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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 48

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.

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

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Southland | Hokonui .. | 580 | .. | 199 2 19 | 12 6 | 124 15 3 | 0 7½ | 3 2 5 | 0 6 | 2 9 11

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

Southland | Hokonui .. | 811 | .. | 71 2 0 | 15 0 | 53 12 6 | 0 9 | 1 6 10 | 0 7·2 | 1 1 5

" | " | 812 | .. | 82 2 0 | 15 0 | 61 17 6 | 0 9 | 1 10 11 | 0 7·2 | 1 4 9

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.

Southland | Waikawa .. | 10 | I. | 106 2 4 | 15 0 | 79 17 10 | 0 9 | 1 19 11 | 0 7 | 1 11 11

" | " | 11 | " | 122 3 37 | 15 0 | 92 5 0 | 0 9 | 2 6 2 | 0 7 | 1 18 10

" | " | 19 | " | 95 2 16 | 15 0 | 71 14 0 | 0 9 | 1 15 10 | 0 7 | 1 8 8

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.

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 10th May, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned green, scorched, and dead kauri timber upon Crown land in Block II., Maungataniwha Survey District, Mangonui County, will be offered for sale by public auction at this office on Friday, the 2nd day of July, 1897, at 11 o’clock a.m.

471 green and scorched kauri trees, containing about 1,020,000 sup. feet; 88 green trees, containing about 159,000 sup. feet; 39 dead trees, containing about 67,000 sup. feet: total, 598 kauri trees, containing about 1,246,000 sup. feet. Upset price, £519.

This timber is at the head of the stream flowing into Oruru River, about eight miles from Mangonui, and can be easily got out.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half the purchase-money to be paid by cash or marked cheque on the fall of the hammer, the balance within six months thereafter. Timber to be removed within three years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotment, Canterbury, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 10th May, 1897.

THE under-mentioned village-homestead allotment will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity on and after Wednesday, the 14th July, 1897, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

If more than one application be received on the same day, then the selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
GERALDINE COUNTY.—GERALDINE SURVEY DISTRICT.
Surveyed First-class Land.

This section is situated about a mile south of the Orari Railway-station, between the Main South Road and the railway-line, and comprises open level land of fair quality. The section is weighted with a sum of £3 15s., being valuation of boundary fencing, which sum must be paid on application, in addition to the first half-year’s rent and lease-fee.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The land enumerated above is first-class land, and is a village-homestead allotment, open for selection on lease in perpetuity under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”).

2. The day on which the land shall be open for selection shall be Wednesday, the 14th day of July, 1897.

3. The rental stated above shall be the price at which the land shall be open for selection.

4. Applications for a lease shall be made in manner as provided in Part I. of the said Act, and all such applications

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 10th May, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned green and singed kauri timber standing upon the forest reserve in Block IV., Mangakahia Survey District, Whangarei County, close to the Aponga Post-office, will be offered for sale by public auction at this office on Friday, the 2nd day of July, 1897, at 11 o’clock a.m.

353 green kauri trees, containing about 1,213,384 sup. feet; 237 singed kauri trees, containing about 901,311 sup. feet: total, 590 trees, containing about 2,114,695 sup. feet. Upset price, £1,057 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 twelve months thereafter. The timber must be conveyed by railway, at current rates, to market, and be removed within three years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.