Dec. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2149

Village-homestead Allotment in Otago open for Selection on
Lease in Perpetuity.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 15th November, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
village-homestead allotment will be open for selection
on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the
29th December, 1897.

SCHEDULE.
Otago Land District.—Clutha County.

| Survey | Sec- | Block. | Area. | Rent | Half-
| District. | tion. | | | per | yearly
| | | | | Acre. | Rental.
| | | | A. R. P. | s. d. | s. d.
| Glenomaru | 57 | VI. | 2 3 20 | 4 0 | 6 0

Level land of a light sandy nature, situated at the junc-
tion of the Owaka and Catlin's Rivers, about one mile and a
half from Owaka. Valuation for improvements, payable
with application or immediately the result of the ballot is
declared, £25.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Village of Waiomio, Auckland, for Lease by
Tender.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
reserve will be open for lease by public tender up to
4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 29th December, 1897.

Allotments Nos. 21 and 22 of Section V. of Village of
Waiomio, containing 2 roods; term, 14 years; minimum
upset rental, £2 per annum, payable in advance.

Tenders must be accompanied by a year's rent, together
with the lease-fee of £1 1s.

No compensation will be allowed at the end of the term
for improvements.

Possession will be given on the date of acceptance of
tender.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Public Reserve, Nelson Land District, for Lease by Auction.

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

IT is hereby notified, in terms of "The Public Reserves
Act, 1881," that the lease of the under-mentioned re-
serve will be offered at public auction, at the Land Office,
Nelson, on Wednesday, 29th December, 1897, at 12 o'clock.

Part Section VII., Waimea South, Block XVI., Wai-ti:
Area, 2 acres and 27 perches; situate about half a mile
from the Village of Wakefield, on the main road from
Nelson to Belgrave. Upset rental, £5 per annum, weighted
with the sum of £150 valuation for improvements, which
consist of a well-built house, 24 ft. by 28 ft., of four rooms and
scullery, with iron roof, brick chimney, and verandah all
round.

Term of lease, 14 years. Purchaser must deposit the first
half-year's rent, lease-fee (£1 1s.), and valuation for im-
provements, on the fall of the hammer.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taranaki for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 22nd October, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned sec-
tion of Crown land will be offered for sale by public
auction on Wednesday, the 26th day of January, 1898.

SCHEDULE.
Taranaki Land District.
Village of Eltham.
Section No. 40: Area, 1 acre; upset price, £15.

Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money to be
paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with
Crown-grant fee, 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 be null
and void.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments in Wellington open for
Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
village-homestead allotments will be open for selec-
tion on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on and after
Wednesday, the 22nd December, 1897.

SCHEDULE.
Wellington Land District.
First-class Land.

| | | | | Lease in Perpetuity
| Section. | Block. | Area. | Rent, 4 per cent.
| | | | Rent per | Half-yearly
| | | | Acre. | Rental.

Kiwitea County.
Rewa Village Settlement.

| | | | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d.
| 8 | .. | | 9 0 0 | 3 2·4 | 0 14 5

Wairarapa North County.
Pongaroa Village Settlement.

| 1 | .. | 100 0 0 | 1 0 | 2 10 0
| 7* | .. | 25 0 0 | 1 7·2 | 1 0 0
| 17 | .. | 50 0 0 | 1 3·6 | 1 12 6
| 18 | .. | 46 0 0 | 1 4·8 | 1 12 3
| 27† | .. | 20 0 0 | 1 9·6 | 0 18 0
| 31 | .. | 19 3 0 | 1 9·6 | 0 17 10

Rakaunui Village Settlement.

| 7 | .. | 10 0 0 | 1 4·8 | 0 7 0

• This section is weighted with £40 10s. for improvements.
  † This section is weighted with £40 for improvements.

Section 8, Rewa Village Settlement, is situated in the
Rewa Village Settlement, in the Rangitikei Valley, on the
main road from Feilding to Sandon Block, and consists of
flat land, rather swampy in places. The soil is good, being
river-deposit overlying gravel. It is covered with forest of
a mixed character, containing rimu, matai, kahikatea, tawa,
&c., with the usual undergrowth. The section is about
twenty miles from Feilding, and about three miles from
Waituna Post- and Telegraph-office, by a good dray-road.
There is a school close to the section.

Section 1, Pongaroa Village Settlement, is situated on the
Manuhara Road, in the Pongaroa Village Settlement, and
consists of somewhat broken country, with a permanent
stream. The soil is fairly good, on a sandstone-and-papa
formation, and covered with forest of a mixed character,
containing tawa, rimu, rata, matai, &c., with an under-
growth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section is distant
about four miles from Pongaroa Township, two miles being
by dray-road and two miles by cleared road.

Section 7, Pongaroa Village Settlement, is situated on the
Alfredton-Weber Road, in the Pongaroa Village Settlement,
and consists of undulating country, with about 3 acres of flat
land. The soil is clayey, on a papa formation. Eighteen
acres of the section are in grass, the remaining 7 acres being
covered with forest of a mixed character, containing rimu,
rata, hinau, &c., with an undergrowth of rangiora, supple-
jack, &c. The section is distant about two miles from
Pongaroa Township. The improvement consists of 18 acres
in grass, valued at £40 10s.

Section 17, Pongaroa Village Settlement, is situated on
the Paraengahuata Road, in the Pongaroa Village Settlement,
and consists chiefly of low flat spurs sloping gradually to-
wards the south and west. Water can be obtained by sink-
ing. The soil is good, on a papa formation, and covered
with forest containing rimu, tawa, &c., with an undergrowth
of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section is about two miles
and a half from Pongaroa Township, half the distance being
by the Alfredton-Weber dray-road, and the other half by the
Paraengahuata Road, which has been cleared and formed
for horse traffic.

Section 18, Pongaroa Village Settlement, is situated on
the Paraengahuata Road, in the Pongaroa Village Settlement,
and consists of low flat spurs, with a homestead-site. Water
can be obtained by sinking. The soil is good, on a papa
formation, and covered with forest containing tawa, rimu,
kahikatea, &c., with an undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack,
&c. The section is distant about two miles from Pongaroa
Township, one mile and a quarter being by the Alfredton-
Weber Road, which is formed for dray traffic, and the
remaining distance by the Paraengahuata Road, formed for
horse traffic.