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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 105

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 21st December, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned kauri and totara timber in the Mangakahia Survey District, Hobson County, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 25th day of February, 1898, at 11 o’clock a.m.

517 green kauri-trees, containing 1,430,799 superficial feet; 40 dead kauri-trees, containing 79,290 superficial feet; and 18 totara-trees, containing 14,000 superficial feet: upset price, £824 19s. 5d.

The above timber is standing in Pekapekarau State Forest, within Block XIII., Mangakahia Survey District.

806 green kauri-trees, containing about 2,108,165 superficial feet; and 283 singed kauri-trees, containing about 602,951 superficial feet: upset price, £1,129 12s. 6d.

This timber is standing upon Section 3 of Block XVI., Tutamoe Survey District, and Section 3 of Block XIII., Mangakahia Survey District.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half of the purchase-money to be paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer, the balance within six months thereafter. Timber to be removed within two years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands in Canterbury open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 21st December, 1897.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for application upon lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 25th January, 1898, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—GERALDINE COUNTY.—RAKITAIRI SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Description of Land.—This section is situated in the northern part of the Rakitairi Settlement, originally part of the Arowhenua Estate, and comprises open agricultural land, at present in English grass. About 8 acres are flat, and 10 acres undulating; good black soil, from 6 in. to 7 in. deep, with clay subsoil. It has frontage on the Kakahu Valley Road, about one mile west of Hilton Township, one mile and a half from school, and about three miles from Kakahu Bush. There are about 9 chains of fencing on this section. Altitude, about 300 ft. above sea-level.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Town of Scarborough for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown land will be offered for lease by public auction, for the term of seven years, at the Public Hall, Pahiatua, on Wednesday, the 2nd March, 1898, at 2 o’clock p.m., at the upset annual rental stated.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

These sections are situated in the Township of Scarborough, at the junction of two streets, and are composed of flat land, the soil being alluvial on shingle formation. The forest has been felled and burned, and the land is now in grass. There is a metalled road to within 2 chains of the sections, and this distance is open for dray traffic. The school, post-office, &c., are about 20 chains distant.

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

Reserves in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned reserves will be offered for lease at the Public Hall, Pahiatua, on Wednesday, the 2nd March, 1898, at 2 o’clock p.m.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

• This section is offered subject to the right of the Crown to enter upon the section at all times for quarrying purposes.

Section 69, Block VIII., Makuri, is a limestone reserve situated on the Pahiatua-Aohanga Road, consisting of rough land. The soil is good, on limestone formation, and is covered with forest of a mixed character, containing rata, rimu, tawa, &c., with an undergrowth of rangiora, mahoe, &c. The section is distant about one mile and a half from Ngaturi Township.

Section 22, Block IV., Mikimiki, is a reserve situated on the Hiwitoru Road, and consists of flat land, the soil being good, but rather stony. It is covered with forest of a mixed character, containing a few totara trees, with the usual undergrowth. The section is distant about fourteen miles from Masterton, by a formed dray-road.

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

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.

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.

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 sub-