Aug. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1433

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., Waipukurau 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.

Crown Lands Notices.

Small Grazing-run, Southland, open for Lease upon Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 12th July, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease upon application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on and after Wednesday, the 1st September, 1897, at the half-yearly rental stated.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—CENTRE HILL SURVEY DISTRICT.—SMALL GRAZING-RUN NO. 41.

Second-class Land.

Land partly level and swampy; vegetation principally snow-tussock. Height above sea-level, from 100 ft. to 1,300 ft. Distance from Mossburn Railway-station, about two miles. This run is burdened with £196 10s. as valuation for improvements.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Wellington, open for Lease upon Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 19th July, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease upon application, at the District Lands and Survey Office, on and after Wednesday, the 25th August, 1897, at the rental stated.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—REWA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Run No. 51: 1,430 acres; rent per acre, 1½d.; rent per annum, £8 18s. 9d. Term of lease, twenty-one years.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Cheviot Estate for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 26th July, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, upon the terms and conditions hereunder stated, on and after Wednesday, the 8th September, 1897.

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

SCHEDULE.

CHEVIOT COUNTY.

This section is situated in the central portion of the Cheviot Estate, on the Hurunui-Homestead Road, about one mile and a half in a south-westerly direction from the Township of Mackenzie, and comprises rich agricultural land in English grass, a portion of the area being low-lying, and liable to flood after heavy rains.

Surveyed First-class Land.

Lowry Peaks Survey District.

This section is situated about three-quarters of a mile from Port Robinson, and consists of open, broken agricultural and pastoral land, the soil being of a good sandy-loam character, carrying tussock and English grass.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sections in Opouriao Estate open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 28th June, 1897.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on and after Wednesday, the 25th August, 1897, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

OPOURIAO ESTATE.—WHAKATANE COUNTY.

First-class Land.

Description and Locality of Sections.

Flat alluvial land, in grass and fallow; excellent soil, no bush. Fronting main road from Whakatane; distant eleven miles and a half.

Waimana Survey District.

Description and Locality of Sections.

Broken country—bush, scrub, and fern; well watered; frontage to Waimana Road and river; a good bit of flat land fronting the river. About fifteen miles from Whakatane.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.