JUNE 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 947

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
lieving the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Justices
of the Peace Act, 1882."
(Signature.)
Declared at , this day of , 189 ,
before me— , a Justice of the Peace in and for the
Colony of New Zealand.
S. WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Marlborough to be offered for Lease.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that leases, for a term of seven
years, of the under-mentioned sections will be offered
by auction, at Kaikoura, on Wednesday, the 31st day of July,
1895, at 11 a.m.:—

In the event of any of the above blocks not being re-offered
at the end of the term, the lessees to be allowed to remove
their fencing; and if relet, but not to the present occupiers,
the sections to be weighted with the value of the fencing.

RESERVES FOR LEASING UNDER "THE PUBLIC RESERVES
ACT, 1881."

| Town of Kaikoura | 274 to 278 | 2 1 14 | 3 0 0 |
| Mount Fyffe* | 203, Block X. | 29 0 0 | 15 0 0 |

• Weighted with £20, valuation for improvements.

One half-year's rent and £1 1s. lease-fee in each case must
be paid on the fall of the hammer.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
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 ob-
tained 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.
WAIROPEHU SURVEY DISTRICT.

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 sub-
divisions 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.

CARLYLE SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 1 | V. | 350 | 1 0 | 8 15 0 | 620 0 0 |
| 2 | " | 300 | 1 3 | 9 7 6 | 473 10 0 |

OPAKU SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 1 | XI. | 654 | 0 6 | 8 3 6 | .. |
| 1 | XII. | 720 | 0 6 | 9 0 0 | .. |
| 1 | XV. | 420 | 1 6 | 15 15 0 | 821 0 0 |
| 2 | " | 1,050 | 0 6 | 13 2 6 | 1,410 0 0 |
| 3 | " | 1,070 | 0 4½ | 10 0 8 | 322 0 0 |
| 4 | " | 1,000 | 0 6 | 12 10 0 | 424 15 0 |
| 5 | " | 665 | 0 6 | 8 6 3 | 210 0 0 |
| 6 | " | 970 | 0 6 | 12 2 6 | .. |

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 Janu-
ary and the 1st July in each year. In the event of the out-
going 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 Coun-
cil in the event of the land not being again leased.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Auction of Pastoral Lease, Southland Land District
(under Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892").

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 21st May, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that Run No. 515 will be submitted
to public auction at the Land Office, Invercargill, on
Wednesday, the 10th July, 1895, at noon.

Run No. 515, Port William, Stewart Island County.—1,000
acres undulating country, from 10ft. to 1,000ft. above sea-
level, principally covered with bush and scrub; distance
from Half-moon Bay, about eight miles. Term, twenty-
one years from 1st March, 1896. Upset annual rental, £5.
Purchasers must deposit statutory declaration required by
section 62 of "The Land Act, 1892," and pay the first half-
year's rent (together with license-fee, £1 1s.), on the fall of
the hammer.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.