1952 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 90

affected; and the mention of any particular provision of the
said Act shall not be deemed to exclude any other provision
of the said Act applicable to the particular case.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Leases of Building-sites for Sale by Public Tender in Terms
*of "The Public Reserves Act, 1881."

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that tenders for the leases of the
under-mentioned allotments will be received at this
office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, the 21st of December,
1896. Plans and form of lease can be seen at this office.
The term of the leases will be fourteen years. No allowance
whatever shall be payable on account of improvements
effected by the lessee. A deposit of a half-year's rent at
the rate tendered, and £1 1s. lease-fee, must be enclosed
with each tender. The highest or any tender will not
necessarily be accepted.

SCHEDULE.

ALLOTMENTS IN SECTION 268, BLOCK I., MOUTERE.

| Allot- | Area. | Upset | Allot- | Area. | Upset |
| ment. | | Annual | ment. | | Annual |
| | | Rental. | | | Rental. |
| | A. R. P. | £ s. d. | | A. R. P. | £ s. d. |
| 1 | 0 0 20 | 0 10 0 | 17 | 0 0 20 | 0 10 0 |
| 2 | 0 0 20 | 0 10 0 | 18 | 0 0 20 | 0 10 0 |
| 3 | 0 1 0 | 1 0 0 | 19 | 0 2 0 | 2 0 0 |
| 4 | 0 0 20 | 0 10 0 | 21 | 0 1 0 | 1 0 0 |
| 5 | 0 0 20 | 0 10 0 | 22 | 0 1 0 | 1 0 0 |
| 6 | 0 0 20 | 0 10 0 | 23 | 0 0 20 | 0 10 0 |
| 7 | 0 0 20 | 0 10 0 | 24 | 0 0 20 | 0 10 0 |
| 8 | 0 2 0 | 2 0 0 | 25 | 0 0 20 | 0 10 0 |
| 10 | 0 1 0 | 1 0 0 | 26 | 0 0 20 | 0 10 0 |
| 11 | 0 1 0 | 1 0 0 | 27 | 0 0 20 | 0 10 0 |
| 12 | 0 1 0 | 1 0 0 | 28 | 0 1 0 | 1 0 0 |
| 13 | 0 0 20 | 0 10 0 | 29 | 0 1 0 | 1 0 0 |
| 14 | 0 0 20 | 0 10 0 | 30 | 0 0 20 | 0 10 0 |
| 15 | 0 0 20 | 0 10 0 | 31 | 0 0 20 | 0 10 0 |
| 16 | 0 0 20 | 0 10 0 | | | |

These allotments are situated at the mouth of the Mana-
watu River, about three miles from Foxton, and are known
as the "Foxton Health Resort."

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

Sale of Totara Timber, Wellington Land District.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 28th September, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the totara timber on the
under-mentioned Crown lands will be offered for sale
by public auction at the Public Hall, Eketahuna, on Wednes-
day, 25th November, 1896.

SCHEDULE.

| Lot. | Section. | Block. | Survey District. | Area. | Upset |
| | | | | | Price per |
| | | | | | Acre. |
| | | | | A. R. P. | £ s. d. |
| 1 | 7,11 | I. | Mangaone .. | 160 0 0 | 20 0 0 |
| 2 | 7,11 | " | " | 149 0 0 | 22 0 0 |
| 3 | 12 | VII. | Tararua .. | 153 0 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 4 | 12 | " | " | 139 0 0 | 18 0 0 |

TERMS OF SALE.

The purchaser shall pay the purchase-money in four
equal instalments, one-fourth, and £1 1s. license-fee, being
deposited on the fall of the hammer; one-fourth on the 1st
January, 1898; one-fourth on the 1st January, 1899; and
the remaining one-fourth on the 1st January, 1900.

The first payment shall be made by cash or marked
cheque. Approved promissory notes payable on demand to
be given for the remaining three-fourths of the purchase-
money, when the license to enter upon the land will be
issued. They will be presented for payment on the dates
stated above, but the Commissioner reserves the right of
presenting them at an earlier date if at any time the Crown
Lands Ranger reports that more than one-fourth, one-half,
or three-fourths of timber respectively has been cut out
previous to the dates mentioned.

The purchaser of each lot shall have the sole use of the
land contained therein, and the right to cut and remove all
timber thereon during a period of five years from the date of
sale. Should one person purchase more than one lot, this
time will be extended to such time as may be mutually
agreed between the purchaser and the Commissioner.

Plans containing full particulars may be obtained at the
principal post-offices in the district, and at this office.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Town of Cambridge for Lease by Public
Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 27th October, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
reserves in Cambridge West Town will be submitted
at auction, for leasing under "The Public Reserves Act,
1881," for a term of fourteen years, at the Crown Lands
Office, Auckland, on Friday, the 18th day of December,
1896, at 11 a.m.

TOWN OF CAMBRIDGE WEST.

Lots 69 and 70: 5 acres 1 rood 27 perches; upset annual
rent, 16s. 6d.

Lots 148, 150: 2 acres 1 rood 20 perches; upset annual
rent, 9s.

Lot 198: 3 acres; annual rent, 9s.

Lot 570: 8 acres; annual rent, £1 4s.

Lot 569: 17 acres; upset annual rent, £2 11s.

Term of lease, fourteen years, without right of renewal.
No compensation will be allowed for improvements during
either the currency or at the termination of the lease.
Lessees will have the right to remove all fences or buildings
erected during tenancy.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Land, Southland, open for Selection on Perpetual
Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 30th September, 1896.

THE under-mentioned Crown land, having been surren-
dered in terms of section 156 of "The Land Act,
1885," will be open for selection on perpetual lease on and
after Thursday, the 10th December, 1896. If more than
one application be received for the section on the same day,
then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the
following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—WENDONSIDE SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

| | | | Perpetual Lease. | | Valuation |
| | | | | | for |
| Sec. | Block. | Area. | Rent | Half-yearly | Improve- |
| | | | per Acre. | Rent. | ments. |
| | | | s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 13 | II. | A. R. P. | 1 0 | 6 11 7 | 106 10 0 |
| | | 263 0 13 | | | |

This section is situated about ten miles from Riversdale
Railway-station by road. Open land, soil good. About 60
acres in English grasses, and 90 acres ploughed, first furrow.
134 chains of fencing.

The improvements have to be paid for in cash on the day
on which the application is approved; if balloted for, at
the time of ballot.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

First-class Land, Ashburton County, open for Selection on
Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 8th October, 1896.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for selec-
tion on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and
Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 9th day of
December, 1896.

If more than one application be received on the same day,
then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the
following day, at 11 a.m.