in accordance with the regulations on Monday, the 4th December next.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Town, Suburban, Rural, and Pastoral Lands open for Sale or Lease in the Otago Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 14th September, 1893.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned town, suburban, rural, and pastoral lands will be submitted to public auction, for sale or lease, as is more particularly noted in the Schedule, on Tuesday, the 5th December, 1893.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

TOWN LANDS.

(For Cash Purchase.)

Alexandra Town.

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