APRIL 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 669

Pastoral Runs, Marlborough, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 19th April, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands will be offered by auction, at the Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Wednesday, the 1st day of June, 1898, at 11 o’clock a.m.

PASTORAL LICENSES UNDER PART VI. OF “THE LAND ACT, 1892.”

Arapawa Survey District: Run No. 66: 1,100 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rent, £4.

Arapawa Survey District: Run No. 106: 200 acres; term, ten years; upset annual rent, £2.

One half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease-fee, in each case, must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the necessary declaration furnished.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 19th April, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease upon application at this office on Wednesday, 8th June, 1898.

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

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—CLIFTON COUNTY.—UPPER WAI-TARA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

All forest, principally tawa, towai, rata, matai; a little totara on ridges, and manuka in gullies. Rough pastoral country, with broken spurs, landslips, and papa gutters; well watered. Access by the Ngatoto Road and Waitara River. Distance from Purangi, about two miles and a half.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
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.

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.

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.

Suburban Land in Auckland for Sale by Public Auction.

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

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

Suburbs Ngongotaha.—Lots 1 and 2: Each 1 acre; upset price, £2 per lot. Adjoining the Ngongotaha Railway-station.

Opaheke Parish (Manukau County).—Lot 59: 6 acres; upset price, £3 per acre. About two miles from Drury Railway-station.

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.

D