Aug. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1183

DESCRIPTIONS OF LANDS.

Reserve 425 is situated at Springfield, adjacent to the pottery-works, and comprises clay land of inferior quality, poorly grassed, and partly covered with gorse and scrub.

Reserve 2012 is situated adjacent to Mr. John Studholme’s Coldstream Estate, at a distance of about eight miles and a half in a south-westerly direction from the Hinds Railway-station, and near to the north bank of the Rangitata River, and comprises open plain land, light soil, partly in native pasture and partly in English grass which requires renewing. The reserve as a whole has been fenced in, and there is a subdivision fence running parallel to the south-west boundary. The lessees will be required to maintain the fences and other improvements to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands. A county water-race intersects the reserve.

Crown land adjoining R.S. 18412 is situated on the eastern bank of the Haehaetemoana River, at a distance of about four miles in a southerly direction from Geraldine, and comprises poor land and river-bed liable to flood.

Reserve 2999 is situated in the Township of Geraldine, and comprises good land, partly infested by gorse.

Reserves 948 and 1846 are situated in the Township of Arowhenua, and comprise land of light quality.

Reserve 102 is situated at Patiti Point, immediately to the southward of Timaru, and comprises undulating land well covered by English grasses, the northern portion being somewhat infested with gorse.

Section 34376 is situated about two miles and a half to the northward of the Waitaki North Railway-station, and Section 34375 about two miles and a half to the eastward of the Waihao Railway-station: they comprise open plain land of light quality, carrying native grasses.

Further particulars may be obtained on application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

CONDITIONS.

1. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of lots which one person may acquire, and no declaration is required. Residence and improvements are not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessees, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.

2. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

3. The leases shall be for the terms specified in the Schedule, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by Government.

4. The lands are let for grazing purposes, and lessees will not be permitted to break up or crop any of the same without the written permission of the Land Board first had and obtained.

5. Upon the fall of the hammer every lessee shall pay a lease-fee of £1 1s., together with a half-year’s rent in the case of reserves whose annual rental exceeds £5, and one year’s rent in the case of reserves whose annual rental is below £5.

6. The lessee shall prevent the growth or spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in his lease, and shall with all reasonable speed remove or cause to be removed all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner.

7. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land comprised in the lease, and shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner or an officer appointed by him to inspect the ground.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Pastoral Run No. 121, Craigieburn Station, Selwyn County.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 22nd July, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the pastoral lease of the under-mentioned run will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 28th August, at 12 o’clock noon:—

Run No. 121, Craigieburn Station, Selwyn County: About 50,000 acres; term of lease, eight years and eight months, fixed tenure, from the 1st September, 1895; upset rental, £1,160 per annum.

The lease, all costs whereof shall be borne by the purchaser, will be from the Canterbury College. The lease shall be subject to the right of the Canterbury College or the Crown to dispose of the freehold of the whole of the run, or any part thereof, by way of sale. Provision is made in the memorandum of lease to meet this contingency. The rent will be payable half-yearly, on the 1st days of March and September in each year, six months’ rent being paid on the fall of the hammer. Possession will be given on the 1st September, 1895. Plans and full particulars as to terms of lease may be obtained at this office, or from the Registrar of Canterbury College.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Native Land Court Notices.

Native Land Court Office, Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that the cases notified in Panui No. 95-44, of the 4th day of July, 1895, for hearing at Maketu on the 14th day of August, 1895, will be heard there on the 17th day of August, 1895, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

Dated this 22nd day of July, 1895.

JAS. W. BROWNE,
Registrar.

Notice under Section 118 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

NOTICE is hereby given that the application of Duncan Robertson, of Maketu, under section 118 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” in respect of Hinekopiri Block (Section 1100, Block IV., Maketu Survey District), which was notified for inquiry at Maketu on the 14th day of August, 1895, will be heard there on the 17th day of August, 1895.

Dated at Auckland, this 26th day of July, 1895.

JAS. W. BROWNE,
Registrar.

“The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

Registrar’s Office, Auckland, 23rd July, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Opotiki on the 26th day of August, 1895, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

[Auckland, 95-49.]

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION FOR PARTITION.

APPLICATION FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE RELATIVE INTERESTS.