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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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can be given upon approval of the application by the Land Board.
Run No. 88, Rhoborough Downs Station: 64,600 acres, £200, 21 years.
Run No. 92, Part of Benmore Station: 28,000 acres, £30, 21 years; valuation for improvements, £330.
Run No. 99A, Greenbush and Island Flat Stations, Hawea Valley: 25,500 acres, £5, 21 years.
Run No. 217, Waihao Forks: 283 acres, £5 13s. 2d., 21 years.
Run No. 218, Waihao Forks: 140 acres, £1 8s., 21 years.
Plans and further particulars as to the runs, and the conditions of lease, may be obtained from this office,
SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Marlborough, for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 6th April, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on and after Wednesday, the 9th June, 1897, at the annual rentals noted below. In case of more than one application for a run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Description of Land.

Run No. 80: Pastoral country, fair soil, well watered; 100 acres broken, remainder moderate slopes; 280 acres mixed bush, balance fern and scrub. Accessible by water, four miles from Havelock; and by bridle-track, eight miles from Havelock.

Run No. 83: Broken country, fit for pastoral purposes only; small grass flat adjoining Section 1; south-west corner partly grassed, north and east portions poor soil. About thirteen miles from Picton by bridle-track.

Run No. 84: Broken country with steep slopes, covered generally with stunted manuka and fern, mixed bush in gullies, birch on higher slopes; well watered. Distant from Blenheim about seventeen miles; accessible by road for eleven miles, remainder bridle-track.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 6th April, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that a lease for a term of seven years of the under-mentioned land will be submitted at public auction under “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” at this office, on Friday, the 18th day of June, 1897, at 11 a.m.:

Section No. 9, Parish of Awhitu: 200 acres; upset annual rental, £4.

Terms.—Rent is payable half-yearly in advance. No compensation will be allowed for improvements during the currency or at the termination of lease, but the lessee may remove any buildings erected by him before the termination of the lease.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 2nd April, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that a lease for a term of seven (7) years of the under-mentioned land will be submitted at public auction, under “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” at this office, on Friday, the 11th day of June, 1897, at 11 a.m.

MANUKAU COUNTY.—PARISH OF MANUREWA.

Section 199A (Canal Reserve): Area, 5 acres 2 roods 10 perches; upset annual rent, £5. This lot is part of the Canal Reserve at Otahuhu, nine miles from Auckland.

Terms of Lease.—Lease for term of seven years, without any right of renewal. Rent payable half-yearly in advance. No compensation allowed for improvements during either the currency or at the termination of lease, but the lessee may remove any buildings erected by him before the termination of the lease.

GERHARD MUELLER,
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.

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.

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.