714 [No. 26
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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 for-
feited.

D. BARRON,
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, Mac-
kenzie 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.

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

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

IT 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.

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 Auckland open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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

THE 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.

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

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

NOTICE 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.

Rural Land in the County of Ashburton for Sale by Public
Auction for Cash.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 4th January, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned rural
land will be offered for sale by public auction, at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednes-
day, the 14th April, 1897, at noon.

SCHEDULE.

WESTERFIELD SURVEY DISTRICT.—COUNTY OF ASHBURTON.

Locality and Description of Land.—The reserve is situated
between the north and south branches of the Ashburton
River, about seven miles from the Westerfield Railway-
station, and comprises land of varying quality, part being
low-lying, sandy, and shingly, chiefly adapted for grazing,
and part good arable terrace land.

The land is subject to a grant of easement through it to
the Ashburton County, as set forth in certificate of title,
Vol. xv., folio 162.

Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money to be
paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with