682. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 29

683. Fares will be charged as follows:—

For every Mile above 20 Miles.

14. Annual tickets, available over the whole of the railways for one year from the date of issue, will be charged £50. These tickets are not available by the New Zealand Midland Railway Company's trains between Greymouth and Brunner.

15. Children under twelve years of age will be charged half rates for season tickets.

As witness my hand, this eleventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

R. J. SEDDON,
Acting for Minister for Railways.

Crown Lands Notices.

Reserve at Maketu for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 11th April, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that the lease for the term specified of the under-mentioned reserve will be offered at public auction, at the Land Office, Tauranga, on Wednesday, the 5th day of June proximo, at 11 a.m.

Maketu Survey District (Tauranga County), Block II., Section 22a: Area, 26 acres 1 rood 20 perches; upset annual rent, £5; subject to £350 for flax-mill.

Term of lease, fourteen years, without right of renewal. No compensation for improvements during either the currency or at the termination of the lease. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lease of Pastoral Land, Nelson and Marlborough, for Sale by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 28th March, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land, known as the Tophouse Run, containing 28,748 acres, will be offered for lease by public auction for the term of twenty-one years, at this office, on Wednesday, the 8th May, 1895, at 11 a.m.

Sections 4 and 7, Motupiko and Rintoul Survey District, 24,400 acres.

Sections 3 and 6, Motupiko and Rintoul Survey District, 1,250 acres.

Part of Reserve D, 1,098 acres.

Part of Reserve D, 2,000 acres.

Upset rental, £60 per annum. Weighted with valuation for improvements, to be specified before the sale.

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

JOHN S. BROWNING,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land for Sale by Auction at Blenheim.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 7th March, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land will be offered for sale by auction, at the Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Wednesday, the 1st day of May, 1895, at 11 o'clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

LINKWATER SURVEY DISTRICT.

Hampshire Hills Run.

Section 4, Block V.: 64 acres; upset price, £40; weighted with £8 15s., cost of survey, and £175, value of improvements.

Sections 1, Block IX., and 5, Block V.: 292 acres; upset price, £219; weighted with £21 5s., cost of survey, and £550, value of improvements.

Section 6, Block VI.: 170 acres; upset price, £85; weighted with £21 5s., cost of survey, and £364, value of improvements.

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, or the deposit at auction will be forfeited.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village Sections for Sale by Public Auction at Wellington.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of "The Land Act, 1892," that the following village sections will be submitted to public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, the 15th day of May, 1895, at 2.30 p.m.

SCHEDULE.

These sections adjoin the Cross Creek Railway-station, and consist of sideling open land upon a clay and sandstone formation; a small proportion of each section is level, and Section 4A is all flat.

TERMS OF SALE.

One-fifth of the purchase-money must be deposited on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with £1 Crown-grant fee, within thirty days, or the deposit will be forfeited. There are no restrictions or limitations imposed on purchasers of these sections.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.