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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Village-homestead Allotments.

Bush land; adjacent to Main North Road, six miles from Invercargill; soil fair. Limit of holding in this village, 20 acres.

SEAWARD BUSH TOWNSHIP.

| 32 | III. | 5 0 0 | 4 0 | 0 10 0 |
| 33 | " | 5 0 0 | 4 0 | 0 10 0 |

Land nearly flat, covered with mixed bush, soil fair; distance from Tisbury Railway-station, one mile. Limit of holding in this village, 10 acres.

HOKONUI.—CENTRE BUSH VILLAGE.

| 725 | .. | 24 0 20 | 1 2·4 | 0 14 6 |

Situated about one mile and a half from Centre Bush Railway-station; soil fair, bush light. Limit of holding in this village, one allotment.

LONGWOOD VILLAGE.

| 53 | V. | 6 3 0 | 1 7·2 | 0 5 5 |
| 54 | " | 9 3 11| 1 7·2 | 0 7 10|

Situated about one mile and a half from Wakapatu Railway-station; soil fair, mostly bush land. Limit of holding in this village, 100 acres. Section 54 is burdened with £3 10s. as valuation for fencing.

NIAGARA VILLAGE.

| 41 | .. | 5 1 9 | 0 7·2 | 0 1 7 |

Situated about three miles from Waikawa Township; light bush land, soil fair. Limit of holding, one allotment.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 4th April, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be opened for application upon lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 12th May, 1898, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—SELWYN COUNTY.—CHRISTCHURCH SURVEY DISTRICT.—BRACO SETTLEMENT.
First-class Land.

The Braco Settlement is situated at Fendalton, about three miles and a half from Christchurch Post-office, and comprises open flat land, with deep soil of good quality, resting on a loamy subsoil. The allotments in the Braco Settlement are well adapted for occupation by market-gardeners and others desiring to settle on small areas near Christchurch.

Lot 17 is weighted with a valuation of £1 6s. for boundary-fencing, which sum must be paid on allotment, in addition to the usual deposit and fees.

Plans and further particulars as to terms and conditions of lease may be obtained from this office.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs liable to Forfeiture.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 15th March, 1898.

PURSUANT to section 215 of “The Land Act, 1892,” notice is hereby given to the following persons that the under-mentioned pastoral licenses are liable to forfeiture, and that, if the rent overdue thereon be not paid within three months from date, the licenses will be declared forfeited.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Canterbury, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 4th April, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 18th May, 1898, at the annual rental noted below. Should the section not be applied for on the 18th May, 1898, it will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch. In case of more than one application on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at Christchurch, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
ASHLEY COUNTY.
Second-class Pastoral Country.

These sections are situated between the Hurunui and Waitohi Rivers, to the west of the northern railway; the distance from the Medbury Railway-station to the land being between 2½ and 4½ miles. The block consists of open, plain, light land, carrying tussock pasture and patches of stunted manuka. Sections 36576 and 36577 front on the Waitohi River.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Taihape Township for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 4th April, 1898.

THE under-mentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at Wanganui, on Wednesday, the 25th May, 1898.

SCHEDULE.
TAIHAPE TOWNSHIP.

TERMS OF LEASE.

1. A deposit of a half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. Residence and improvements are not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessees, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.