Reserve in Taupo District for Lease.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 20th September, 1894.

It is hereby notified that the Runanga Stockade Reserve,
No. 2934A, in the District of Taupo, Auckland Land
District, containing 188 acres, more or less, will be offered
for lease, under "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," for the
term of fourteen years, by public auction, at this office,
on Wednesday, 5th December, 1894, the upset rental being
£10 per annum, weighted with the sum of £110 as valuation
for improvements.

One half-year's rent, the value of improvements, and £1 1s.
lease-fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands and Leases of Railway Reserves, Taranaki
for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 26th October, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lands
will be submitted to public auction, at the District
Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, the
19th December, 1894, at 12 o'clock noon.

SCHEDULE.

MOA DISTRICT.

Block IX., Huiroa Survey District.

Section 291: Area, 4 acres 1 rood; upset price, £12 15s.
Situate between the Mountain Road and the railway-line,
and close to the Waipuku Village. The land is covered with
bush, and broken with a gully running across the centre.

VILLAGE OF KAPONGA.

Block XI., Kaupokonui Survey District.

Section 20: Area, 1 acre; upset price, £10.
Section 25: Area, 2 roods; upset price, £12.
Situate on the main road from Eltham to Opunake, about
eight miles from the former township. The sections com-
prise flat grassed land, with good soil.

ELTHAM-OPUNAKE RAILWAY RESERVE LEASES.

Terms of lease: Ten years. The land under bush to be
cleared and laid down in English grasses within five years
from the date of lease.

Terms of sale: One-fifth of the purchase-money, or one
half-year's rent, and £1 1s. lease-fee to be paid on the fall of
the hammer. Balance of purchase-money to be paid within
thirty days from the date of sale, together with Crown-grant
fee. Leases of reserves to be signed by successful purchasers
within thirty days from date of notice that they are ready
for execution. Further particulars may be obtained upon
application at this office.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Auckland for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th October, 1894.

It is hereby notified that the under-mentioned Crown
lands will be offered for sale by public auction at the
Crown Lands Office, Auckland, on Friday, the 14th day of
December next, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

WAITAKERERI Suburbs (Waitemata County): Lots 1, 2, and
3, each containing 4 acres 3 roods 32 perches; upset price
per lot, £10. Lot 4, containing 4 acres 3 roods 9 perches;
upset price, £10. Small lots adjoining the Waitakerei Rail-
way-station.

Pukekohe Parish: Lot 270, Section 2, 3 acres; upset
price, £21. Situated in the Pukekohe Settlement, about
two miles and a quarter from the railway-station.

Kaukapakapa Parish (Waitemata County): Section 81A,
4½ acres; upset price, £8 10s.

Terms of sale: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid
on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with
grant-fee, £1, within thirty days thereafter; otherwise the
part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be
forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null
and void.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Grazing-lease of Forest Reserve, Wellington, for Sale
by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 1st October, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land,
being a forest reserve, will be offered for lease for
grazing purposes, in terms of section 232 of "The Land Act,
1892," for the term of fourteen years, by public auction, at
Pahiatua, on Wednesday, the 5th December, at 11 a.m.:-

MANGAHAO SURVEY DISTRICT.

Section 133, Block III., 72 acres 2 roods 16 perches; upset
annual rental, £16 6s. 8d. Weighted with the sum of £65
as valuation for improvements.

This section lies to the east of Ballance, on the banks of
the Mangahao River, with rich alluvial soil; all level. A
saw-mill has been formerly at work, and the totara timber
has been cut out.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Native Land Court Notices.

Application for Rehearing.

Native Land Court Office,
Gisborne, 31st October, 1894.

MATAHIIA BLOCK.

In the matter of a decision of the Court, made the 2nd
day of September, 1885, upon the partition of the land
known as the Matahiia Block, and of an application by
T. W. Porter and another for rehearing, made within three
months of the said decision.

Whereas upon inquiry in open Court, before John Edwin
Macdonald, Esq., Chief Judge of the said Court, it was
ordered, on the 25th day of January, 1886, that a rehearing
as to the whole of the said land be had on the application of
T. W. Porter and another:

Now, notice is hereby given that a sitting of the Native
Land Court will be held at Gisborne on the 17th day of
November, 1894, to hear the said case.

H. C. JACKSON,
Registrar.

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Whakatane.

In the matter of "The Native Land Claims and Boundaries
Adjustment and Titles Empowering Act, 1894."

NOTICE is hereby given that the Native Land Court
sitting at Whakatane will, on the 1st day of Decem-
ber, 1894, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court
will allow, inquire and determine, under the provisions of
section 6 of the above-mentioned Act, who are the persons
entitled to the land known as Omataroa Block, otherwise
Lot 60, Rangitaiki.

Dated at Auckland, this 5th day of November, 1894.

JAS. W. BROWNE,
Registrar.