APRIL 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 697

Declared at __, this __ day of __, 18, before me—
____, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
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:—

WITHIN PUHIPUHI STATE FOREST.

Kauri.

| 17 | 52 | .. | 52 0 0 |
| 18 | 60 | .. | 60 0 0 |
| 19 | 71 | .. | 71 0 0 |

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.

Lease of Reserve for Sale by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 23rd March, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that a lease of the under-mentioned land will be offered for sale by auction at the Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Wednesday, the 20th day of May, 1896:—

Reserve for leasing under “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,”—

Hundalee Survey District, Section 31, Block XXI.; 20 acres; term, one year, from 1st March, 1896; upset annual rental, £5.

Description of land: Good soil, about half in grass, remainder covered with light bush and scrub (ngaio, mahoe, &c.), well watered, about 12 chains of wire and stake fence dividing section into two paddocks; value, £8; distant seventeen miles and a half from Kaikoura by track.

The teams of settlers travelling to and using the reserve as a landing-place, and the horses of bonâ fide travellers, to be accommodated free of charge.

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

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner Crown Lands.

Sale of Kauri Timber in Waitawheta Bush, Auckland.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th March, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned kauri timber, situated on the Waitawheta River, within Blocks VI., VII., and X., Te Aroha Survey District, and Blocks III. and XI., Katikati Survey District, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 15th May, 1896:—

17,500,000 feet kauri timber. Upset price, £8,750.

This timber can be easily got into the Waitawheta River and floated down to Franklin’s Flat.

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.

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, Dunedin. 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 successful 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 improvements, £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 Application.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run 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