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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 94

*Notice by the Public Trustee under "The Unclaimed Lands
Act, 1894."

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 10
acres, more or less, being Allotment 4 of Suburban Sec-
tion 3, Block XII., Parish of Waipipi and County of Eden,
the grantee of which land is James Waring, of Shortland,
miner, and of whom nothing can be traced; also, to the
owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 10 acres,
more or less, being Allotment 5 of Section 3, Parish of
Waipipi and County of Eden, the grantee of which land is
John Barker Mell, of Shortland, miner, and of whom
nothing can be traced.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries,
and has not thereby ascertained who the owners
of the above-described lands are, and believes that such
owners are not in the colony:

Now, this notice calls upon such owners respectively,
within six months of the date of the publication of this
notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the
Public Trustee their titles respectively to the lands respec-
tively specified in this notice; and, if such owners do not,
within the time limited, so establish their or either of their
titles, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and
authorities granted to him in and by "The Unclaimed
Lands Act, 1894," in respect of such one or both of the said
allotments as the owner shall not have so established his
title to as aforesaid.

Dated this 8th day of December, 1896.
JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.

Crown Lands Notices.

Village-homestead Allotments, Southland, open for Lease upon
Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 8th December, 1896.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for
selection on lease in perpetuity at the District Lands
and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Thursday, 11th Febru-
ary, 1897.

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 the following day, at 11 a.m., at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill.

SCHEDULE.
Southland Land District.
Village-homestead Allotments.

Survey District. | Section. | Block. | Area. | Lease in Perpetuity:
| | | | Rent, 4 per Cent.
| | | | Rent | Half-
| | | | per Acre. | yearly
| | | | | Rent.

First-class Land.
Southland County.

Seaward Bush .. | 34 | III. | 5 0 0 | 4 0 | 0 10 0
.. | 35 | " | 5 0 0 | 4 0 | 0 10 0

Bush land, nearly level, low-lying in places; capable of
yielding good crops when cleared, and good grass even when
surface-sown. Distance, one mile from Clifton Railway-
station. Limit of holdings in this village, 10 acres.

Wallace County.

Longwood .. | 8 | VII. | 31 0 24 | 1 7·2 | 1 5 0

Bush land, adjacent to Wakapatu Railway-station, on the
Riverton-Orepuki line; land is of fair quality. Limit of
holdings in this village, 50 acres.

Southland County.

Hokonui (Centre | 728 | .. | 28 3 26 | 1 2·4 | 0 17 4
Bush Village)

Bush land, flat, soil fair. It is situated about one mile
and a half from Centre Bush Railway-station, on the Inver-
cargill-Kingston line. Limit of holdings in this village, one
section.

Invercargill Hun- | 74 | VIII. | 18 3 3 | 2 0 | 0 18 9
dred (Loanend |
Village)

Open flat land, fair soil. Distance from Woodlands, about
three miles. Limit of holdings in this village, 20 acres.

Invercargill Hun- | 114 | XX. | 15 3 1 | 2 1 | 0 16 7
dred (Ackers |
Village)

Ditto .. | 115 | " | 15 3 1 | 2 1 | 0 16 7
" .. | 116 | " | 15 3 1 | 2 1 | 0 16 7

Ackers Village is situated in Otagara Bush, some seven
miles from Invercargill by road; land flat and of fair
quality, covered with mixed bush; tapped for most part by
gravelled road. Limit of holdings in this village, 50 acres.

Terms and Conditions.

1. The lands enumerated above are first-class lands, and
   are village-homestead allotments, open for selection on lease
   in perpetuity under the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892"
   (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act").

2. The day on which the lands shall be open for selection
   shall be Thursday, the 11th February, 1897.

3. The rental stated above shall be the price at which the
   land shall be open for selection.

4. Applications for leases shall be made in manner as pro-
   vided in Part I. of the said Act; and all such applications
   shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Inver-
   cargill; and leases will be issued in accordance with the
   provisions of Part I. aforesaid.

5. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occupa-
   tion, and condition in life (namely, whether married or
   single), and will be required to make the declaration pre-
   scribed in Schedule C to the said Act.

6. Each applicant shall pay the first half-year's rent,
   together with the lease- and registration-fee, immediately
   the application has been approved or declared successful at
   the ballot.

7. All rents must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the
   1st days of January and July in each year, as provided in
   section 157 of the said Act; and the first half-year's rent is
   payable as before provided.

8. Improvements and residence on the land comprised in
   each lease shall be as provided in Part III. of the said Act.
   The provisions of section 144, and all other provisions of the
   said Act with respect to substantial improvements, shall
   apply accordingly to lessees under these regulations. The
   provisions of section 141, and all other provisions of the said
   Act in respect of compulsory residence, shall apply accord-
   ingly to lessees under these regulations.

9. No lessee shall subdivide, sublet, or transfer the land
   held by him under these regulations, except under and sub-
   ject to the provisions of Part I. of the said Act.

10. No lessee shall hold more than the limit stated above,
    including that already held, and all allotments shall be held
    for his or her sole use and benefit, and not for the use or
    benefit of any other person whomsoever. No married
    woman shall be eligible as a selector; but this provision
    shall not apply to any married woman who may become a
    transferee under a will or by virtue of an intestacy.

11. All the provisions of the said Act, so far as applicable,
    shall extend and apply to the lands affected by these regula-
    tions, and to the applications and leases to be made and
    issued thereunder, and generally to the interests created,
    and the persons whose rights, liabilities, or interests are
    thereby affected; and the mention of any particular pro-
    vision of the said Act shall not be deemed to exclude any
    other provision of the said Act applicable to the particular
    case.

DAVID BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Licenses in the County of Mackenzie for Lease
by Public Auction.

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

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of "The Land Act,
1892," and "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," that the
under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted to public
auction, for lease, on Wednesday, the 16th December, 1896,
at the Local Lands and Survey Office, Timaru, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
Pastoral Licenses (under "The Land Act, 1892," and
"The Public Reserves Act 1881").

Run No. | Survey District. | Area. | Upset | Term
| | | Annual | of
| | | Rental. | License.
| | | |
| | Acres. | £ | Years.
215 | Cook and Mueller | 14,000 | 50 | 21
216 | Cass .. | 4,550 | 20 | 21

Run 215, Birch Hill Station: This run is situated on the
west side of the Tasman River, in the Mackenzie country,
and adjoins the Mount Cook Hermitage Reserve. The land
between the coach-road and the river consists of fairly well-
grassed flats, much broken into by large patches of bare
gravel; there is also a small flat near the Tasman Glacier,
which is covered with tussock, and, in some places, with
cocksfoot grass; the remainder of the run consists of
mountainous country and steep and rough hill-faces, having
generally a good aspect; the lower portions of the spurs are
well covered with tussock and native grasses, the upper por-
tions are bare and mountainous. Falls of snow and bad
weather late in the season make successful rearing of lambs
very difficult, but the country is fairly well adapted for
carrying a dry flock of merinos. Mr. Sutherland, the late
licensee of Birch Hill, states that he will be prepared to
negotiate with the purchaser of the new lease of the run for