Mar. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 747

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

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

IT 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 Poupoutahi 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.

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 22nd March, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned clumps of kauri timber standing upon Crown land in Blocks XIII. and XIV., Kaeo Survey District, in the Hokianga and Bay of Islands Counties, about eight miles above the booms in Waihou River, Hokianga, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 7th May, 1897, at 11 a.m. :—

Clump A: 70 kauri-trees, containing about 200,000 sup. ft.; upset price, £100.

Clump B: 356 kauri-trees, containing about 725,000 sup. ft.; upset price, £362 10s.

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 one year thereafter. Timber to be removed within three years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 22nd March, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the green and dry timber as below, and situated in Block XVI., Hukerenui, and Block XI., Opuawhanga Survey Districts, Whangarei County, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 7th May, 1897, at 11 o’clock a.m. :—

365 dead kauri-trees, containing about 1,202,259 sup. ft.; 98 green kauri-trees, containing about 365,873 sup. ft.; upset price, £784.

Timber is about two miles and a half from Hikurangi Railway-station, to which there is a fair road, and haulage easy.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, the balance within six months. Timber to be removed within two years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands, Southland, open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 20th March, 1897.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection, in terms of sections 121 and 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” for lease in perpetuity, on and after Thursday, the 13th May, 1897.

If more than one application be received for the same section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—NOKOMAI SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Sections 8 and 9, Block III., undulating; Sections 10, 11, and 12, Block III., and 10, Block IV., level; soil good, but poorly watered; height above sea-level, from 900 ft. to 1,500 ft.; distance from Athol, from half a mile to three miles.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in the Nokomai District, Southland, to be offered for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 10th March, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that leases of the under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted to public auction, on Thursday, the 13th day of May, 1897, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 a.m.

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

Land hilly. Vegetation, silver-tussock, fern, and native grasses. Height above sea-level, 850 ft. to 1,500 ft. Distance from Athol, about two miles.

Possession will be given on the day of sale. Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration, as required 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.

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.