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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

RESERVE FOR LEASING UNDER “THE PUBLIC RESERVES ACT, 1881.”

Puhipuhi Survey District: Reserve (A), Woodbank: 300 acres; term, 14 years; upset annual rent, £25.

In the event of the reserve being again offered for lease at the end of the fourteen years, it will be weighted with the value of improvements to an amount not exceeding five years’ rent. Conditions will be inserted in the lease as to travelling stock.

Description of Land.—Light sandy soil, with patches of good land covered with fern and grass. About twenty-five miles from Kaikoura, on main road to Blenheim.

Particulars may be obtained on application at this office. One half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Merrivale Estate, Southland, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 17th May, 1897.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Wednesday, the 30th June, 1897:—

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Merrivale Estate.—Wallace County.—Waiau Survey District.

About one-quarter of this section is limestone ridge of fair quality, suitable for sheep; remainder open flat, shingly, dry, with patches of good land; no permanent water. Distant twenty miles from Otautau. Altitude, 200 ft. to 400 ft. The section is burdened with valuation for improvements, consisting of ploughing (60 acres), £30; and 168 chains fencing, value £67 4s.: total, £97 4s.

DAVID 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.

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.

Offices opened and closed; Designation corrected.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 15th June, 1897.

THE following particulars of offices opened and closed, and of a designation corrected, are published for general information.

W. C. WALKER,
For Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner.

OFFICES.