JULY 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1059

Sale of Kauri Timber by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 19th June, 1896.

THE under-mentioned clumps of dead and scorched kauri timber in the Aponga State Forest, within Blocks IV. and VIII., Mangakahia Survey District, will be offered for sale by public auction at this office on Friday, the 4th September, 1896, at 11 o'clock a.m.

No. 1 Clump.—30 old dead kauri-trees, containing about 30,000ft.; upset price, £7 10s. 24 scorched kauri-trees, containing about 83,678ft.; upset price, £27 18s.

No. 2 Clump.—4 old dead kauri-trees, containing about 4,320ft.; upset price, £1 1s. 6d. 19 scorched kauri-trees, containing about 96,376ft.; upset price, £32 2s. 6d.

No. 3 Clump.—81 old dead kauri-trees, containing about 101,793ft.; upset price, £25 9s. 269 scorched kauri-trees, containing about 1,178,449ft.; upset price, £392 16s.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half the purchase-money to be paid by cash or marked cheque on the fall of the hammer, the balance within twelve months. Timber to be removed within two years from date of sale.

Plans can be seen at this office and at the Post-office at Whangarei.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands, Wellington, open for Selection on Perpetual Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 30th June, 1896.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands, having been surrendered in terms of section 156 of “The Land Act, 1885,” will be open for selection on perpetual lease on and after Wednesday, the 19th August, 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 10 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

PAHIATUA COUNTY.—MAKURI SURVEY DISTRICT.
First- and Second-class Land.

These sections are situated in the Makuri District, in the neighbourhood of Makuri, and are approached chiefly by roads leading into or towards that township. They consist principally of land in the Makuri and adjoining valleys, or country sloping into or served by them or their road-systems. The land, taken as a whole, would be considered suitable for sheep-farming, as it contains some good soil on papa or limestone formation. The sections are in a high state of improvement, the extent and value of which are stated against the number of each.

The improvements have to be paid for in cash on the day on which the application is approved.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 26th May, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned rural land will be submitted for sale at this office on Friday, the 4th September, 1896, at 11 a.m.:-

Parish of Okura, adjoining Wade Village, Section 30, 1 acre 2 roods 30 perches; upset price, £3 7s. 6d.

Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee £1, within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Second-class Pastoral Country, Canterbury, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 16th May, 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 8th July, 1896, at the yearly rental noted below. In case of more than one application being received on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

ASHLEY COUNTY, WAITOHI AND WAIPARA SURVEY DISTRICTS.— PART OF PATOA SETTLEMENT.

Second-class Pastoral Country.
Sections 36577, 36579, 36580, and 36581: 3,846 acres 3 roods; annual rent, £133 11s. 4d.

Locality and Description of Run.

These sections are situated between the Hurunui and Waitohi Rivers, to the west of the Northern Railway, near Medbury Station, and comprise open plain light stony land, partly covered with stunted manuka scrub. The elevation is from 850ft. to 950ft. above sea-level, and, except where covered with manuka, the country is fairly well grassed with tussock.

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 the 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.

4. Permanent improvements must be effected equal to one year's rental by the end of the first year, two years' rental by the end of the second year, and four years' rental at the end of the sixth year; and on bush land, in addition thereto, improvements must be made to the value of 10s. an acre if first-class land, or of 5s. an acre if second-class land.

5. One half-year's rent and £1 1s. for the lease must be paid immediately the application is declared successful; the rent to be paid half-yearly in advance during the term of the lease. The next payment of rent will become due on the 1st March, 1897.

6. The lessee has no right to purchase any part of the land; but he can select, with approval of the Land Board, 150 acres around the homestead through which no road can be taken or other public privilege exercised without compensation.

DECLARATION.

I, , of* , do solemnly and sincerely declare—

1. That I am of the age of seventeen years and upwards.

2. That I am the person who, subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” am desirous of becoming the purchaser of a lease of Run No.†

3. That I am purchasing such lease solely for my own use and benefit, and not, directly or indirectly, for the use of any other person or persons whatever.

4. That I am not already the holder of any such lease in any part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any such lease.

5. That I am not the holder of any run under Part VI. of the aforesaid Act, nor have I any interest in any such run.

6. That I do not own any freehold land or land held by lease or license of any kind whatever anywhere in the colony, either by myself or jointly with any other person, which, exclusive of the land I am now purchasing the lease of, will exceed in area 1,000 acres.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

(Signature.)

Declared at , this day of , 189 , before me— , a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

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