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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

Land in Town of Opunake for Sale.

Crown Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 20th June, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land will be offered at public auction, for cash, at the above-named office, on Wednesday, the 14th August, 1895, at 12 o'clock noon.

SCHEDULE.

Section 9, Block XXXV., Town of Opunake, 1 rood. Upset price, £10.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with £1 Crown-grant fee, within thirty days from date of sale, otherwise the one-fifth deposited to be absolutely forfeited, and the sale to be null and void.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
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 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., Opaki, 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.

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."

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.

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.

Pastoral Lands in Otago Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 27th May, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that a yearly license, from the 1st July, 1895, to occupy for pastoral purposes, under section 116 of "The Land Act, 1892," Section 10, Block XV., Maniototo District, will be offered at auction on the 10th July, 1895. Area, 419 acres 2 roods 16 perches; upset annual rental, £31 10s.

The purchaser will be required to deposit the year's rent and license-fee (£1 1s.) on fall of hammer.

Possession will be given on day of sale.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 24th September, 1894.

IN pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1896, the period of literature will be the first half of the nineteenth century, and the special books will be Carlyle's "Sartor Resartus" and Milton's "Samson Agonistes."

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.