440 [No. 15
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Land in Canterbury open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for
selection on lease in perpetuity at the District Lands
and Survey Offices, Christchurch and Timaru, on Monday,
the 22nd March, 1897.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—GERALDINE COUNTY.

Arowhenua Survey District.—Waiapi Settlement.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in the Town of Palmerston North for Sale by Public Auction.

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

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned sections in
the Town of Palmerston North will be offered for sale
by public auction at Palmerston North on Wednesday, the
12th May, 1897:—

Section 822, Palmerston North: Area, 1 acre 1 rood; upset
price, £200.

Section 1086, Palmerston North: Area, 1 acre 2 roods 6
perches; upset price, £100.

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.

Mr. H. Martin, of Palmerston North, holds a lease of
Section 1086 for twenty-one years from the 18th August,
1890. The annual rent payable under the lease is £4 4s. for
the first seven years of the term, £5 5s. for the next seven

years, and £6 6s. for the remaining seven years. This sec-
tion is therefore offered subject to his lease, a copy of which
may be inspected by intending purchasers.

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

Land in Marlborough for Sale by Public Auction.

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

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands will
be offered for sale by auction at the Lands and Survey
Office, Blenheim, on Wednesday, the 31st day of March,
1897, at 11 o'clock a.m.:—

For Sale by Auction.

Gore Survey District, on Warwick Run: Section 4,
Block III.: 1,009 acres; upset price, £403 12s., weighted
with £50 9s. cost of survey, and £1,280 value of improve-
ments.

Section 6, Block IV.: 1,170 acres; upset price, £468,
weighted with £58 10s. cost of survey, and £575 value of
improvements.

Section 53, Block VIII.: 365 acres; upset price, £146,
weighted with £18 5s. cost of survey.

One-fifth of the purchase-money must be paid on the fall
of the hammer, and the balance, together with Crown-grant
fee, within thirty days, or the deposit at auction will be
forfeited.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Hawke's Bay, for Lease by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 12th January, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public
auction at this office, on Wednesday, the 24th February,
1897.

SCHEDULE.

• Weighted with £780 for improvements. † Weighted with £500
  for improvements.

Description of Runs.

Run No. 7: The country is broken, rising from the Taupo
Road to the top of the range; soil light. About a third of
the area has been surface-sown with cocksfoot, fog, and
clover, and shows a fair amount of grass; the balance of the
land is fern, with a little manuka. There is on the run
about two miles of boundary-fencing with five wires, about
two miles and a quarter of division fencing, and about
60 chains of fencing bounding the Taupo Road, the latter
being constructed of posts about 9ft. apart, and six wires.
There are also circular sheep-yards constructed with sawn
timber, and four small holding-paddocks enclosed by about
two miles of fence with six wires.

Run No. 8 consists of a steep, rocky basin, running out
to low hills towards the Mohaka River. About 1,000 acres
have been surface-sown with cocksfoot, fog, and clover, and
shows a fair amount of grass; the balance of the run
consists of light pumice-soil, covered with fern and manuka.
There is about two miles of boundary-fencing on the south-
west boundary, consisting of posts 11ft. apart, with five
wires.

Locality of Runs.

The runs are about thirty miles north-west of Napier.
Run No. 7 adjoins the main Napier-Taupo Road, while Run
No. 8 is about four miles from it.

Conditions of License.

The licenses date from the 1st March, 1897, and possession
of the land will be given on that date.

Half-year's rent, and £1 1s. license-fee, must accompany
the application, together with the value of the improvements
in cash.

Each applicant is required to make the statutory declara-
tion under Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892."

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.