Oct. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1679

Lands in Wellington for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, 1st September, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the under-mentioned sections will be offered by public auction, at the upset price noted opposite to each, at this office, on Wednesday, the 14th October, 1896, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

Weighted with £134 for improvements. This section is situated on the main street of Levin Township, close to the Post-office, school, and the main business part of the town. It consists of fair soil on a shingle formation, and is open land.

19 | VIII. | Makuri .. .. | 101 1 0 | 2 5 0 | 227 16 3 | 90 0 0

This section is weighted with £90 for improvements. It is situated in the Tiraumea Valley, near the Township of Kaitawa, about five and a half or six miles from Pahiatua. The road is made and metalled up to and past the section. The soil is fair to good, and the grass on the cleared portion luxuriant. The bush which remains is heavy, with dense undergrowth. Although there is no extent of flat land, the slopes are very gentle and of no height. The section is within one mile of the Kaitawa Creamery and store, and half a mile of the public school.

Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money, together with the amount with which the section is weighted for improvements, to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with £1, Crown-grant fee on Section 45, Levin Village Settlement, and £1 0s. 1d. on Section 19, Block VIII., Makuri, 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 shall be null and void.

JOHN H. BAKER,
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.

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 Marlborough for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 2nd September, 1896.

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 4th day of November, 1896, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

FOR SALE BY AUCTION.

Onamalutu Survey District.—On Langley Dale Run.

Section 14, Block XI.: 550 acres; upset price, £275; weighted with £41 10s., cost of survey, and £200, value of improvements.

Description of Land.—About 40 acres undulating country, balance broken; pastoral, good soil in valleys; well watered; 400 acres bush, remainder grass, fern, and scrub; distance, sixteen miles from Blenheim. Accessible partly by main road and partly by unformed road.

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

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

Run No. 49, Clifford Bay Survey District: 400 acres; annual rent, £7; term, five years. Half a year’s rent and £1 1s. license-fee must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

Description of Land.—Boulder-bank at mouth of Wairau River; stony land, with patches of grass and rushes. About ten miles from Blenheim by road or river.

Possession will be given on 1st March, 1897.

The license to contain a condition providing for free ingress and egress for picnic and shooting parties.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
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