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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 34

Crown Lands Notices.

Rural Land in Auckland for Sale and Selection.

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

THE under-mentioned lands, being portion of Auckland University College endowment, will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of "The Land Act, 1892," either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, 22nd May, 1895.

If more than one application be received for the same land on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland.

SCHEDULE.
WAIKATO COUNTY.—PARISH OF TAUPIRI.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Leases of Public Reserves, Wellington, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1895.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," that the leases of the under-mentioned sections will be offered at public auction, at the Public Hall, Levin, on Tuesday, the 18th June, 1895, at 11 o'clock a.m.

Plans and form of lease can be seen and particulars obtained at this office.

The terms of the leases will be as stated opposite each section.

No allowance whatsoever shall be payable on account of improvements effected by the lessees.

A deposit of a half-year's rent and £1 11s. lease-fee must be deposited on the fall of the hammer.

SCHEDULE.

Term of Lease: Section 51, 14 years; Sections 3, 322, 340, and 44, 7 years; Sections 5 and 6, 17, and 29, 30, 31, from year to year.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

University Reserves, Patea County, for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 6th May, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned subdivisions of the University Reserve, Carlyle and Opaku Survey Districts, will be offered for sale by public auction at the Town Hall, Waverley, on Wednesday, the 3rd July, 1895, at 12 o'clock noon.

SCHEDULE.
UNIVERSITY RESERVE LEASES, PATEA COUNTY.

This reserve is situated about nine miles and a half from Waverley, and lies between the Okahutiria Road and the Whenuakura River. All broken forest-country, except where clearings have been made by the present lessees. The southern end of the block is accessible by the Kohi Road, which is a good cart-road. The Okahutiria is formed as a bridle-road to near the southern boundary of Section 5, and the remainder is under contract.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

The leases will be for a term of thirty years, commencing from the 1st July, 1895; upset rental per annum as noted in the Schedule.

Rent is to be paid half-yearly in advance on the 1st January and the 1st July in each year. In the event of the outgoing lessee becoming the highest bidder for the new lease, a year's rent and a lease-fee of £1 1s. to be paid on the fall of the hammer. Should any other person become the highest bidder, the amount of valuation for improvements to be paid on the fall of the hammer, together with a half-year's rent, and lease-fee.

There being no improvements effected on Section 1, Block XI., Section 1, Block XII., and Section 6, Block XV., Opaku, the highest bidder will pay a half-year's rent and lease-fee only.

Valuation for improvements made during the term of new lease will be paid by incoming tenant up to £2 per acre; but no valuation will be paid by the Crown or University Council in the event of the land not being again leased.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.