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towards the east by a road separating it from the Pilot-
station at Starling Point, 339·7 links; towards the south-
east by land owned or occupied by T. S. Mullet, 201 links;
towards the south-west by land similarly held, 190 links;
and towards the north-west by a line, 482·6 links.

Notice No. 461, substituted for
Public Notice under "The Stock Act, 1893," re Liver-fluke.—
Notice No. 449.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 7th September, 1896.
IT having been reported to me that the disease known as
"liver-fluke" exists amongst sheep running on certain
lands in the Hawke's Bay Land District, I therefore, in
accordance with section 14, subsection (4), of "The Stock
Act, 1893," hereby declare the under-mentioned lands to be
an infected place, from which no sheep, carcase, or any
portion thereof, shall be removed, except under the direc-
tion of an Inspector of Stock:—
All that piece of land, situated in the Hawke's Bay Land
District, called Te Hauke, and containing about 9,000 acres,
being parts of Blocks XII. and XVI., Maraekakahu Survey
District, and Blocks IX. and XIII., Te Mata Survey District,
in the Hawke's Bay County. Bounded by a line starting at
the north-eastern corner of Block 13, in Block XVI., Marae-
kakahu Survey District; thence in a north-east direction by
a right line to Trig. Station N; thence northerly by a right
line to the south-west corner of the Waikareao Block; thence
generally north-easterly by the north-western boundaries of
the Raukawa Nos. 3 and 2 Blocks, the Pukehou No. 1, and
the Poukawa Native Reserve, and Koparakore A to the
north-western corner of the last-named block; thence south-
easterly by the north-eastern boundary A and B to its
intersection with the railway-line; thence south-westerly
by a right line to Te Aute Railway-station; thence south-
west by the railway-line to its intersection with the Hawke's
Bay County boundary; thence generally north-westerly by
the aforesaid boundary to the starting-point.
All that parcel of land in the Land District of Hawke's
Bay, being called or known by the name of the "Ram
Paddock," containing about 80 acres, being a portion of
Whenuahou C Nos. 1 and 2 North, in Block III., Tahoraita
Survey District, Waipawa County. Bounded on the north-
west by the Porongahau Stream; on the north and east by
Blocks 120 and 69; and on the south generally by other
portion of Whenuahou C Nos. 1 and 2 North, aforesaid.
All that piece or parcel of land in the Land District of
Hawke's Bay, being called or known by the name of
"Takapau Paddock," containing about 190 acres, being
portion of Subdivision No. 3, Otawhao Block, in Block III.,
Takapau Survey District, Waipawa County. Bounded on
the north by Blocks 234 and 120; on the south generally by
the Porongahau Stream and a public road and on the west
by the railway-line.
All that piece or parcel of land in the Land District of
Hawke's Bay, called or known as "Rees Davis Paddock,"
containing 110 acres, being Section 7 of Whenuahou D.E.
No. 1 Block, in VI. and VII., Takapau Survey District,
Waipawa County. Bounded on the south-east by a public
road; on the south-west by a public road; on the north-
west by Section 6; and on the north-east by Section 8.
All that parcel of land in the Hawke's Bay Land District,
called or known by the name of "Sebastopol 3 Paddock,"
containing about 530 acres, situated in Block III., Waipuku-
rua Survey District, Waipawa County, being part of the
land granted to the Bishop of Wellington, and situated in
the south-west corner of the aforesaid land.
JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Public Notice under "The Stock Act, 1893," re Liver-fluke.—
Notice No. 470.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 5th January, 1897.
IT having been reported to me that the disease known as
"liver-fluke" exists amongst sheep running on certain
lands in the Hawke's Bay Land District, I therefore, in
accordance with section 14, subsection 4 of "The Stock Act,
1893," hereby declare the under-mentioned lands to be an
infected place from which no sheep, carcase, or any portion
thereof shall be removed except under the direction of an
Inspector of Stock:—
All that piece or parcel of land, known as the Te Aute
Run, situated in the Waipawa, Hawke's Bay, and Patangata
Counties, bounded as follows: Commencing at the Te Aute
Railway-station, thence in a northerly direction along the
boundary of the Te Hauke Proclaimed District to the point

where the prolongation of the boundary between Lots 1
and 2 of the Ngawhakatara Block continued across the
Poukawa Lake would strike it; thence easterly along the said
line and boundary to the Tukituki River; thence up that river
to the south boundary of Patangata No. 2; thence westerly
along the southern boundary of that block to the Papanui
Stream; thence up that stream and the eastern boundary
of Patangata No. 3 to the southern boundary of that block;
thence westerly along the southern boundaries of Patangata
No. 3 and the Otane Block to the south-east corner of the
land granted to the Bishop of Wellington; thence westerly
along the southern boundary of the aforesaid land to the
southern boundary of Sebastopol No. 3 Paddock; thence
westerly along that boundary to the south-west corner of
that paddock; thence northerly along the western boundaries
of the aforesaid paddock and of the land granted to the
Bishop of Wellington to the north-west corner of the said
land; thence easterly along the northern boundary of the
aforesaid land to the main Kaikora North and Te Aute
Road; thence northerly along that road to a road running
through the Poupoutahi Block; thence easterly along that
road to where it crosses the railway-line; thence northerly
along the railway-line to the point of commencement.
All that piece or parcel of land, called or known as the
"Flukey Paddock," containing about 74 acres, situated in
the Te Mahanga Run, Te Mata Survey District, Hawke's
Bay County.
JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Crown Lands Notices.

Sections in Maraeroa-Oturoa Block for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 28th June, 1897.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned sec-
tions in the Maraeroa-Oturoa Block, Thermal
Springs District, Auckland, will be offered for lease by
public auction, for a term of twenty-one years, at the upset
annual rentals noted below, at the District Lands and
Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, the 25th August,
1897, at 11 o'clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.
MARAEROA-OTUROA BLOCK, THERMAL SPRINGS DISTRICT.

These sections are all covered with mixed forest; soil
light, but good. They are not well watered, owing to the
porous nature of the soil.

Conditions of Leasing.

1. Term of lease, twenty-one years from the 1st day of
   September, 1897.

2. Rent payable half-yearly in advance; the first of such
   half-yearly payments to be made at the close of sale, and
   all future payments to be made to the officer appointed to
   receive the same within sixty days from the days on which
   they become due, and in default thereof the lease to be for-
   feited.

3. The lessee shall, within one year from the date of lease,
   fell, burn, and sow with grass an area equal to 5 per cent.
   of the land comprised therein; within two years a further
   5 per cent. of the area; within three years a further 5 per
   cent. of the area; within six years an amount equal to one-
   quarter of the total area; and at the end of the term an area
   equal to one-half of the total area.

4. The lessee shall be liable for all rates, taxes, &c.

5. No transfers or assignments to be permitted without
   the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

6. No valuation for improvements will be paid by the
   Crown, but the lease of the holdings will, a few months
   before the end of the term, be submitted to auction again for
   a further period of twenty-one years, loaded with the value
   of the improvements in favour of the lessee, the incoming
   tenant to pay the value of the improvements; but if there
   be no bid for the lease then the land, with the improve-
   ments, will revert to the outgoing tenant at the same rent
   paid under the expiring lease.
   GERHARD MUELLER,
   Commissioner of Crown Lands.