Jan. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 161

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.

Rural Sections.

Town Sections.

Block I.

Block II.

Town Sections—continued.

Block II.—continued.

Block III.

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.

Lands in Marlborough for Sale and Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 2nd December, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands will be offered for sale by auction, at the Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Wednesday, the 5th day of February, 1896, at 11 o’clock a.m.

FOR SALE FOR CASH.

Gore Survey District, on the Titirangi Run: Section 3, Block IX., 203 acres; upset price, £81 4s., weighted with £10 3s. cost of survey.

Section 1, Block XIII., 1,457 acres; upset price, £582 16s., weighted with £72 17s. cost of survey, and £300 valuation for improvements.

Linkwater Survey District, on the Hampshire Hills Run: Section 6, Block V., 996 acres; upset price, £498, weighted with £66 10s. cost of survey, and £1,000 valuation for improvements.

Upcot Survey District, on Langridge Run: Section 1, Block IX., 223 acres 3 roods; upset price, £112, weighted with £25 cost of survey, and £16 valuation for improvements.

One-fifth of the purchase-money must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with the Crown-grant fee, within 30 days, or the deposit at auction will be forfeited.

PASTORAL LICENSE UNDER PART VI., “LAND ACT, 1892.”

Onamalutu District, Run No. 101: 511 acres; term, ten years; upset annual rent, £2 2s. 7d.

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

RESERVES FOR LEASING UNDER “THE PUBLIC RESERVES ACT, 1881.”

Mount Olympus District, Wairau Valley: Parts Sections 18 and 20; term, five years; upset annual rent, £15. Part Section 3, Block I.: term, five years; upset annual rent, £5.

Linkwater Survey District: Section 55, Block XII., 40 acres; term, ten years; upset annual rent, £4. The present fences not to be disturbed.

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

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Cheviot Estate open for Sale upon Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 20th January, 1896.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Cheviot Estate Disposition Act, 1893,” that the under-mentioned lands will be open for application on and after Thursday, the 27th February, 1896.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—CHEVIOT SURVEY DISTRICT.
GRAZING-FARM OPEN FOR LEASE ON APPLICATION.

First-class Land.

This section comprises open, hilly, flat, low downs, and undulating land, flat-topped easy spurs, and some rough and ferny gullies with scrub near the bottom. The sea-faces are steep and broken. The formation comprises sandstone, slate, limestone, and clay; the soil is fairly deep, and generally of good quality. The vegetation consists of tussock, clover, cocksfoot, and other native and cultivated grasses. The section is watered by intersecting gullies; its elevation ranges from sea-level to about 1,100ft., the mean being 600ft., and it has a generally good aspect. There is a homestead-site situated on the flat near the mouth of the River Jed, about four miles by road from the Township of Mackenzie. The land is well adapted for grazing. The section is weighted with a sum of £50 1s., being half-value of fencing on the boundaries adjoining Lots 13, Block VII., and 2, Block VIII., Cheviot Survey District, which sum must be paid on allotment.

Possession of the section will be given to the successful applicant on the 1st March, 1896.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE OF GRAZING-FARMS.

1. The term of lease is twenty-one years.
2. Every applicant shall make the declaration prescribed, and shall, immediately after the application has been approved or declared successful at the ballot, deposit 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 September or 1st day of March following the date of application. He shall also pay the sum of £1 1s. for the preparation of the lease and the registration thereof.