Nov. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2091

Village-homestead Allotment in Otago open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 15th November, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned village-homestead allotment will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 29th December, 1897.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—CLUTHA COUNTY.

Level land of a light sandy nature, situated at the junction of the Owaka and Catlin’s Rivers, about one mile and a half from Owaka. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £25.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Village of Waiomio, Auckland, for Lease by Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 15th November, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned reserve will be open for lease by public tender up to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 29th December, 1897.

Allotments Nos. 21 and 22 of Section V. of Village of Waiomio, containing 2 roods; term, 14 years; minimum upset rental, £2 per annum, payable in advance.

Tenders must be accompanied by a year’s rent, together with the lease-fee of £1 1s.

No compensation will be allowed at the end of the term for improvements.

Possession will be given on the date of acceptance of tender.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Public Reserve, Nelson Land District, for Lease by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 15th November, 1897.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” that the lease of the under-mentioned reserve will be offered at public auction, at the Land Office, Nelson, on Wednesday, 29th December, 1897, at 12 o’clock.

Part Section VII., Waimea South, Block XVI., Wai-iti: Area, 2 acres and 27 perches; situate about half a mile from the Village of Wakefield, on the main road from Nelson to Belgrave. Upset rental, £5 per annum, weighted with the sum of £150 valuation for improvements, which consist of a well-built house, 24 ft. by 28 ft., of four rooms and scullery, with iron roof, brick chimney, and verandah all round.

Term of lease, 14 years. Purchaser must deposit the first half-year’s rent, lease-fee (£1 1s.), and valuation for improvements, on the fall of the hammer.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taranaki for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 22nd October, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned section of Crown land will be offered for sale by public auction on Wednesday, the 26th day of January, 1898.

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
Village of Eltham.

SECTION No. 40: Area, 1 acre; upset price, £15.

Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee, within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments in Wellington open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 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.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

KIWITEA COUNTY.
Rewa Village Settlement.

| 8 | .. | A. R. P. 9 0 0 | s. d. 3 2·4 | £ s. d. 0 14 5 |

WAIRARAPA NORTH COUNTY.
Pongaroa Village Settlement.

| 1 | .. | 100 0 0 | 1 0 | 2 10 0 |
| 7* | .. | 25 0 0 | 1 7·2 | 1 0 0 |
| 17 | .. | 50 0 0 | 1 3·6 | 1 12 6 |
| 18 | .. | 46 0 0 | 1 4·8 | 1 12 3 |
| 27† | .. | 20 0 0 | 1 9·6 | 0 18 0 |
| 31 | .. | 19 3 0 | 1 9·6 | 0 17 10 |

Rakaunui Village Settlement.

| 7 | .. | 10 0 0 | 1 4·8 | 0 7 0 |

• This section is weighted with £40 10s. for improvements.
  † This section is weighted with £40 for improvements.

Section 8, Rewa Village Settlement, is situated in the Rewa Village Settlement, in the Rangitikei Valley, on the main road from Feilding to Sandon Block, and consists of flat land, rather swampy in places. The soil is good, being river-deposit overlying gravel. It is covered with forest of a mixed character, containing rimu, matai, kahikatea, tawa, &c., with the usual undergrowth. The section is about twenty miles from Feilding, and about three miles from Waituna Post- and Telegraph-office, by a good dray-road. There is a school close to the section.

Section 1, Pongaroa Village Settlement, is situated on the Manuhara Road, in the Pongaroa Village Settlement, and consists of somewhat broken country, with a permanent stream. The soil is fairly good, on a sandstone-and-papa formation, and covered with forest of a mixed character, containing tawa, rimu, rata, matai, &c., with an undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section is distant about four miles from Pongaroa Township, two miles being by dray-road and two miles by cleared road.

Section 7, Pongaroa Village Settlement, is situated on the Alfredton–Weber Road, in the Pongaroa Village Settlement, and consists of undulating country, with about 3 acres of flat land. The soil is clayey, on a papa formation. Eighteen acres of the section are in grass, the remaining 7 acres being covered with forest of a mixed character, containing rimu, rata, hinau, &c., with an undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section is distant about two miles from Pongaroa Township. The improvement consists of 18 acres in grass, valued at £40 10s.

Section 17, Pongaroa Village Settlement, is situated on the Paraengahuata Road, in the Pongaroa Village Settlement, and consists chiefly of low flat spurs sloping gradually towards the south and west. Water can be obtained by sinking. The soil is good, on a papa formation, and covered with forest containing rimu, tawa, &c., with an undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section is about two miles and a half from Pongaroa Township, half the distance being by the Alfredton–Weber dray-road, and the other half by the Paraengahuata Road, which has been cleared and formed for horse traffic.

Section 18, Pongaroa Village Settlement, is situated on the Paraengahuata Road, in the Pongaroa Village Settlement, and consists of low flat spurs, with a homestead-site. Water can be obtained by sinking. The soil is good, on a papa formation, and covered with forest containing tawa, rimu, kahikatea, &c., with an undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section is distant about two miles from Pongaroa Township, one mile and a quarter being by the Alfredton–Weber Road, which is formed for dray traffic, and the remaining distance by the Paraengahuata Road, formed for horse traffic.