1784
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 87

Reserves in Parkville Township, Wellington Land District,
for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
reserves will be offered for lease at the Public
Hall, Eketahuna, on Thursday, the 21st October, 1897, at
2 o'clock p.m.

SCHEDULE.

| Section. | Locality. | Area. | Upset | Term of |
| | | | Annual | Lease. |
| | | | Rent. | |
| | | A. R. P. | £ s. d. | |
| 48 | Parkville Township | 0 3 24 | 1 0 0 | 7 years. |
| 55 | " | 0 3 24 | 1 0 0 | " |
| 89 | " | 0 3 24 | 1 0 0 | 10 years. |

Terms of Lease.—A deposit of a half-year's rent and £1 1s.
lease-fee must be paid on the fall of the hammer.
No compensation shall be claimed by the lessees, nor shall
any be allowed by the Government, for improvements
effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.
Possession will be given on day of sale.
The leases shall be for the terms specified, but shall be
subject to termination by twelve months' notice in the event
of the land being required by the Government.
J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Land, Southland, open for Selection on Perpetual
Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 28th September, 1897.

THE under-mentioned Crown land, having been sur-
rendered in terms of section 156 of "The Land Act,
1885," will be open for selection on perpetual lease on and
after Thursday, the 18th November, 1897. If more than
one application be received for the section on the same day,
then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the
following day at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—WENDONSIDE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

| Section. | Block. | Area. | Perpetual Lease. | |
| | | | Rent per | Half-yearly |
| | | | Acre. | Rental. |
| | | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 13 | II. | 263 0 13 | 0 7½ | 4 2 3 |

Valuation for improvements, £46 16s.
This section is situated about ten miles from Riversdale
Railway-station by road. The land is open, and the soil
fair. About 200 acres are ploughed, but not in crop; and
there are 134 chains of fencing.
The improvements must be paid for in cash on the day on
which the application is approved; but if the land be
balloted for, then payment must be made immediately on
the conclusion of the ballot.
D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Motukaraka Island, Auckland, for Lease by Public Auction.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
Crown land will be offered for lease for the term
of seven years by public auction, at this office, on Friday,
the 26th November, 1897, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

MOTUKARAKA or Flat Island, off Maraetai Point, near Howick :
Section 1, Block IV., Otahuhu Survey District, containing
7 acres 2 roods 35 perches. Upset rental, £6 per annum.
Weighted with the sum of £25 as valuation for improve-
ments.
The land is first-class agricultural land in grass.
The lessee will only be permitted to use the land for
grazing purposes.
Six months' rent and the lease-fee of £1 1s. must be paid
on the fall of the hammer.
Rent payable half-yearly in advance.
GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Town of Invercargill for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 28th September, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
section of land in the Township of Invercargill will
be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Thurs-
day, the 18th November, 1897, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

TOWN OF INVERCARGILL.

Section 22, Block XXXIV., containing 1 rood: Upset
price, £100.
Weighted with £400 as valuation for improvements,
consisting of dwelling-house of six rooms, outhouses, fenc-
ing, and garden.
D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber at Auckland for Sale by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 28th September, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
clumps of green and scorched kauri timber, in the
Aponga State Forest, within Blocks IV. and VIII., Manga-
kahia Survey District, will be offered for sale by public
auction, at this office, on Friday, the 19th day of November,
1897, at 11 o'clock a.m.
No. 1 Clump.—452 green kauri-trees, containing about
2,127,834 superficial feet; 66 scorched kauri-trees, contain-
ing about 212,043 superficial feet: upset price, £1,143 8s.
No. 2 Clump.—139 green kauri-trees, containing about
439,238 superficial feet: upset price, £219 12s.
No. 3 Clump.—45 green kauri-trees, containing about
71,259 superficial feet: upset price, £35 13s.
Conditions of Sale.—One-half of the purchase-money to be
paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the
hammer, the balance within two years thereafter. Timber
to be removed within three years from date of sale.
GERHARD MUELLER,
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,
abjoining the Waitara River, and about six miles from
Pollok Wharf.
Term of lease: Five years. No compensation for improve-
ments 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,