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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 48

at 8s. (old stab fence, with some good timber), £24; 45 chains of new fence at 15s. (seven black wires), £33 15s.; 10 acres of fence-line, felled only, £10; also 220 acres in grass at £2 5s., £495: total, £778 7s. 6d.

These sections, owing to their position, good quality, and capability, are specially adapted for dairying, fruit-growing, ordinary grazing, and general farming, the only drawback being the existing lease specified below.

Terms of Sale.

One-fifth of the purchase-money, together with the amount with which the section is weighted for improvements, 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. F. C. Turnor holds a lease from E. F. Rangiputswa and other Maoris of the above-mentioned sections, together with a section of 97 acres 2 roods adjoining, for twenty-one years from 13th May, 1884; the annual rent being £50 for the first seven years of the said term, £100 for the next seven years, and £150 for the remaining seven years: and, therefore, Sections 2A and 2B, now being offered, will be sold subject to this lease.

There are no restrictions or limitations imposed on purchasers of these sections other than above mentioned.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plan obtained at this office.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
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.

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.

Native Land Court Notices.

"The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

Native Land Court Office, Auckland, 17th May, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in consequence of the prevalence of fever amongst the Natives in the Bay of Plenty District, the sitting of the Native Appellate Court advertised to be held at Opotiki on the 27th instant has been adjourned until further notice.

[Auckland, 97-33.]

JAS. W. BROWNE, Registrar.

"The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

Native Land Court Office, Auckland, 18th May, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that a sitting of the Native Land Court will be held at Tauranga on the 2nd day of June, 1897, to hear and determine the matter mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written, in respect of which application has been received by the Registrar, and all such other matters as may be lawfully brought before it.

[Auckland, 97-34.]

JAS. W. BROWNE, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION FOR CONFIRMATION OF ALIENATION.

"The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

Registrar’s Office, Auckland, 20th May, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that a sitting of the Native Land Court will be held at Mercer, Waikato, on the 3rd day of June, 1897, to hear and determine the several matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written, in respect of which applications have been received by the Registrar, and all such other matters as may be lawfully brought before it.

[Auckland, 97-34.]

JAS. W. BROWNE, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATIONS FOR PARTITION.

APPLICATION FOR REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIONS.