July 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1207

Crown Lands Notices.

Leases of Crown Lands forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 23rd July, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that, the leases of the under-
mentioned Crown lands having been forfeited by
resolutions of the Auckland Land Board, the said lands
have reverted to the Crown under the provisions of "The
Land Act, 1892."

SCHEDULE.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Pastoral Runs liable to Forfeiture.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 15th July, 1896.

PURSUANT to section 188 of "The Land Act, 1885,"
and section 215 of "The Land Act, 1892," notice is
hereby given to the following persons that the under-
mentioned pastoral licenses are liable to forfeiture, and
that, if the rent overdue thereon be not paid within three
months from date, the licenses will be declared forfeited.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber, Auckland Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 15th July, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned kauri
timber upon Section 94, Parish of Pakiri, and upon
the Crown land adjoining, about three miles from Pakiri,
will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on
Friday, the 18th September, 1896, at 11 o'clock a.m.

Lot 1.—209 scorched kauri-trees, upon Section 94, con-
taining about 412,000ft.; upset price, £103.

Lot 2.—40 scorched kauri-trees, upon Crown land adjoin-
ing Section 94, containing about 113,000ft.; upset price,
£28 5s.

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 six months. Timber to be removed
within two years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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 pas-
toral runs will be open for selection for lease on and
after Wednesday, the 12th August, 1896, at this office.

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SCHEDULE.

Description of Runs.

The land is broken and of poor quality, carrying fern,
with bush in gullies; well watered, and fit for grazing pur-
poses, 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.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 9th June, 1896.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands, having been sur-
rendered in terms of section 156 of "The Land Act,
1885," will be open for selection for 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.
First- and Second-class Land.

Makuri Survey District.

Puketoi Survey District.

| 30 | II. | 640 0 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 0 0 | 1,315 0 0 |

Mount Cerberus Survey District.

| 37 | XII. | 329 3 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 6 1 | 667 6 6 |
| 42 | " | 200 0 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 15 0 | 314 2 0 |
| 34 | " | 200 0 0 | 1 | 1·5 | 5 12 6 | 332 15 1 |
| 43 | " | 450 0 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 8 9 | 828 7 6 |

These sections are situated in the Makuri, Upper Makuri,
and Puketoi Districts, in the neighbourhood of Makuri, and
are approached chiefly by roads leading into and towards
that township; and 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, is of an excellent character, with good soil on papa
or limestone formation; the most of the sections being in
a high state of improvement, to the extent and value set
against the number of each.

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

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.