April 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 641

Conditions of sale: One-fourth of the purchase-money to
be paid on the fall of the hammer; one-fourth on the 1st
January, 1898; one-fourth on the 1st January, 1900; and
the balance on the 1st January, 1902. Timber to be removed
within seven years from date of sale.

Plans, &c., can be seen at this office, and at the Post-
offices at Thames, Paeroa, Waihi, Te Aroha, and Tauranga.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri and Totara Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public
Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 7th April, 1896.

THE under-mentioned clumps of dead timber situated
in the Puhipuhi State Forest, and dead and green
timber situated in Blocks XV. and XVI., Hukerenui Survey
District, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this
office, on Tuesday, the 26th May, 1896:—

Dead Kauri on Section 4, Block XV., Hukerenui Survey
District (a Reserve).

| 1 | 165 | 450,000 | 168 15 0 |

Green Kauri on Sections 2 and 3, Block XVI., Hukerenui
Survey District.

| 2 | 199 | 618,400 | 231 18 0 |

Conditions of Sale.—One-half the purchase-money to be
paid on the fall of the hammer, the balance to be paid
within twelve months. Timber to be removed within three
years from date of sale. Plans can be seen at this office, at
the County Office, Whangarei, and post-offices, Whangarei,
Hikurangi, and Kawakawa.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Ardgowan Estate, Oamaru Survey District, for Lease
on Application.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 7th April, 1896.

APPLICATIONS for leases of the under-mentioned
sections will be received up to 4 p.m. on and after
Tuesday, the 12th May, 1896, at the office of Mr. Henry
MacIntosh, Oamaru, and at the Crown Lands Office, Dun-
edin. If there be more than one application on the first day
for any of the sections a ballot will be taken on Thursday,
the 14th May, at 11 a.m., at the Weir Street Hall, Oamaru.
No deposit is required with the application, but the suc-
cessful applicant must be prepared to pay a half-year's rent
and £1 1s. lease-fee immediately on his application being
approved.

SCHEDULE.
Oamaru Survey District.—Ardgowan Estate.

Term of Lease: From year to year until required by the
Government. The lessee of Section 84 will have to give up
possession on one month's notice should it be required for a
school.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Southland Land District.—Pastoral Leases in the District of
Centre Hill, Wallace County, 10,281 Acres, to be offered
for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 7th April, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
pastoral lands will be submitted to public auction
for lease, on Wednesday, the 27th May, 1896, at the District
Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 a.m. :—

Pastoral Lands, under Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892."

Run No. 198A, known as "Dunrobin," 8,181 acres: Upset
rental, £68 3s. 6d. yearly; distance, about ten miles from
Mossburn; term, twenty-one years.

Run No. 198c, known as "Jim Crow," 2,100 acres: Upset
rental, £26 5s. yearly; distance, about twelve miles from
Mossburn; term, twenty-one years.

The above runs consist of hilly and broken land, mostly
open, covered with silver-tussock and fern, and well watered.
Height above sea-level, from 1,000ft. to 3,000ft.

Run No. 198A is burdened with valuation for improve-
ments, £92 4s.

Possession will be given on the day of sale.

Valuation for improvements must be paid to the Receiver
of Land Revenue, Invercargill, before the licensee will be
let into possession.

Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration required
by section 62 of "The Land Act, 1892," and pay the sum
of the half-year's rent and license-fee on the fall of the
hammer.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Canterbury, open for Lease on Appli-
cation.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 7th April, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small
grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at
the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on and
after Wednesday, the 20th May, 1896, at the annual rental
noted below. In case of more than one application for the
run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by
ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
Waimate County.—Nimrod and Waihao Survey Districts.
First-class Pastoral Country.

| Sec- | Survey | Block. | Area. | Rent | Annual |
| tion. | District. | | | per | Rental. |
| | | | | Acre. | |
| | | | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 36389 | Nimrod | XIII., XIV. | 4,836 0 0 | 0 7 | 141 1 0 |
| | Waihao | I., II. | | | |

This run is situated on the dividing-range between the
Hakateramea and Waihao Rivers, inland of Waimate, and
comprises high open hilly country, with generally broad and
flat ridges, intersected by deep gullies. The soil varies in
quality from fair to good—that on the main tops and
southern faces having a cold appearance, whilst other parts
are very rocky. The vegetation comprises the ordinary
silver-tussock and other native grasses, with an admixture
of English grasses; snow-grass is common on the higher
lands and southern faces. The general elevation of the
country ranges from about 1,500ft. to about 3,500ft. above
sea-level. The distance from Waimate by the Pentland
Hills road is about twenty-eight miles, all but about three
miles of the distance being practicable for drays. The run
is also connected with the Sandhurst Railway-station by the
Hakateramea Valley and branch roads. The land is adapted
only for pastoral purposes, and during the winter is subject
to heavy falls of snow.

Conditions of Lease.

1. The term of lease is twenty-one years, with the option
   of renewal for a further period of twenty-one years, at a rent
   to be fixed by valuation, and improvements being secured to
   lessee as provided by "The Land Act, 1892," section 182.
   Each lessee is required to make the declaration as per form
   printed below.

2. No person can lease more than one run.

3. Residence on small grazing-run is compulsory, and
   commences within three years in bush or swamp land, and
   within one year in open or partly open land, unless the
   lessee obtain the consent of the Land Board to reside on
   other land in his occupation.*

• Owing to the altitude of the country and the absence of a suit-
  able homestead-site, the Land Board will be prepared to consider
  an application from the successful applicant for exemption from
  residence in terms of sections 142 and 143 of "The Land Act, 1892."