April 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 895

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.

Land in the Town of Palmerston North for Sale by Public
Auction.

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

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned sections in
the Town of Palmerston North will be offered for sale
by public auction at Palmerston North on Wednesday, the
12th May, 1897 :-

Section 822, Palmerston North: Area, 1 acre 1 rood; upset
price, £200.

Section 1086, Palmerston North: Area, 1 acre 2 roods 6
perches; upset price, £100.

Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money to be
paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with
Crown-grant fee, within thirty days thereafter; otherwise
the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall
be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null
and void.

Mr. H. Martin, of Palmerston North, holds a lease of
Section 1086 for twenty-one years from the 18th August,
1890. The annual rent payable under the lease is £4 4s. for
the first seven years of the term, £5 5s. for the next seven
years, and £6 6s. for the remaining seven years. This sec-
tion is therefore offered subject to his lease, a copy of which
may be inspected by intending purchasers.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Nelson, open for Lease on Application.

Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 8th March, 1897.

IN accordance with section 197 of "The Land Act, 1892,"
I hereby give notice that the under-mentioned pastoral
runs, having been submitted to public auction and not sold,
will be open for application as under on and after the 21st
day of April, 1897.

Run No. 13 (Class I.), Skiddaw and Mytholm Survey
Districts: Area, 45,500 acres; term, 21 years; rent, £60 per
annum. This run is situated on the southern side of the
range between the Rivers Hope and Hurunui, fronting on
Lake Sumner, and adjoining Glens of Tekoa Estate. The
country is partly bush, consisting of white- and silver-
birch, and partly open land, with tussock and sown grasses.
The average altitude above sea-level is about 4,000 ft. Dis-
tance from Culverden, about twenty miles.

Run No. 14 (Hoosack) (Class I.), Percival, Waiau, Lyndon,
and Terako Survey Districts: Area, about 37,500 acres; term,
21 years; rent, £200 per annum. Open broken country,
well watered. Average altitude, from 3,000 ft. to 4,000 ft.
above sea-level. Situated about five miles from Hanmer
Plains. This run was formerly occupied as part of the
Lyndon Run. Improvements on this run are estimated at
over £900, being about twenty-five miles of fencing, and
yards, huts, &c., which are thrown in with the lease. Bound-
aries subject to survey. Formerly held by John Tinlinc
and Messrs. Macfarlane.

Run No. 15 (Cloudy Range) (Class I.), Terako Survey
District: Area, about 23,400 acres; term, 21 years; rent,
£120 per annum. Chiefly open broken country, well watered,
with some patches of manuka scrub. Average altitude,
about 3,000 ft. above sea-level. Situated between the Rivers
Conway and Clarence, and adjoining the Highfield Estate.
Distant about twenty miles from Waiau, by the Kaikoura
Road. This run has been worked in conjunction with the
Highfield Station. This run is weighted with £750, valuation
for improvements, consisting of woolshed, four-roomed cot-
tage, men's quarters, sheep-dip, orchard, and fencing, to be
paid by the incoming tenant. Boundaries subject to survey.
Formerly held by Wharton and Co.

The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with
the provisions of Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892."

Possession will be given on the date of the granting of the
application.

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.

Lease of Harbour Reserve, Castlepoint.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 5th February, 1897.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of "The Public Reserves
Act, 1881," that tenders for the lease of the under-
mentioned section, with the buildings thereon, will be re-
ceived at this office up to 4.30 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday,
the 21st day of April, 1897. The term of the lease will be
five years. No allowance whatsoever will be payable on
account of improvements effected by the lessee. A deposit
of a half-year's rent at the rate tendered, and £1 1s. lease-
fee, must be enclosed with each tender.

Section 852, Block X., Castlepoint Survey District: Area,
68 acres.

A plan and conditions of lease can be seen at the Post-
office, Castlepoint, and also at this office, where full par-
ticulars can be obtained. The highest or any tender will not
necessarily be accepted.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the
month of March, 1897. Altitude above the sea,
140ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

• Means, &c. † Same month previous years.

NOTE.—Up to the 20th, generally fine, with occasional
showers, wind chiefly S.E. and N.W.; latter part of month
showery, the maximum rainfall on 25th—0·53 in., the total
rainfall under the average. Five days of strong N.W. wind.
Maximum temperature in shade 75°·5, minimum 41°·7;
mean temperature of dew-point, 49°·4; mean humidity, 69.
Slight earth-shake on 20th, at 7.20 a.m.

R. B. GORE, Observer,