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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Run 346, Lake County: Area, about 14,300 acres; term,
fourteen years; upset annual rental, £15; valuation for im-
provements, £36. This run adjoins Glenorchy, at head of
Lake Wakatipu. Altitude, from 1,100ft. to 5,000ft. Late
licensees, Messrs. Valpy and Co.

Runs 346B and 346C (grouped), Paradise Flat Station, Lake
County: Area, about 1,800 acres (exclusive of bush); term,
seven years; upset annual rental, £30. Sections 34 to 38,
Block II., Dart District, are comprised in the above area.
This country is situated on the Dart River, about five miles
north of Kinloch. Its highest altitude is 4,500ft. Late
licensee, Mr. G. S. Fulton.

Run 444, Lake County: Area, about 9,800 acres; term,
ten years; upset annual rental, £5. Situated nine miles
north of Macetown, and watered by a branch of the Mota-
tapu River. Highest altitude, 6,800ft. Late licensee, Mr.
Jas. Ferris.

Runs 458 and 468 (grouped), Lake County: Area, about
57,400 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental,
£10; valuation for improvements, £31. Adjoins Canterbury
Province, at the head of Matukituki Valley. High country,
rising from 1,100ft. to 9,000ft., abundantly watered. Late
licensee, Mr. Hugh McPherson.

Run 478 (Class I.), Southland and Tuapeka Counties: Area,
about 12,300 acres; term, ten years; upset annual rental,
£40. Situated between Pomahaka River and the Wakata
Bush; well watered. Altitude, from 3,500ft. to 4,500ft.
Present licensee, Mr. Archibald McGregor.

Run 1, Tuapeka Depasturing District: Area, about 2,758
acres; term, four years; upset annual rental, £30; valua-
tion for improvements, £51 3s. 3d. Situated at head of Tua-
peka River; well watered. Part of Bellamy Station (137E)
is included in this run.

Cairnhill District, Sections 8 to 19, Block II. (Class II.),
Vincent County: Area, about 2,069 acres; term, seven years;
upset annual rental, £25. Situated on Clutha River, imme-
diately east of Bald Hill Flat, and six miles south of Alex-
andra. Present licensee, Mr. John Butler.

Cairnhill District, Section 20, Block II., and Sections 4
to 6, Block III. (Class II.), Vincent County: Area, about
1,205 acres; term, seven years; upset annual rental, £15.
Situated on Clutha River, adjoining and south of the pre-
ceding run. Present licensees, Messrs. McGettigan and
Sorrenson.

Table Hill District, Section 37, Block VI., Bruce County:
Area, about 173 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual
rental, £4. Situated about six miles from Milburn Railway-
station, by formed road. Fronts Tokomairiro River.

Table Hill District, Section 28, Block VII., Tuapeka
County: Area, about 643 acres; term, ten years; upset
annual rental, £18 15s. 1d.; valuation for improvements,
£160. Situated in Waitahuna Gully, three miles from Wai-
tahuna Railway-station; well watered. Run at present
occupied by the administratrix of the late Niels Nass.

Possession of Runs 19, 206D, 212E, 212F, 226E, 243A, and
243B (grouped); 346, 346B, and 346C (grouped); 444, 458,
and 468 (grouped); 1; Section 37, Block VI., Table Hill Dis-
trict; and Section 28, Block VII., Table Hill District, will be
given on 1st March, 1894. Possession of the remaining runs,
viz., 199A and 199B (grouped); 236E and 236H (grouped);
262A, 262K, 262L, 262M, and 262N (grouped), 478, Sections
8 to 19, Block II., Cairnhill District; and Section 20, Block
II., and Sections 4 to 6, Block III., Cairnhill District—
will be given on 1st March, 1895.

Valuations, where specified, must be paid on day of sale,
and such payments, with respect to runs expiring in 1895,
must be made to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Dunedin,
before the licensee will be let into possession.

The amount of such valuations shall, exclusive of the value
of a rabbit-proof fence, in no case exceed three times the
amount of the average annual rental paid under the expired
or expiring lease or license during the term thereof, or five
times such amount in cases where the annual rent does not
exceed £50.

The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with
the provisions of Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892."

Purchasers must deposit statutory declaration required by
section 62 of "The Land Act, 1892," and pay the first half-
year's rent (together with license-fee, £1 1s.) on fall of the
hammer.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale by Auction of Kauri Timber Lands.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 20th December, 1893.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned timbered
lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at the
Land Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, the 21st day of
February, 1894, at 11 a.m. :—
Hukatere Survey District (Otamatea County): Section 4,
Block VI.; 115 acres and 80 perches. Upset price, £103 10s.
Open and forest land, situated three-quarters of a mile from
Wairoa River, and twenty miles from Te Kopuru. The

forest contains about ninety kauri trees, or 150,000ft. of
timber.

Hukerenui Survey District (Whangarei County): Section
13, Block VIII.; 100 acres. Upset price, £150. Open and
broken forest land, containing about 1,100,000ft. of kauri
timber, situated near Kaimamaku River, about six miles
from Hikurangi Post-office.

Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money to be
paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-
grant fee, within thirty days thereafter.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of 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, 12th February, 1894.

NOTICE 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,
Wellington, on the 28th day of February, 1894, 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.

MANAWATU-KUKUTAUKI NO. 4A, SECTION 1.
94–14. Transfer, dated the 19th day of January, 1894, from
Akapita Tahitangata to William Frederick Barnard Brown.

MANAWATU-KUKUTAUKI NO. 4A, SECTION 1.
94–15. Transfer, dated the 20th day of December, 1893,
from Mata Kohu to William Frederick Barnard Brown.

ORONGORONGO.
94–16. Lease, dated the 27th day of January, 1894, from
Wi Hapi Pakau to Edward Joshua Riddiford.

NGAKARORO NO. 1A, SECTION 8.
94–17. Transfer, dated the 6th day of February, 1894, from
Ngapera Wi Parata to Hira Parata.

OROI.
94–18. Transfer, dated the 27th day of January, 1894, from
Pataro Tohia to Edward Joshua Riddiford.

WAITARA SURVEY DISTRICT, BLOCK IV.
94–19. Lease, dated the 12th day of January, 1894, from
Heni te Rau o te Rangi to Thomas Hugh Wade-Gery.

Sitting of Court adjourned.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sitting of the Nativ
Land Court at Turakina has been adjourned to th
13th day of March, 1894.

H. F. EDGER,
Registrar.

Application for Probate.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1894.

In the matter of the will of REWETI TE KOHU, of Manukau,
deceased.

APPLICATION having been made by Tamati Pewene
that probate be granted of the aforesaid will:
It is hereby notified that all persons opposing such appli-
cation must lodge a caveat, in manner prescribed, within two
calendar months after the date of the Gazette containing
this notice.

H. F. EDGER,
Registrar.

Application for Probate.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 1894.

In the matter of the will of HOETA TE ARU, of Omahu,
deceased.

APPLICATION having been made by Wiremu Muhunga
Paraotene that probate be granted of the aforesaid
will:
It is hereby notified that all persons opposing such appli-
cation must lodge a caveat, in manner prescribed, within
two calendar months after the date of the Gazette containing
this notice.

H. F. EDGER,
Registrar.