1694
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 83

Crown Lands Notices.

Village-homestead Allotments in Southland open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 6th September, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office, on and after Wednesday, the 22nd December, 1897.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—NEW RIVER HUNDRED.
Village-homestead Allotments, Waianiwa Village.

The whole of the sections are covered with scrub; subsoil, deep red clay; soil good, but thin; sections are all well watered; height above sea-level, about 90 ft. Distance from Waianiwa Railway-station, about three miles.

D. BARRON,
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Rural Lands, Wellington, open for Selection on Perpetual Lease and Lease in Perpetuity.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lands will be open for selection, at this office, on and after Wednesday, the 27th October, 1897.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

On Perpetual-lease Conditions (“Land Act, 1885”).

The improvements have to be paid for in cash on the day on which the application is approved.

The lease- and registration-fee under the perpetual-lease system is £1 10s. for each holding.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

On Lease-in-perpetuity Conditions (“Land Act, 1892”).

A half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease-fee, together with the amount with which the section is weighted for improvements, must be paid before the application can be approved.

These sections are situated in the Makuri District, in the neighbourhood of Makuri, and are approached chiefly by roads leading into or towards that township. They consist principally of land in the Makuri and adjoining valleys, or country sloping into or served by them or their road-systems. The land, taken as a whole, would be considered suitable for sheep-farming, as it contains some good soil on papa or limestone formation. The sections are in a high state of improvement, the extent and value of which are stated against the number of each.

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

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 21st August, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned singed kauri, within the Waerakahakaha State Forest, in Block IX., Mangakahia Survey District, Hobson County, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 8th day of October, 1897, at 11 o’clock a.m.:

70 singed trees, containing about 207,072 sup. feet. Upset price, £103 10s. 8d.

This timber is situated about a mile from Mangakahia Post-office, and can be delivered into the Mangakahia River by a tramway about one mile and a half long.

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 six months thereafter. Timber to be removed within one year from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.