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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 25

1. That at least one-third of the quantity is produced on or before the 31st March, 1900, and the remaining two-thirds on or before the 31st March, 1901.

2. No bonus will be payable until the whole of the one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced as stipulated to the satisfaction of an officer to be appointed by the Minister of Mines, and on whose certificate alone the bonus will be paid.

3. In the event of more than one person producing the required quantities of quicksilver before the dates named, inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus, the amount will be divided in proportion to the quantities produced by each applicant, but in no case shall any bonus be paid until at least one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced in the aggregate.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Crown Lands Notices.

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th April, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned kauri timber, standing upon western portion of Section 46 and Section 47, Parish of Ruakaka, Whangarei County, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 3rd day of June, 1898, at 11 o’clock a.m.:

249 kauri-trees, containing about 389,683 superficial feet; upset price, £194 16s. 6d. Timber is about six miles from Mangapai.

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 two years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 13th April, 1898.

THE under-mentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Wednesday, 1st June, 1898.

If more than one application be received for the same section upon the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—VILLAGE-HOMESTEAD ALLOTMENTS.

First-class Land.

MANIOTOTO COUNTY.

| Naseby | 16 | XI. | 24 1 27 | 0 9·6 | 0 9 7 |

Good land, all ploughable. Situated about seven miles from Hyde. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £4 5s.

TAIERI COUNTY.

| Strath Taieri | 57 | V. | 18 0 18 | 2 5·88 | 1 2 5 |
| " | 58 | " | 21 1 27 | 1 8·2 | 0 17 9 |
| " | 59 | " | 23 1 35 | 2 1·24 | 1 4 3 |
| " | 62 | " | 21 1 23 | 1 7·2 | 0 16 10 |

Open undulating land, ploughable. Situated on the Middlemarch–Hyde Road, about five miles from the former locality. The Taieri River lies about half a mile distant, and the Otago Central Railway skirts the sections on the west. These sections form part of an Otago High School endowment. Valuations for fencing, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared: Section 57, £6 3s. 6d.; Section 58, £5 18s.; Section 59, £9 4s.; Section 62, £7 13s. 6d.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands in Otago for Lease.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 13th April, 1898.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be opened for application upon lease in perpetuity at this office on Wednesday, the 1st June, 1898, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—COUNTY OF WAITAKI.

First-class Land.

ARDGOWAN ESTATE.

| Oamaru | 125 | 16 1 15 | 14 0 | 5 14 5 |

Level and gently sloping agricultural land; good strong soil. Situated two miles and a half from Oamaru Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £49 13s. 6d.

TEANERAKI SETTLEMENT.

| Oamaru and Awamoko | 1 | 5 0 0 | 19 2 | 2 8 1 |

First-class agricultural land. Situated one mile and a half from Enfield Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £2.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Taranaki, for Lease upon Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 4th April, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease upon application at this office on Wednesday, 25th May, 1898.

If more than one application be received for the same run, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—CLIFTON COUNTY.—WAITARA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

| 8 | XII. | 1,460 0 0 | 0 3·75 | 11 8 4 |
| 10 | " | 1,203 0 0 | 0 3·75 | 9 8 0 |

All forest; pastoral country; well watered. Timber consists of tawa, rata, rimu, towai, and usual undergrowth. A few acres flat on Section 8, about the south-east corner. Access by Kaipikari Road, distant from Urenui about ten miles, and by Junction and Mataro Roads from Tarata, about seven miles. The ridges rise to 900 ft. above sea-level, and to 500 ft. above the valleys.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments, Southland, open for Lease upon Application.

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

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Thursday, the 26th May, 1898.

If more than one application is received for the same section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day at 11 a.m.