APRIL 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 787

the north by Blocks 234 and 120; on the south generally by
the Porongahau Stream and a public road and on the west
by the railway-line.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Land District of
Hawke’s Bay, called or known as “Rees Davis Paddock,”
containing 110 acres, being Section 7 of Whenuahou D.E.
No. 1 Block, in VI. and VII., Takapau Survey District,
Waipawa County. Bounded on the south-east by a public
road; on the south-west by a public road; on the north-
west by Section 6; and on the north-east by Section 8.

All that parcel of land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District,
called or known by the name of “Sebastopol 3 Paddock,”
containing about 530 acres, situated in Block III., Waipuku-
rau Survey District, Waipawa County, being part of the
land granted to the Bishop of Wellington, and situated in
the south-west corner of the aforesaid land.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Crown Lands Notices.

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 sec-
tion 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.

Small Grazing-runs, Otago, open for Lease on Application.

Crown Land Office,
Dunedin, 9th March, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
small grazing-runs will be open for lease on applica-
tion at the District Land Office, Dunedin, on and after
Wednesday, the 14th April, 1897, at the rental noted below.
In case of more than one application for the runs on the
same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—WATHEMO COUNTY.—MOERAKI
SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Pastoral Country.

Open pastoral land, easy rolling hills, containing about
300 acres of agricultural land; soil good; well watered.
Situated about three-quarters of a mile from Dunback Rail-
way-station, by dray-road. Improvements at present on
the section, 430 chains of post-and-wire fencing. Altitude,
1,500 ft.

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Open land, of limestone formation, undulating to hilly;
about 100 acres agricultural, remainder pastoral; soil good,
well watered. Situated about one mile from Dunback Rail-
way-station, by dray-road. Improvements at present on the
section, 420 chains post-and-wire fencing.

J. P. MAITLAND,
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 ls. lease-fee must
be paid on the fall of the hammer. No allowance whatso-
ever 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.