APRIL 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 893

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.

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 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.

Rural Lands in Southland open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, 12th April, 1897.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Thursday, the 3rd June, 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.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

This section is situated in the Waimatuku Bush, about five miles from Woodfield; land flat, and abutting on partly-formed road.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Open hilly land, chiefly tussock; distance from Caroline Railway-station, about a mile and a half by road. Burdened with valuation for fencing, £14.

These sections are mostly covered with mixed bush of no commercial value; are hilly and broken, soil fair. Height above sea-level, from 400 ft. to 600 ft. Distance from Centre Bush Railway-station, about seven miles. Section 812 is burdened with valuation for clearing, £5.

These sections are in the Waikawa Forest, on the eastern side of Waikawa Harbour, and are covered with mixed bush. There are sawmills in the vicinity.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.