Jan. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 133

Run 134A, and Section 2, Block IV., Kakanui District,
Waitaki County (grouped): Area, 24,500 acres; term, four-
teen years; upset annual rental, £220; valuation for im-
provements, £162 4s. Run 134A is situated between the north
and south branches of the Kakanui River, and extends back to
the summit of the Kakanui Range. Section 2 adjoins the run
on the north, and lies about six miles from Tapui Railway-
station. Present licensees—Run 134A, the New Zealand
and Australian Land Company; section 2, John Chesney.
Possession, 1st March, 1897.

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

Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration as required
by section 62 of "The Land Act, 1892," and pay the sum of
the half-year's rent, license-fee, and valuation for improve-
ments on fall of the hammer.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Canterbury, to be offered for Lease by Public
Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 4th January, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the under-
mentioned pastoral runs will be offered for sale by
public auction at the local Lands and Survey Office, Timaru,
on Wednesday, 10th February, 1897.

Land in Auckland open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 7th January, 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 Wednesday, the 7th April, 1897.

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

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Open land, with some swamp, fronting Tauranga Harbour.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Hawke's Bay open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, 4th January, 1897.

THE under-mentioned Crown land 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 Wednesday, the 24th February, 1897.

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

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—COOK COUNTY.

Broken country; light soil; about 18 acres of mixed bush, remainder being fern and scrub. Distant thirteen miles
inland from Tolago Bay.

ERIC O. GOLD-SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—MACKENZIE COUNTY.—HALDON
AND GRAY'S HILLS STATIONS.
First-class Pastoral Country.

Run No. 69, part of Haldon Station, Mackenzie County:
About 19,025 acres; term of lease, fourteen years fixed
tenure from the 1st March, 1897; upset annual rental,
£350 for the first four years, and £400 per annum for the
remainder of the term.

Run No. 71, Gray's Hills Station, Mackenzie County:
About 29,862 acres; term of lease, fourteen years fixed
tenure from the 1st March, 1897; upset annual rental,
£350 for the first four years, and £450 per annum for the
remainder of the term.

Possession of these runs will be given to the purchasers of
the licenses on the 1st March, 1897.

The leases will be sold subject to the general provisions
relating to pastoral leases of "The Canterbury Educational
Reserves Sale and Leasing Act, 1876," and "The Land Act,
1892," and any Acts amending the same. The leases—all
costs whereof shall be borne by the purchasers—will be from
the Canterbury College. The lease shall be subject to the
right of the Canterbury College or the Crown to dispose of
the freehold of the whole of the runs or any part thereof by
way of sale. Provision is made in the memorandum of
lease to meet this contingency. The rent will be payable
half-yearly, on the 1st days of March and September in
each year, six months' rent being paid on the fall of the
hammer.

Plans and full particulars as to terms of lease may be
obtained at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christ-
church, or from the Registrar of Canterbury College.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.