Jan. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 55

Lands at Hanmer Plains for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 3rd December, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned town and rural sections, being subdivisions of the Hanmer Plains Reserve, will be open for leasing for the term of forty-two years, upon application at this office, on and after Wednesday, the 5th February, 1896.

SCHEDULE.
HANMER PLAINS RESERVE.

Town Sections.
Block I.

| 2 | 0 1 32 | 1 0 0 |
| 3 | 1 0 0 | 1 10 0|
| 7 | 0 3 32 | 1 0 0 |
| 8 | 1 0 13 | 1 0 0 |
| 9 | 0 3 24 | 1 0 0 |
|11 | 1 1 19 | 1 10 0|

Block II.

| 3 | 0 1 32 | 1 15 0 |
| 4 | 0 1 32 | 1 10 0 |

Block III.

| 8 | 0 1 32 | 1 10 0 |
| 9 | 0 1 32 | 1 10 0 |
|10 | 0 1 32 | 1 10 0 |
|11 | 0 1 32 | 1 10 0 |
|12 | 0 1 32 | 1 10 0 |
|13 | 0 3 0 | 1 0 0 |
|14 | 0 3 0 | 1 0 0 |
|15 | 0 3 0 | 1 0 0 |
|16 | 0 3 0 | 1 0 0 |
|17 | 0 3 22 | 1 0 0 |
|18 | 0 3 0 | 1 0 0 |
|19 | 0 3 0 | 1 0 0 |
|20 | 0 3 0 | 1 0 0 |

Section 1, about three-fourths covered with manuka scrub, remainder tussock land; clay soil. Section 2, undulating country, covered with manuka scrub; clay soil. Section 3, undulating country; manuka scrub in patches; clay soil. Section 4, partly clay soil and partly raupo swamp; patches of manuka scrub. Section 5, undulating land; swampy, with flax. Section 6, partly undulating and partly flat; shingly soil; tussock and manuka. Section 11, about three-fourths flat stony ground, remainder a terrace about 30ft. higher; tussock country; fair soil. Section 12, flat stony ground; tussock land. Section 14, about two-thirds terrace land, tussocks, fair soil; remainder swampy, with flax and manuka, good soil. Section 15, about one-third open stony land, remainder swampy, with flax and manuka; good soil. Section 16, swampy land, flax and manuka; good soil. Section 17, about two-thirds swampy land, good soil, with flax and manuka; remainder stony tussock land. Section 18, swampy land; good soil, with flax and manuka. Section 19, tussock land; flat ground; fair soil. Section 23, chiefly undulating spurs; tussock land; small patches of manuka scrub and swampy ground, with fair soil.

TERMS.

Rents are payable half-yearly, in advance, to the Receiver of Land Revenue at Nelson. The first half-year’s rent to be paid on the day of sale, together with a fee of £1 1s. for the lease.

Not more than one rural section may be leased by one person.

On each of the town sections buildings of the value of at least £50 must be erected within two years from date of lease.

Plans and forms of lease may be obtained at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, or at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch; at the post-offices, Culverden, and Waiau; and also at the Baths, Hanmer Plains.

J. S. BROWNING,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands in the County of Akaroa for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 9th December, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned rural lands, the property of the Canterbury College, will be submitted to public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 19th day of February, at noon.

SCHEDULE.
COUNTY OF AKAROA.—PIGEON BAY SURVEY DISTRICT.

Situated about two miles from the Little River Railway-station, on the Port Levy Road. It comprises rough, hilly, open grass land, of good quality, parts steep and rocky, formerly covered with bush; difficult of access on account of steep gradients of roads. Elevation ranges from 500ft. to 1,400ft. above sea-level. The land is well adapted for grazing purposes, and produces good crops of cocksfoot grass-seed.

TERMS OF SALE.

A deposit of one-fifth of the purchase-money shall be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance within thirty days thereafter, or the deposit will be forfeited and the sale cancelled. Possession will be given on the 1st May, 1896. Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

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

Land in Waimate County open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 9th December, 1895.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 12th February, 1896.

If more than one application be received for the same section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.
PAREORA SETTLEMENT.—PATITI SURVEY DISTRICT.

The Pareora Settlement is situated on the New Zealand and Australian Land Company’s Paeroa Estate, to the south of the Pareora River, and west of the main line of railway, the nearest station on which is St. Andrew’s, distant about two miles. The block is also connected with Timaru by the Main South Road, the distance being about eight miles. The section comprises open, level, agricultural land of good quality, and is intersected by the Otaio water-race. Wire and gorse fences surround three sides of the section, and the fourth is also fenced; the section is weighted with a sum of £5 4s., being valuation of fencing, which sum must be paid on allotment, in addition to the usual deposit and fees.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lands enumerated above are first-class lands, and are open for selection on lease in perpetuity, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”).

2. The day on which the lands shall be open for selection shall be Wednesday, the 12th day of February, 1896.

3. The rentals stated above shall be the price at which the land shall be open for selection.

4. Every applicant shall make the declaration hereinafter prescribed, and shall, immediately on being declared successful, pay a sum equal to one half-year’s rent of the land applied for. Such payment shall be in discharge of the half-year’s rent due on the 1st day of January or July following. He shall also pay the sum of £1 1s. for the preparation of the lease and the registration thereof.

5. No person shall be allowed to acquire or to hold more than one section, and no person who is the owner or occupier of land under the said Act which with the land applied for would exceed in area 640 acres shall be capable of applying for or holding any section.

6. The lessee must reside on the land leased within one year from the date of lease, and thereafter such residence shall be continuous.