FEB. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 173

have been washed away by the river. The section was
granted in 1858 to Alexander Baxter, then of Kaiapoi,
Ferryman, and, beyond that he conveyed the southern
moiety in 1862, nothing is known of him or his kin.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has been made aware of
the above-described land having no known owner,
and he, having made reasonable inquiry, can discover neither
the owner nor any agent for the said land, nor any objection
to the said land being declared subject to the above-named
Act :
Now, this is to give notice to all whom it may concern
that, unless on or before the 30th day of September, 1894, the
owner of the above-described land establishes his title thereto
to the satisfaction of the Supreme Court or any Judge of
such Court, the Public Trustee will take the steps prescribed
by " The Land Transfer Act, 1885," to be registered as the
owner of such land.
Dated this 23rd day of January, 1894.
J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice by Public Trustee under " The Unclaimed Lands
Act, 1892."

In the matter of a parcel of land, containing 4 perches, more
or less, being Section No. 20 of Block VII., in Beach
Street, in the Town of Queenstown, and Provincial Dis-
trict of Otago, of which the grantee was Jonathan Biggs
Lovell, then of Queenstown, Settler, who died in the
Frankton Hospital in October, 1870, and in respect of
which land nothing definite is subsequently certainly
known.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has been made aware of
the above-described land having no known owner,
and he, having made reasonable inquiry, can discover neither
the owner nor any agent for the said land, nor any objection
to the said land being declared subject to the above-named
Act :
Now, this is to give notice to all whom it may concern
that, unless on or before the 30th day of September, 1894, the
owner of the above-described land establishes his title thereto
to the satisfaction of the Supreme Court or any Judge of
such Court, the Public Trustee will take the steps pre-
scribed by " The Land Transfer Act, 1885," to be registered
as the owner of such land.
Dated this 24th day of January, 1894.
J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Crown Lands Notices.

CHEVIOT ESTATE.

NOTICE is hereby given that
SIXTEEN GRAZING-FARMS,
comprising 26,332 acres 2 roods of Pastoral Land, will be
open for application
For Lease
on Monday, the 5th day of March.
Also, nine First-class and one Second-class
PASTORAL GRAZING-FARMS,
comprising 15,686 acres, and two sections of Second-class
RURAL LAND,
comprising 196 acres, will be offered for SALE FOR CASH on
Tuesday, the 6th day of March.
Plans and terms, with full particulars of the lands, and a
brief description of each area, can be obtained at any Land
Office in the colony after the 10th February.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.
Lands and Survey Department,
Wellington, 24th January, 1894.

Lands open for Sale and Lease under " The Cheviot Estate
Disposition Act, 1893."

Lands and Survey Department.
Wellington, 29th January, 1894.
IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by " The Cheviot Estate Disposition
Act, 1893," I, John McKenzie, Minister of Lands for the
time being, appointed under " The Land Act, 1892," do hereby
declare and determine that the 27,713 acres 2 roods of pas-
toral land mentioned in the First Schedule hereto shall be
offered for lease as grazing-farms at Christchurch, on Mon-
day, the 5th March ;
Also, that the 14,305 acres of pastoral land described in the
Second Schedule hereto, together with the 196 acres rural
land in the Third Schedule, will be offered for sale for cash
by public auction at Christchurch, on Tuesday, the 6th day
of March, subject to the conditions published in the New
Zealand Gazette, No. 76, of the 12th October, 1893.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
GRAZING-FARMS, CHEVIOT COUNTY.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
PASTORAL RUNS, CHEVIOT COUNTY.

THIRD SCHEDULE.
SECOND-CLASS RURAL LAND, CHEVIOT COUNTY.
For Cash.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this thirtieth
day of January, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-four.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.