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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 83

which, exclusive of the land I am now purchasing the lease of, will exceed in area 1,000 acres.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the 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.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve at Auckland for Lease by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 17th April, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease for a term of fourteen years of the plantation reserve, Section 218, Takapuna Parish, containing 5 acres 2 roods 7 perches, will be offered at public auction at this office on Friday, the 22nd day of June proximo, at 11 a.m. Upset annual rent, £1 10s.

Description: Open land on the Birkenhead to Lucas Creek Road, about four miles from the Birkenhead Wharf.

Term of Lease: Fourteen years from the 1st July, 1894, without any right of renewal.

Rent payable half-yearly in advance on the 1st January and 1st July in every year.

No valuation for improvements will be allowed during either the currency or at the termination of the lease, but the lessee will have the right to remove fences and buildings that may be erected by him.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Lease in Southland Land District for Sale by Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 30th March, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral lease will be submitted to public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Wednesday, the 23rd May, 1894, at noon:—

Run No. 509, Eyre Mountains, Southland County, 40,600 acres. Chiefly barren mountain-tops; vegetation, silver-tussock, fern, and snow-grass. Height above sea-level, from 1,000ft. to 6,000ft.; distance from Mossburn Railway-station, about eleven miles. Term, 21 years from 1st March, 1895; upset annual rent, £5.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Taranaki, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 25th April, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on and after Wednesday, the 27th day of June, 1894, at the annual rental noted opposite each run. In the case of more than one application for the runs on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Pastoral Country.

• Weighted with £100, value of improvements.

These lands are situate on the Patea River, access being obtained by the Maben Road and by the Ball Road, the latter being formed for dray-traffic as far as Run No. 3, within two miles of the block, thence by a good pack-track into the block. The country is very rough; that portion of No. 5 next to the Patea River is not so broken. On the south-west corner of No. 6 fifty acres of bush have been felled and grassed. The soil is of fair quality, and well watered. The timber is light, consisting of rata, rimu, tawa, and the usual undergrowth.

Plans and further particulars may be obtained on application at this office.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
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,
Auckland, 23rd April, 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 Te Awamutu, on the 25th day of May, 1894, for investigating the transactions relative to lands mentioned in the Schedule hereunder, at which time and place all persons having any objections to the said transactions are hereby notified to attend.

W. J. MORPETH,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

PUKETITI NO. 2.

94-48. LEASE, dated the 31st day of May, 1893, made by Arapeta te Rangituataka, Katoa Arihia, Kingi Wetere, Paima Keepa, Riria te Wehenga, Rangihua Kingi, Te Aka Pairama, Wiki Whakairi, Whakairi Wananga, Pairama Keepa as trustee for Huirua Pairama, Keepa Pairama, Kahupukatea Pairama, Matekino Pairama, Pipi Pairama, Te Aue Pairama, Te Amohere, and Te Huia Pairama; Whakairi Wananga as trustee for Kino Whakairi and Pehi-hua Whakairi, and Kingi Wetere as trustee for Takerei Kingi, all of Mokau, to Archibald McNicol, of Wairoa South.

PUKETITI NO. 3.

94-49. Lease, dated the 2nd day of June, 1893, made by Erana Wetere, Karata Pahiri, Ngatohu Keepa, Pahira Keepa, Pahiri Wiari, Rangiomohia Taniora, Taniora Wharau, Tiramate Wetere, Te Amoroa Ngatohu, Te Ra Wetere, and Ngatohu Keepa as trustee for Koopa Ngatohu, Te Wetini as trustee for Mihiata Wetini and Mihirangi Wetini; Ngatohu Keepa as trustee for Wairua Tumanako, and Pehira Kepa as trustee for Te Ahihurahura Kepa, all of Mokau, to Duncan McNicol, of Te Aroha.

PUKETITI NO. 4.

94-50. Lease, dated the 30th day of May, 1893, made by Huia Tawake, Kaahu Huatare, Paora Hapahapai, Pikau Paora, Taukiri Keepa, Te Aue Kaahu, Wahanui Huatare, Kaahu Huatare as trustee for Hingaatu Kaahu, Huingahau Kaahu, Te Ruhi Kaahu, and Wehewehe Kaahu, all of Mokau, to John William Ellis, of Otorohanga.

KAKEPUKU NO. 10.

94-51. Lease, dated the 19th day of February, 1894, made by Te Rangituatea Moihi and others, all of Tokanui, to David Ross and Makereti Hinewai, both of Kihikihi.

MAHOENUI PROPER.

94-52. Lease, dated the 27th day of December, 1893, made by Arapeta Rangituataka and others, all of Mokau, to James Reardon, of Mokau, and Joseph Houston, of Tongaparahi, Waitara.

MAHOENUI NO. 6.

94-53. Transfer, dated the 27th day of December, 1893, made by Arapeta te Rangituataka and others, all of Mokau, to James Rattenbury, of Waitara.

PART OF PUKETITI NO. 1.

94-54. Transfer, dated the 15th day of January, 1894, made by Te Ata Pehira and Mata Karena, both of Mokau, to Hugh Irvine, of Waitara.

SHARE IN KAKEPUKU NO. 10.

94-55. Transfer, dated the 22nd day of February, 1894, made by Nikora te Hauparoa, of Te Kuiti, to Manawa Hinewai, wife of John William Ellis, of Otorohanga.

PART OF PUKETITI NO. 1.

94-56. Transfer, dated the 15th day of January, 1894, made by Te Ata Pehira and Te Mata Karena, both of Mokau, to Newton King, of New Plymouth.

LOT 7 OF THE TOWNSHIP OF KIHIKIHI.

94-58. Transfer, dated the 25th day of October, 1893, made by Hapeta te Paku, of Kihikihi, to Makereti Hinewai, of Kihikihi.

MAUNGATAUTARI NO. 4H, SECTION 1.

94-59. Transfer, dated the 26th day of July, 1892, made by Nirai Whareturere, of Parawera, Kihikihi, to William George Kay, of Orakau, Kihikihi.

LOT 18, PARISH OF PIRONGIA.

94-60. Transfer, dated the 22nd day of December, 1893, made by Mere Rotoroto, of Parawera, Kihikihi, to James McQueen, of Alexandra.

MAUNGATAUTARI NO. 4H, SECTION 1.

94-61. Transfer, dated the 30th day of June, 1892, made by Paro Reihana, of Parawera, Kihikihi, to William George Kay, of Parawera, Kihikihi.