Dec. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2233

divide 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Native Land Court Notices.

“The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”—Application under Section 55.

Registrar’s Office, Auckland, 18th December, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that application has been made to a Judge of the Court for a certificate under section 55 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” confirming the alienation hereunder specified. All objections to the granting of such certificate must be lodged with me within fourteen days from the publication of this notice.

JAS. W. BROWNE, Registrar.

THE ALIENATION ABOVE REFERRED TO.