JULY 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1113

Tenders for Iron Castings for New Zealand Government Railways.

Railway Department, Wellington, 2nd July, 1896.

THE following list of tenders for the supply of iron castings is published for general information.

T. ROVAYNE,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

Report of Land Claims Commissioner, Wellington.

Land Claims Office, Wellington, 23rd June, 1896.

I, JOHN HOLLAND BAKER, a Commissioner under “The New Zealand Company’s Land Claimants Act 1892 Amendment Act, 1894,” report that, the claim of the person whose name appears in the Schedule hereto having been duly referred to me for investigation, I do hereby decide that the said person is entitled to the Crown grant set against her name in the said Schedule.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner.

SCHEDULE.

Crown Lands Notices.

Pastoral Runs, Hawke’s Bay, opened for Selection on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 22nd June, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral runs will be open for selection for lease on and after Wednesday, the 12th August, 1896, at this office.

SCHEDULE.

Description of Runs.

The land is broken and of poor quality, carrying fern, with bush in gullies; well watered, and fit for grazing purposes, though the carrying-capacity of the land is light. The runs are accessible from Wairoa, distant about twenty-three miles.

Run No. 9 has some land which would carry good grass, but it exists in patches.

Run No. 10 contains about 6,000 acres of pumice land, with clay subsoil, and little or no vegetation upon it.

CONDITIONS.

The term of license is twenty-one years, and commences upon the day of selection. Half-year’s rent, and license-fee of £1 1s., to be paid at time of application. A declaration in accordance with Schedule E of “The Land Act, 1892,” is required from intending purchasers.

T. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Raglan County, Auckland, for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 1st June, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned reserve at Karioi, Raglan, will be submitted for lease by public auction for a term of fourteen years, in terms of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” on Friday, the 21st day of August, 1896, at 11 a.m., at the Crown Lands Office, Auckland:—

Raglan County, Parish Karioi: Pilot and Signal Station Reserve, Section 15, containing 228 acres; upset annual rent, £5; term of lease, fourteen years.

No compensation for improvements will be allowed during either the currency or at the termination of the lease, but the lessee will have the right, on the termination of the lease, to remove any fences and buildings that he may have erected during the term of the lease.

GERHARD MUELLER,
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,