Aug. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1271

Westland Land District.—Auction Sale of Pastoral Licenses.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 12th July, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the licenses of the pastoral runs set out below will be offered by public auction, at the Land Office, Hokitika, on Wednesday, the 29th day of August next, at the hour of 2 o'clock in the afternoon, at the prices and for the terms given, and subject to any rights of renewal or resumption as may be prescribed by the Land Acts or other constituted authority, and subject to the necessary declarations being taken. Maps may be seen at the Land Office, Hokitika, where other full particulars, as to conditions of sale and license, &c., may be ascertained.

Payments to be made on the fall of the hammer, and consist, with regard to the said licenses, of six months' rent in advance and license-fee of £1 1s.

Run No. 23, 23,000 acres, Clark and Haast Valleys: Principally cattle-feed in bush on hillsides and flats; lower open country. Access by Haast Pass Track and Clark River-bed.

Run No. 48, 10,000 acres, Moeraki River: Cattle-feed country, undulating surface; commences half-mile back from the sea-beach. Accessible by the sea-beach, Moeraki River-bed, Moeraki Road, and Main South Road.

Run No. 57, 7,500 acres, Mariner's Peak and Kinnaird Range, immediately south of Paringa River: Fine, open, grassed country, very little scrub, tussock land runs down into main bush. Access by old track from Main South Road.

Run No. 70, 12,500 acres, between Haast and Waita Rivers: Fine cattle-feed, bush-slopes, and spurs of Matakita Range; good, dry, flat, timbered lands between foot of range and Tawerikiti Swamp. Access by Haast River-bed and Main South Road.

Run No. 80, 6,000 acres, Argentine Range, north of Paringa River: Access by old track from Paringa Forks or by spurs from Main South Road. Good, smooth, well-grassed tops; average height, 3,400ft.; sheep country.

Run No. 90, 5,500 acres, Bald Hill Range. Very smooth open ridges; good sheep country for nine months in year. Access must be made by track up spur from Mikonui or Hokitika River-beds.

Run No. 93, 10,000 acres, Upper Hokitika River Valley: Comprises all the open lands on the Mita Range and the flanks of the dividing-range north of Mathias Pass; tussock country, in parts very rugged; good summer sheep-feed. Access by track to be made up leading spur from junction of Hokitika-Whitcombe Rivers, and also by spurs from Mathias River-bed in Canterbury. Average altitude, 3,900ft.

Run No. 119, 5,000 acres, Upper Makawiho River Valley: Includes all the lower slopes and terraces on both banks of river; heavily timbered; cattle-feed under scrub. Accessible by Makawiho River-bed.

DAVID BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Auckland District for Lease by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 10th July, 1894.

IT is hereby notified that leases of the under-mentioned lands, for the periods stated, will be offered at public auction at this office on Friday, the 14th day of September proximo, at 11 a.m.

Lease for a term of fourteen years: Village of Waiuku, south-east part of Lot 70A (portion of landing reserve); area, 3 perches; upset annual rent, £1. Lease offered subject to £50 for improvements (workshop).

Lease for a term of seven years: Takahue Survey District (Mangonui County), Section 6A, Block XV.; area, 4 acres 1 rood 27 perches (recreation reserve); upset annual rent, £2.

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 leases, but lessees will have the right to remove fences and buildings that may be erected.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner Crown Lands.

Pastoral Licenses, Marlborough, for Sale by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 3rd August, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the licenses of the pastoral licenses hereunder mentioned will be offered by public auction at this office on Wednesday, the 3rd October, 1894.

SCHEDULE.

Run No. 76, 370 acres; Run No. 77, 350 acres; Run No. 78, 150 acres; Run No. 96, 480 acres; Run No. 97, 300 acres; Run No. 98, 125 acres.

Term, three years from 1st March, 1895. Upset annual rent of each run, 1s. (if demanded). One of the conditions is that the rabbits are to be kept down to the satisfaction of the Stock Department.

These runs occupy the shingle banks of the Wairau River, and are covered more or less with vegetation consisting of tea-tree, tussock, toetoe, &c. The main channel of the river forms the boundary between the runs. Situate about ten miles from Blenheim.

S. WEETMAN,
Commissioner Crown Lands.

Native Land Court Notices.

Sitting of the Court under Section 4 of "The Native Land Court Act Amendment Act, 1888."

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 24th July, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that a sitting of the Native Land Court will be held at Te Paeroa, on the 5th day of September, 1894, to make inquiries, as required by section 4 of "The Native Land Court Act 1886 Amendment Act, 1888," respecting the transactions mentioned in the Schedule hereto. All persons having objections to the said transactions are required to attend at the time and place aforesaid.

J. A. WILSON,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

PART OF ORERE AND TAUPO.

1 (83-122). Transfer of interests, dated the 15th day of September, 1883, made by Tukua to Rauroha and 6 others to George McDonald.

PART OF ORERE AND TAUPO.

2 (83-122). Transfer of interest, dated the ——— day of ———, 1884, made by Kati to Ruinga, of Whangarei, to George McDonald, of Wairoa South.

PART OF ORERE AND TAUPO.

3 (83-122). Transfer of interest, dated the 1st day of October, 1884, made by Hare Hauraki, of Waikato, to George McDonald, of Wairoa South.

PART OF ORERE AND TAUPO.

4 (83-122). Transfer of interests, dated the 25th day of November, 1889, made by Hoeroti Tatanora and 26 others to George McDonald, of Wairoa South.

PART OF ORERE AND TAUPO.

5 (90-58). Transfer of interest, dated the 28th day of May, 1890, made by Te Reha to George McDonald, of Wairoa South.

PART OF ORERE AND TAUPO.

6 (90-59). Transfer of interests, dated the 8th day of July, 1890, made by Tumatekitua Paaka, Hirama te Moanani, and Moengarua Tamati, as trustees for Mokopuna Hirama, all of Ohinemuri, to George McDonald, of Wairoa South.

PART OF ORERE AND TAUPO.

7 (92-84). Transfer of interests, dated the 16th day of July, 1892, made by Haora Tareranui and Hirama te Moanani, as trustees for Mokopuna Hirama, to George McDonald, of Wairoa South.

PUKEWHAU.

8 (93-131). Transfer, dated the 4th day of October, 1893, made by Wikitoria te Ngahue, Te Amo Paetai, Rangihoro Paetai, and Tamati Paetai, all of Hauraki, to John Lynch, of Coromandel.

PUKEWHAU.

9. Transfer, dated the 6th day of December, 1893, made by the Public Trustee of the Colony of New Zealand to John Lynch, of Coromandel.