Oct. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1913

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.

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 surrendered 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.

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 improvements.

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 Thursday, 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, fencing, 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., Mangakahia 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, containing 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.