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PASTORAL LANDS IN THE NOKOMAI DISTRICT, SOUTHLAND, TO BE
offered for LEASE by Public AUCTION.

District Lands and Suyey Office,
Invcargill, 10th March, 1897.

NOTICE is heeby given that leas of the under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted to public aucton, on Thursday, the 13th day of May, 1897, at the District Lands and Suyey Office, Invcargill, at 11 a.m.

PASTORAL LANDS UNDER PART VL OF " THE LAND ACr, 1892."

Land hilly. Vegtation, silver-tussock, fern, and native grasses. Hight above sea-level, 850 ft. to 1,500 ft. Dstance from Ahol, about two miles.

Possession will be given on the day of sale. Purchasers must depost a statuory declartion, as required by section 195 of "The Land Act, 1892," and pay the sum of the first half-year's rent and license-ee on the fall of the hammer.

D. BARRON,
Commisioner of Cown Lands.

RURAL LANDS, SOUTHLAND, open for SELECTION.

District Lands and Suyey Office,
Invcargill, 20th March, 1897.

THE under-mentioned Cown lands will be open for selection, in terms of sections 121 and 136 of "The Land Act, 1892," for leas in perptuity, 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 ballt on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Suyey Office, Invcargill.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUTY.—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; soi good, but poorl watered; hight above sea-level, from 900 ft. to 1,500 ft.; distance from Ahol, from half a mile to three miles.

D. BARRON,
Commisioner of Cown Lands.

LAND IN THE TOWN OF PALMERTON North FOR SALE BY Public AUCTION.

District Lands and Suyey Office,
Wellington, 9th Febuary, 1897.

IT is heeby notifed that the under-mentioned sections in the Town of Palmeston North will be offered for sale by public aucton at Palmeston North on Wednesday, the 12th May, 1897:—

Section 822, Palmeston North: Area, 1 acr 1 rood; upst price, £200.

Section 1086, Palmeston North: Area, 1 acr 2 rood 6 perches; upst price, £100.

Teems of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-mony to be paid on the fall of the hamme, and the balance, with Cown-grant fee, within thity days thereafer; otherwise the part of the purchase-mony paid by way of depost shall be forfited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

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Mr. H. Maitin, of Palmeston North, holds a leas of Section 1086 for tenty-oe years from the 18th August, 1890. The annual rent payabe under the leas is £4 4s. for the first seven years of the tem, £5 5s. for the next seven years, and £6 6s. for the remaining seven years. This section is theefoe offered subject to his leas, a copy of which may be inspected by intending purchasers.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commisioner of Cown Lands.

SMALL GRAZING-RUNS, MARLBOROUGH, FOR LEASE ON APPLICATION.

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

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

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Description of Land.

Run No. 80: Patoral country, fair soi, well watered; 100 acr broken, remaindr modrate slopes; 280 acr mixed brush, balance fern and scrb. Accessible by water, four miles from Havelock; and by bridl-track, eight miles from Havelock.

Run No. 83: Broken country, fit for pastoral purposes only; small grass flat adjoining Section 1; south-west corner partl grassed, north and east portons poor soi. About thirteen miles from Pictn by bridl-track.

Run No. 84: Broken country with stp slopes, covered generally with stuted manuca and fern, mixed brush in gullies, birch on higher slopes; well watered. Distant from Blenheim about seveteen miles; accessible by road for elven miles, remaindr bridl-track.

C. W. ADAM,
Commisioner of Cown Lands.

REServe FOR LEASE BY Public AUCTION.

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

NOTICE is heeby given that a leas for a term of seven years of the under-mentioned land will be submitted at public aucton 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 Awhit: 200 acr; upst annual rent, £4.

Teems.—Rents is payabe half-yearly in advance. No compenation will be allowed for improvments during the currency or at the termination of leas, but the lesse may remove any buildings erectd by him before the termination of the leas.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commisioner of Cown Lands.

REServe FOR LEASE BY Public AUCTION.

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

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

MARUAKAU COUTY.—PARIH OF MARUREW.

Section 199A (Canal Reseve): Area, 5 acr 2 rood 10 perches; upst annual rent, £5. This lot is part of the Canal Reseve at Oahuhu, nine miles from Auckland.

Teems of Leas.—Leas for term of seven years, without any right of renewl. Rents payabe half-yearly in advance. No compenation allowed for improvments during either the currency or at the termination of leas, but the lesse may remove any buildings erectd by him before the termination of the leas.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commisioner of Cown Lands.