1880 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 98

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 30th November, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land,
being portion of a State forest reserve, will be offered
for lease for grazing purposes, in terms of section 232 of
"The Land Act, 1892," for the term of seven years, by
public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 31st
January, 1894, at 11 a.m. :-

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Lots 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, Parish of
Wairau, 938 acres; upset annual rent, £5.

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.

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 improve-
ments, or right of renewal of the lease.

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

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Town Lands for Sale, Southland Land District.

Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 5th December, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following lots in the
Township of Daniel town (situate about three miles
from Riverton, on the Riverton-Otautau Road) will be sub-
mitted to auction in the Land Office, Invercargill, at noon
on Wednesday, the 31st day of January, 1894. Terms: One-
fifth part purchase-money on fall of hammer; balance, to-
gether with grant fees, within thirty days of date of sale.

SCHEDULE.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Lands, Wellington, open for Application
on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 6th December, 1893.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands will
be open for application as village-homestead allotments,
under Part IV. of "The Land Act, 1892," at the Argyle
Hall, Hunterville, on Wednesday, the 10th day of January,
1894. Applications must be made on the proper forms, and
will be received at this office and also at the above-mentioned
place. They must be made in person to the Commissioner
of Crown Lands or other officer of the department, who will
attend there to receive them; but they will not be received
at Hunterville by post. Application forms and full par-
ticulars can be obtained at this office.

These lands are being opened for the purpose of providing
homestead sites for intending settlers. Any person putting
in an application in contravention of the conditions under
which the land is opened is liable to be prosecuted for
making a false declaration, and any section obtained thereby
is, in accordance with the conditions, forfeited. Alleged
ignorance of the conditions will not, after this notice, be
accepted as an excuse for persons putting in applications
who hold other lands, and who are not eligible to apply.

SCHEDULE.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Ngamatea Village Settlement, Wanganui County.

| Ngamatea.. | 1 | 91 0 0 | 1 7·2 | 3 12 10 |
| " | 2 | 24 2 0 | 1 8·4 | 1 0 10 |
| " | 3 | 27 0 0 | 1 8·4 | 1 3 0 |
| " | 72 | 100 0 0 | 1 4·8 | 3 10 0 |
| " | 73 | 100 0 0 | 1 6 | 3 15 0 |

These sections are in the Upper Wangaehu Valley, on the
eastern side, and lie between the Taokete and Kotutuku
Streams. The access is from Fordell to Mangamahu by a
dray-road for about seventeen miles, and from thence by a
horse-road up the Wangaehu Valley for about sixteen miles
and a half. The land is, generally speaking, of a sloping and
undulating character, with occasional flats. The soil varies
from good to first-class, well watered, and covered with mixed
forest, that on the sections near the river being light.

Mangamahu Village Settlement, Wanganui County.

| Mangawhero | 1 | 10 0 3 | 4 9·6 | 1 4 1 |
| " | 2 | 12 0 18 | 4 9·6 | 1 9 1 |
| " | 3 | 13 1 32 | 4 9·6 | 1 12 4 |
| " | 4 | 13 1 24 | 4 9·6 | 1 12 2 |
| " | 5 | 12 2 10 | 4 9·6 | 1 10 2 |
| " | 7 | 19 1 8 | 4 9·6 | 2 6 4 |
| " | 8 | 17 3 5 | 4 9·6 | 2 2 9 |
| " | 9 | 15 1 24 | 4 9·6 | 1 17 0 |
| " | 10 | 14 1 0 | 4 9·6 | 1 14 3 |
| " | 11 | 12 2 29 | 4 9·6 | 1 10 6 |
| " | 12 | 12 1 24 | 4 9·6 | 1 9 10 |

These sections are situated in the Wangaehu Valley, on
the western side of the river, abreast of its confluence with
the Mangamahu Stream, and close to the main road between
Maungakaretu and Fordell Railway-station, being distant
about seventeen miles from the latter. All the sections are
either practically level or easy-sloping terrace lands, the soil
good, being also cleared and in English grass.

Makohine Village Settlement, Rangitikei County.

| Tiriraukawa | 1 | 9 2 19 | 3 2·4 | 0 15 5 |
| " | 2 | 10 0 0 | 3 2·4 | 0 16 0 |
| " | 3 | 10 1 20 | 3 2·4 | 0 16 8 |
| " | 4 | 9 1 7 | 3 2·4 | 0 14 11 |
| " | 5 | 9 1 22 | 3 2·4 | 0 15 1 |
| " | 6 | 7 0 35 | 3 2·4 | 0 11 7 |
| " | 7 | 13 1 0 | 3 4·8 | 1 2 9 |
| " | 8 | 13 2 0 | 3 4·8 | 1 3 0 |
| " | 9 | 14 0 0 | 3 4·8 | 1 3 10 |
| " | 10 | 14 2 0 | 3 4·8 | 1 4 8 |
| " | 11 | 13 0 22 | 3 0 | 0 19 9 |
| " | 12 | 28 2 0 | 2 4·8 | 1 14 3 |

This settlement is on the main road between Hunterville
and Moawhango, on the North Island Main Trunk Railway
line. The distance from Hunterville by metalled road is
about seven miles. The sections consist chiefly of flat and
sloping land. The soil is good, and, except where the timber
has been cleared, is covered with the usual mixed forest.
Section 7 is weighted for improvements £10 10s. for bush-
felling; Section 8, £3 for bushfelling; Section 9, £32 10s. for
bushfelling and house; Section 10, £51 for bushfelling,
stumping, and two houses; Section 11, £3 for bushfelling;
and Section 12, £10 10s. for bushfelling.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands for Sale by Auction, Southland Land District.

Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 5th December, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following lots will be
submitted to auction in the Land Office, Invercargill,
at noon on Wednesday, the 31st day of January, 1894.
Terms: One-fifth part payable on fall of hammer; balance,
together with grant fee, within thirty days of sale.