1612 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 74

Small Grazing-run, Marlborough, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 12th September, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application at this office on and after Wednesday, the 4th November, 1896.

In the case of more than one application on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Pastoral Country.

Weighted with £125 as value of improvements.

Description of Land.—Broken country; moderate soil, with mixed bush on lower slopes; well watered; 50 acres felled and grassed. About thirteen miles from Blenheim, partly by main road to Picton and partly by unformed road.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands in Canterbury for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 12th September, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned rural lands will be submitted to public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 4th November, 1896, at noon.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Surveyed First-class Lands.

Ashley County, Rangiora Survey District.

This section is situated between the properties of Messrs. Ritchie, Wilson, and McGiffert, at Stony Creek, between Ashley and Sefton—the distances from those places being respectively about three miles and a half and two miles—and comprises open, level agricultural land of good quality.

Note.—This section has no independent means of access, and no liability is accepted by or on behalf of the Government to provide access for the purchaser of the land.

Akaroa County, Pigeon Bay Survey District.

36598 | VIII. | 18 0 30 | 4 | 72 15 0

This section is situated adjacent to the properties of Messrs. Jenson, Field, and Parkinson, at the head of the Kaituna Valley, about ten miles from the Kaituna Railway-station, on the Little River branch line of railway. The land lies at an elevation of about 2,000ft. above sea-level, and consists of broken hillside with south-westerly aspect; the soil is good, and is capable of growing cocksfoot grass, with which it has already been surface-sown. The whole of the section has originally been covered with bush, a small patch of which is still standing.

Terms of Sale.—A deposit of one-fifth of the purchase-money shall be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with a Crown-grant fee of £1, within thirty days thereafter, or the deposit will be forfeited and the sale cancelled.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

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

Lands in Hawke's Bay District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 12th September, 1896.

THE under-mentioned sections will be offered by public auction at the local Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, on Wednesday, the 28th October, 1896, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

For Sale for Cash.—Ormond Township.

Conditions of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer; the balance, together with £1 Crown-grant fee, within thirty days from the date of sale, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land rendered null and void.

For Lease.—Buckley Township.

Conditions of Lease.—The leases to be for a term of years, commencing from the 1st January, 1897. One year's rent to be paid by the successful bidder at the fall of the hammer. No compensation to be given for any improvements effected on the land during the term of lease.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Taranaki Land District, open for Lease on Application.

Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 1st August, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application on and after Wednesday, the 30th September, 1896, at the rental noted below. In case of more than one application for the same run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SECOND-CLASS PASTORAL COUNTRY.

Weighted with £30, value of improvements, which must be paid with application.

Locality and Description of Run.—This run is situate on the Patea River, about thirteen miles from the Town of Patea. Access can be obtained by the river, and by the Ball Road from Alton, which is formed for dray-traffic to within about a mile of the run. The land comprises rough grazing-country—all forest, with the exception of 20 acres in grass. The soil is of fair quality.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.