Feb. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 439

the north by Blocks 234 and 120; on the south generally by
the Porongahau Stream and a public road; and on the west
by the railway-line.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Land District of
Hawke's Bay, called or known as "Rees Davis Paddock,"
containing 110 acres, being Section 7 of Whenuahou D.E.
No. 1 Block, in VI. and VII., Takapau Survey District,
Waipawa County. Bounded on the south-east by a public
road; on the south-west by a public road; on the north-
west by Section 6; and on the north-east by Section 8.

All that parcel of land in the Hawke's Bay Land District,
called or known by the name of "Sebastopol 3 Paddock,"
containing about 530 acres, situated in Block III., Waipuku-
rau Survey District, Waipawa County, being part of the
land granted to the Bishop of Wellington, and situated in
the south-west corner of the aforesaid land.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Public Notice under "The Stock Act, 1893," re Liver-fluke.—
Notice No. 470.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 5th January, 1897.

I T having been reported to me that the disease known as
"liver-fluke" exists amongst sheep running on certain
lands in the Hawke's Bay Land District, I therefore, in
accordance with section 14, subsection 4 of "The Stock Act,
1893," hereby declare the under-mentioned lands to be an
infected place from which no sheep, carcase, or any portion
thereof shall be removed except under the direction of an
Inspector of Stock:—

All that piece or parcel of land, known as the Te Aute
Run, situated in the Waipawa, Hawke's Bay, and Patangata
Counties, bounded as follows: Commencing at the Te Aute
Railway-station, thence in a northerly direction along the
boundary of the Te Hauke Proclaimed District to the point
where the prolongation of the boundary between Lots 1
and 2 of the Ngawhakatara Block continued across the
Poukawa Lake would strike it; thence easterly along the said
line and boundary to the Tukituki River; thence up that river
to the south boundary of Patangata No. 2; thence westerly
along the southern boundary of that block to the Papanui
Stream; thence up that stream and the eastern boundary
of Patangata No. 3 to the southern boundary of that block;
thence westerly along the southern boundaries of Patangata
No. 3 and the Otane Block to the south-east corner of the
land granted to the Bishop of Wellington; thence westerly
along the southern boundary of the aforesaid land to the
southern boundary of Sebastopol No. 3 Paddock; thence
westerly along that boundary to the south-west corner of
that paddock; thence northerly along the western boundaries
of the aforesaid paddock and of the land granted to the
Bishop of Wellington to the north-west corner of the said
land; thence easterly along the northern boundary of the
aforesaid land to the main Kaikora North and Te Aute
Road; thence northerly along that road to a road running
through the Pouputahi Block; thence easterly along that
road to where it crosses the railway-line; thence northerly
along the railway-line to the point of commencement.

All that piece or parcel of land, called or known as the
"Flukey Paddock," containing about 74 acres, situated in
the Te Mahanga Run, Te Mata Survey District, Hawke's
Bay County.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Crown Lands Notices.

Reserve in the Town of Tauranga for Lease by Public
Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 4th February, 1897.

I T is hereby notified that the lease of the under-mentioned
lands will be submitted at public auction, at the Land
Office, Tauranga, under "The Public Reserves Act, 1881,"
for a term of fourteen years, on Wednesday, the 7th April,
1897, at 12 noon.

TOWN OF TAURANGA.

Lots 275, 276, 277, 280, 281, and 282 of Section II.: Area,
1 acre 2 roods; upset annual rental, £9.

Conditions of Lease.—Term, fourteen years without right
of renewal. Rent payable quarterly in advance, and non-
payment of rent for thirty days to carry forfeiture of lease.

The lease is offered subject to a valuation of £75 for
improvements.

No allowance for improvements will be made during the
currency or at the termination of the lease.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Southland Land District, for Lease by Public
Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 3rd February, 1897.

N OTICE is hereby given that leases of the under-men-
tioned pastoral lands will be submitted to public
auction, on Thursday, the 25th day of March, 1897, at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 a.m.

PASTORAL LANDS UNDER PART VI. OF "THE LAND ACT, 1892."

Land level, of gravel formation, and poor soil; vegetation,
silver- and blue-tussock; height above sea-level, 200ft. to
600ft. Distance from Otautau Railway-station, about twenty-
three miles.

| 521 | Wairaki | .. | 1,970 1 0 | 16 8 4 |

Open, swampy, undulating country; cold, wet, clay soil;
about 500 acres agricultural, the rest pastoral; height above
sea-level, from 750ft. to 1,200ft. Distance from Nightcaps
Railway-station, about sixteen miles.

| 522 | Centre Hill | .. | 3,483 3 17 | 29 0 8 |

Hilly country, fairly grassed with silver- and snow-tussock;
formation, clay and partly rocky; height above sea-level,
from 1,200ft. to 2,700ft. Distance from Mossburn Railway-
station by road, about three miles.

Possession will be given on the day of sale. Term of leases,
ten years.

Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration, as re-
quired by section 195 of "The Land Act, 1892," and pay the
sum of the first half-year's rent and license-fee on the fall of
the hammer.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri and Totara Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public
Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 9th February, 1897.

N OTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned kauri
and totara timber, situated in Block III., Manga-
muka Survey District, Hokianga County, about nine miles
by river from Kohukohu, will be offered for sale by public
auction at this office on Friday, the 2nd April, 1897, at
11 o'clock a.m.:—

117 scorched kauri-trees, containing about 300,000 sup. ft.;
upset price, £112 10s.

26 totara-trees, containing about 19,000 sup. ft.; upset
price, £7 2s. 6d.

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

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 9th February, 1897.

T HE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for
selection on lease in perpetuity at the District Lands
and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 24th March,
1897:—

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WHAKATANE COUNTY.—WHAKA-
TANE SURVEY DISTRICT.—OPOURIAO ESTATE.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.