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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20

Reserve at Methven, Canterbury, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 28th January, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” that written tenders for the lease of the under-mentioned reserve will be received at this office up to 5 p.m. on Thursday, 4th March, 1897. Tenders must be addressed to the undersigned, and be indorsed “Tender for part of Reserve 2026.” They must state the purpose for which the land is required, and must be accompanied by a remittance by marked cheque or post-office order for the amount of nine months’ rent at the rate offered, and £1 1s. lease-fee.

The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. Part of Reserve 2026, adjacent to the Methven Railway-station yard. Area, 3 acres 1 rood. Term of lease, 14 years. Plan of the land and conditions of lease may be seen at the railway-station, Methven, and at this office.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1897.

THE under-mentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at Palmerston North on Wednesday, the 12th May, 1897:—

Terms of Sale.

A deposit of a half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must be paid on the fall of the hammer. No allowance whatsoever shall be payable on account of improvements effected by the lessees.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

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

Reserve in Auckland for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 17th February, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned reserve in the Suburbs of Mercer will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 14th April, 1897.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Section No. 8: 4 acres 2 roods 20 perches, Suburbs of Mercer; term, seven years; upset rental, £1 per annum.

Terms of Sale.

A deposit of a half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

No allowance whatsoever shall be payable on account of improvements effected by the lessee.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plan obtained at this office.

GERHARD MUELLER,
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 section 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.

Totara Timber, Mangaone and Tararua Districts, for Sale by Public Auction for Cash.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the totara timber on the under-mentioned Crown lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Public Hall, Eketahuna, on Wednesday, 10th March, 1897, at 10 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

TERMS OF SALE.

The purchaser shall pay an eighth of the purchase-money and £1 1s. license-fee on the fall of the hammer, and the balance in four equal instalments: the first instalment to be paid on the 1st March, 1898; the second on the 1st March, 1899; the third on the 1st March, 1900; and the fourth on the 1st March, 1901.

The first payment of an eighth of the purchase-money shall be made by cash or marked cheque. Approved promissory notes payable on demand to be given for the remainder of the purchase-money, when the license to enter upon the land will be issued. They will be presented for payment on the dates stated above, but the Commissioner reserves the right of presenting them at an earlier date if at any time the Crown Lands Ranger reports that more than one-fifth, two-fifths, three-fifths, or four-fifths of timber respectively has been cut out previous to the dates mentioned.

The timber on the lots will be offered subject to the right of the Land Board to authorise the laying-down and working of tram-lines by other persons than the purchaser of the particular lot offered.

The purchaser of each lot shall have the sole use of the land contained therein, and the right to cut and remove all timber thereon during a period of six years from the date of sale. Should one person purchase more than one lot, this time will be extended to such time as may be mutually agreed between the purchaser and the Commissioner.

Plans containing full particulars may be obtained at the principal post-offices in the district, and at this office.

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

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

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 24th December, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned kauri and totara timber, situated in the Auckland Girls’ High School Endowment, in Blocks XI., XII., and XVI., Maungaru Survey District, Hobson County, will be submitted for sale by public auction at this office on Friday, the 5th March, 1897, at 11 o’clock a.m.:—

Lot 1.—1,166 kauri-trees, containing about 3,674,031ft.; 91 totara-trees, containing about 121,518ft.: total, 3,795,549ft.: upset price, £2,055 18s. 6d.

Lot 2.—612 kauri-trees, containing about 2,062,924ft.; 53 totara-trees, containing about 68,131ft.: total, 2,131,055ft.: upset price, £1,154 6s. 4d.

Lot 3.—2,670 kauri-trees, containing about 10,184,988ft.; 25 totara-trees, containing about 39,152ft.: total, 10,224,140ft.: upset price, £5,538.