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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 80]

Crown Lands Notices.

Rural Land in Auckland District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 14th September, 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 3rd November, 1897.

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

SCHEDULE.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Nearly all forest land of medium quality; about two miles from sea-coast, and about five miles from Ngunguru Harbour.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands in Canterbury open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 14th September, 1897.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for application upon lease in perpetuity at this office on Wednesday, the 10th November, 1897, under the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892," and "The Land for Settlements Act, 1894," and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

LEVELS COUNTY.—PAREORA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Rosebrook Settlement.

8 and 9 | XVI. | 58 0 25 | 10 5 | 14 17 11

These sections are situated at the western end of the Rosebrook Settlement, about six miles and a quarter westward from Timaru, and comprise open, flat, and undulating down lands of good quality, the soil being black, resting on a clay subsoil. The sections are entirely fenced, and include a plantation, the trees and shrubs in which may only be cut and removed with the written permission of the Commissioner of Crown Lands. The right of taking metal for road purposes from part of the plantation area is reserved in favour of the Levels County Council. The sections are weighted with a valuation of £6 10s. for fencing, &c., which sum must be paid on allotment, in addition to the usual deposit and fees.

GERALDINE COUNTY.—AROWHENUA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Kereta Settlement.

3 | IX. | 26 1 19 | 15 2 | 10 0 0

This section is situated in the Kereta Settlement, about two miles eastward and seaward of the Seadown Railway-station, and about seven miles northward of Timaru, and comprises open flat land, consisting of rich, deep, and partially-drained and reclaimed swamp. The section is fenced and subdivided.

Epworth Settlement.

14A | II. | 11 3 32 | 12 11 | 3 17 1
16A | II. | 9 0 11 | 12 11 | 2 18 6

These lots are situated about a mile and a quarter westward of Temuka, on the banks of the Raupo Stream, close to the Waitohi Road, and comprise open flat loamy land of good quality.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 10th September, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that, the leases of the under-mentioned Crown lands having been forfeited by resolutions of the Canterbury Land Board, the said lands have reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892."

SCHEDULE.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Reserves in Manukau County for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 14th September, 1897.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," that written tenders will be received at this office on and after Friday, the 5th November, 1897, for the lease of the under-mentioned reserves.

Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for six months' rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease-fee.

MANUKAU COUNTY.—PARISH OF WAITARA.

Section S.W. 53 and Section 55, together containing 84 acres (plantation reserves); situated on the West Coast, adjoining the Waitara River, and about six miles from Pollok Wharf.

Term of lease: Five years. No compensation for improvements during either the currency or on termination of lease, but lessee may remove fences or buildings erected by him.

The lease will contain a condition that the lessee shall, at his own cost, plant each year at least 10 acres of the reserves in sand-binding grasses.

The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.