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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 100

Tenders for Parcel-post Hampers and Baskets for a Period of Three Years, from the 1st September, 1897, to the 31st August, 1900.

General Post Office, Wellington, 15th November, 1897.

THE following is a list of successful and unsuccessful tenderers for the supply of parcel-post hampers and baskets:—

W. GRAY, Secretary.

Crown Lands Notices.

Crown Lands in Wellington District for Sale under Section 117 of "The Land Act, 1892."

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land will be offered for sale under section 117 of "The Land Act, 1892," on or after Wednesday, the 2nd March, 1898.

Section 45, Block VII., Mangaone Survey District, containing 10 acres and 16 perches; upset price, £1 per acre.

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

Reserve at Woodville for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 24th November, 1897.

THE under-mentioned section in the Woodville Survey District will be offered for lease by public auction, at Woodville, on Wednesday, the 12th day of January, 1898, at 11 a.m.:—

Woodville District.

Description of Land.—The section, known as the "Ferry Reserve," is situated within five miles of Woodville, on the main road from that place to Palmerston North, at the entrance to the Manawatu Gorge. The section is of limestone formation, undulating, and well watered. Good soil, carrying mixed light bush and scrub, with patches of native grass.

Conditions of Lease.

The lease shall be for the term of seven years, commencing from the 1st day of January or July following the date of auction.

The lessee is to open up a limestone quarry upon the section within six months from the granting of the lease, and shall sell lime upon the following scale :—

For agricultural purposes—
Unslacked lime, at not more than £1 per ton, delivered free on board to farmers' carts or into railway-trucks.
Crushed lime, at not more than £1 3s. per ton, delivered free on board to farmers' carts or into railway-trucks.

For building purposes—
Unslacked lime, at not more than 2s. 6d. per bag, delivered free on board into railway-trucks.

The lessee also to undertake, if there be demand, to produce an output of not less than 50 tons per month.

The successful bidder at the auction shall pay one year's rent on the fall of the hammer, and also £1 1s. for the preparation of his lease.

If the land be again let at the termination of the present lease, the improvements existing thereon which have been effected by the lessee will be valued, and the lease offered weighted with such valuation.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Accommodation and Stock Reserve, Omihi Valley, Canterbury, open for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 15th November, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the lease of the under-mentioned reserve will be received up to noon on Wednesday, 29th December, subject to the conditions hereinafter specified.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIKARI SURVEY DISTRICT.

This reserve is situated on the Omihi Valley Road leading to Cheviot, about a quarter of a mile north-east of Reece's Road, and six miles from Waipara Railway-station.

Conditions of Lease.

The lessee shall, at his own cost, within two months after the acceptance of his tender, enclose the area, and subdivide the same into three approved paddocks by means of strong legal cattle- and sheep-proof fences.

The lessee shall take in, and provide approved accommodation for, all travelling stock, charging therefor per night at the rate of 2d. per head for horses and cattle, and ½d. per head for sheep.

The lease will be subject to a condition that no licensed publichouse or auction sales will be permitted upon the land.

A clause will be inserted in the lease providing that, in the event of the reserve being again offered for lease at the expiration of the term of fourteen years, such new lease will be granted subject to payment by the incoming lessee of valuation for improvements effected upon the reserve.

The lease will also be subject to the usual covenants and conditions affecting Crown leases.

Further particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.

Every tender must be enclosed in a sealed envelope, addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and marked "Tender for Omihi Stock Reserve," and must be accompanied by a post-office order, bank draft, or cheque, marked "Correct for fourteen days" by the bank on which it is drawn, for the amount of six months' rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease-fee.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.