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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 103

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—WILLIAM FARNHAM MOLESWORTH, Esq., of Warrnambool, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, has this day been appointed by his Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Victoria, under the 2nd section of "The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875," for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.
Dated at Wellington, this 2nd day of December, 1897.
W. A. HAWKINS,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

Crown Lands Notices.

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 junction 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.

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.

Block. | Reserve. | Area. | Minimum Upset Rental | Term of
| | A. R. P. | per Annum. | Lease.
XVIII. | 3191 | 20 0 0 | £ s. d. | 14 years.
| | | 13 5 0 |

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 1d. 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.

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 reserve 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-iti: Area, 2 acres and 27 perches; situate about half a mile from the Village of Wakefield, on the main road from Nelson to Belgrove. 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 improvements, on the fall of the hammer.
THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments in Southland open for Selection

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 6th September, 1897.

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

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—NEW RIVER HUNDRED.

Village-homestead Allotments, Waianiwa Village.

Section. | Block. | Area. | Lease in Perpetuity:
| | | Rent, 4 per Cent.
| | | Rent per | Half-yearly
| | | Acre. | Rent.
| | | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d.
First-class Land.
43 | VI. | 5 0 0 | 3 2·4 | 0 8 0
44 | " | 5 0 0 | 3 2·4 | 0 8 0
45 | " | 5 0 0 | 3 2·4 | 0 8 0
46 | " | 8 3 30 | 3 2·4 | 0 14 4
47 | " | 8 2 4 | 3 2·4 | 0 13 8

The whole of the sections are covered with scrub; subsoil, deep red clay; soil good, but thin; sections are all well watered; height above sea-level, about 90 ft. Distance from Waianiwa Railway-station, about three miles.
D. BARRON,
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 section 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.