APRIL 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 633

Pokeno Suburbs.—Lot 262: 1 acre 2 roods 31 perches; upset price, £3 10s. per lot. Lot 263: 1 acre 3 roods 29 perches; £4. Lot 285: 1 acre; £2. Lot 285A: 1 acre and 7 perches; £2 2s. Lot 286: 39 perches; 10s. Lot 287: 3 roods 8 perches; £1 12s. Adjoining Village of Pokeno.

Tokatoka Survey District (Otamatea County).—Block X., Lot 1: 1 acre; upset price, £3. Subject to £75 for house.

Terms of Sale.—One-fifth cash on fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown grant, within thirty days thereafter.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Land, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 12th March, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned township and rural lands will be submitted for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 29th day of April, 1898, at 11 a.m.

Township of Tokatoka.—Lot 44: 1 rood 33 perches; upset price, £9 7s. 6d.

Kaeo Parish (Whangaroa County).—Section 76: 4 acres 2 roods 27 perches; upset price, £14 1s. 3d. Grass land, on main road, one mile from Kaeo.

Hukerenui Survey District (Bay of Islands County).—Block V., Section 11A: 7 acres and 15 perches; upset price, £10 10s. Section 14A: 7 acres 1 rood 18 perches; upset price, £14 15s. Both lots partly grassed; situated on formed road, one mile from Towai.

Titirangi Parish (Eden County).—Section 87B: 26 acres 3 roods 15 perches; upset price, £302 13s. 3d. Section 94: 12 acres and 17 perches; upset price, £181 17s. 6d. Situated between Mount Albert and Mount Roskill. Lot 87B adjoins the Wesleyan Mission Estate and swamp. Both lots are a little over one mile from Mount Albert Railway-station.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Auckland for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 12th March, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that a lease, for a term of seven years, under “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” will be submitted to public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 13th day of May, 1898, at 11 a.m.

Suburbs of Auckland.—Lot 101, Section 6 (Asylum Reserve), containing 1 acre 1 rood 26 perches, situated on corner of Eden Street and Normanby Road, off the Mount Eden Road, and about 12 chains from the Mount Eden Railway-station. Upset annual rent, £2.

Terms of Lease.—Seven years without right of renewal. No compensation for improvements will be paid by Government at any time, but the lessee shall have the right to remove within one month of the expiration of the term of lease all wood fences and buildings that may have been erected. The lease conveys no right to the scoria or stone upon the land. A tramway-line of 28 perches is reserved through the land, with full rights of ingress, egress, and regress to authorised persons.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands, Hawke’s Bay, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 12th March, 1898.

THE under-mentioned sections in the Weber Survey District will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of fourteen years, at the Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday, 4th May, 1898.

SCHEDULE.

Section 6 contains medium soil, with thick undergrowth and a little timber. It is well watered, and easy of access, as it adjoins the main road from Dannevirke to Herbertville. Section 5 contains soil of fair quality, with some timber and undergrowth still on the section. Well watered, and accessible from the main Dannevirke–Herbertville Road, distant one mile and a half.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

The leases shall be for a term of fourteen years, commencing from the 1st July, 1898. The successful bidder at the auction shall pay one year’s rent on the fall of the hammer, together with £1 1s. lease-fee. No compensation shall be allowed nor shall any be claimed at the termination of the lease for any improvements effected on the land during the term of lease.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve No. 1997, Waimate Gorge, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 12th March, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given, under section 23 of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” that written tenders for the lease of the under-mentioned reserve for a term of seven years will be received up to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 20th April, 1898.

Tenders must be enclosed in sealed envelopes, addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch, and marked on the outside “Tender for Reserve 1997,” and must be accompanied by a post-office order, or by bank draft, or cheque marked “Correct for fourteen days” by the bank on which it is drawn, for the amount of one year’s rent of the reserve at the rate tendered, together with a lease-fee of £1 1s.

The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

WAIMATE AND WAITAKI SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Part of Reserve 1997: Area, 59 acres 3 roods 17 perches; upset rental per annum, £4 10s.; term of lease, seven years. This reserve is situated in the Waimate Gorge, on the north-western side of the railway-line between Waimate and Arno, and consists of steep hillside, broken by gullies with patches of bush; the pasture comprises tussock and English grasses.

Conditions.

1. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the acquisition of the 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.

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

3. The lease shall be for a term of seven years, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by Government.

4. The rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance.

5. The lands are let for grazing purposes, and lessees will not be permitted to break up or crop any of the same without the written permission of the Land Board first had and obtained.

6. The lessee shall use all reasonable means to prevent the spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in his lease.

7. The lessee shall destroy rabbits on the land, and shall prevent their increase or spread to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands or the Stock Department.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Totara and Kauri Timber for Sale at Auckland.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 12th March, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned totara and green and dead kauri timber, standing on Section 176, Parish of Oruawharo, will be offered for sale by public auction at this office on Friday, the 13th day of May, 1898, at 11 o’clock a.m.

41 totara-trees, containing 30,000 superficial feet.

78 green kauri-trees and 129 dead kauri-trees, containing 180,000 superficial feet.

Upset price, £105.

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 three months thereafter. Timber to be removed within two years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.