Mar. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 681

"The Horowhenua Block Act, 1896."

Registrar’s Office, Wellington, 9th March, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the adjourned hearing of the application of Rangipo Mete Paetahi for appointment of successors to the interest of Kawana Hunia, deceased, in that part of Horowhenua No. 11 known as the State Farm, Levin, will be taken by the Native Appellate Court at Levin on Tuesday, 30th March, 1897.

R. C. SIM, Deputy Registrar.

"The Native Land Court Act, 1894."—Notice under Rule 133.

Registrar’s Office, Wellington, 9th March, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that applications have been made to Judges of the Court for certificates under section 55 of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," confirming the alienations hereunder specified. All objections to the granting of such certificates must be lodged with me within fourteen days from the publication of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette.

R. C. SIM, Deputy Registrar.

[Wellington, 97-2.]

THE ALIENATIONS ABOVE REFERRED TO.

Crown Lands Notices.

Pastoral Runs, Nelson, open for Lease on Application.

Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 8th March, 1897.

IN accordance with section 197 of "The Land Act, 1892," I hereby give notice that the under-mentioned pastoral runs, having been submitted to public auction and not sold, will be open for application as under on and after the 21st day of April, 1897.

Run No. 13 (Class I.), Skiddaw and Mytholm Survey Districts: Area, 45,500 acres; term, 21 years; rent, £60 per annum. This run is situated on the southern side of the range between the Rivers Hope and Hurunui, fronting on Lake Sumner, and adjoining Glens of Tekoa Estate. The country is partly bush, consisting of white- and silver-birch, and partly open land, with tussock and sown grasses. The average altitude above sea-level is about 4,000 ft. Distance from Culverden, about twenty miles.

Run No. 14 (Hoosack) (Class I.), Percival, Waiau, Lyndon, and Terako Survey Districts: Area, about 37,500 acres; term, 21 years; rent, £200 per annum. Open broken country, well watered. Average altitude, from 3,000 ft. to 4,000 ft. above sea-level. Situated about five miles from Hanmer Plains. This run was formerly occupied as part of the Lyndon Run. Improvements on this run are estimated at over £900, being about twenty-five miles of fencing, and yards, huts, &c., which are thrown in with the lease. Boundaries subject to survey. Formerly held by John Tinline and Messrs. Macfarlane.

Run No. 15 (Cloudy Range) (Class I.), Terako Survey District: Area, about 23,400 acres; term, 21 years; rent, £120 per annum. Chiefly open broken country, well watered, with some patches of manuka scrub. Average altitude, about 3,000 ft. above sea-level. Situated between the Rivers Conway and Clarence, and adjoining the Highfield Estate. Distant about twenty miles from Waiau, by the Kaikoura Road. This run has been worked in conjunction with the Highfield Station. This run is weighted with £750, valuation for improvements, consisting of woolshed, four-roomed cottage, men’s quarters, sheep-dip, orchard, and fencing, to be paid by the incoming tenant. Boundaries subject to survey. Formerly held by Wharton and Co.

The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892."

Possession will be given on the date of the granting of the application.

Purchasers must deposit with their application a statutory declaration required by section 62 of "The Land Act, 1892," and pay the sum of the half-year’s rent, license-fee, and valuation for improvements in the case of Run No. 15.

T. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run, Southland, liable to Forfeiture.

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

PURSUANT to section 188 of "The Land Act, 1885," notice is hereby given to the following person that the under-mentioned pastoral license is liable to forfeiture, and that if the rent overdue thereon be not paid within three months from date hereof the license will be declared forfeited.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Change of Place of Ballot for Sections in the Arowhenua Estate.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 8th March, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that the first ballot for sections in the Waipai and Rakitairi Settlements, Arowhenua Estate, South Canterbury, and for which more than one application may be received, will be held on Wednesday, the 31st March, 1897, at 10 a.m., at Temuka, instead of at Timaru as previously advertised.

Applications are received up to 4 p.m. at the Crown Lands Office, Christchurch, and local Land Offices, Timaru and Temuka, on and after Monday, 22nd March, 1897.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Canterbury for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 25th February, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at this office on Wednesday, the 21st April, 1897, at 11 a.m. :

Reserve 1264A, Block VIII., Burke Survey District, Mackenzie County: 14 acres 3 roods 3 perches; upset rental, £6 per annum; term, seven years.

This section is known as the Police Reserve at Burke’s Pass, and comprises well-grassed land of good quality, and well sheltered by plantations on the west and south-west sides. A strip of plantation 60 links wide, on the west side of reserve, is excluded from lease.

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 any improvements effected by the lessee.

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

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.