MAY 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 899

Crown Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale under Section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land will be offered for sale under section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on and after the 25th August, 1898.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 33, Block IV., Mount Cerberus Survey District, containing 8 acres: Upset price, £1 5s. per acre.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
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.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Village-homestead Allotments.

MAKAREWA TOWNSHIP.

14 | V. | 13 3 0 | 3 2·4 | 1 2 0

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 9

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.

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.

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.

10 | I. | 0 1 0 | 1 0 0 | 7 years.
1 | II. | 0 1 0 | 2 10 0 | 7 "
3 | III. | 0 1 0 | 1 0 0 | 7 "
2 | IV. | 0 1 0 | 1 0 0 | 7 "
6 | " | 0 1 0 | 1 0 0 | Year to year.
3 | V. | 0 1 0 | 1 0 0 | 7 years.
1 | VI. | 0 1 0 | 1 10 0 | 7 "
3 | " | 0 1 0 | 1 0 0 | 7 "

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.

3. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

4. The leases shall be for the term of years as specified above but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly, in advance.

6. The lands are to be let for grazing purposes, and the 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.

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

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
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 WAITARA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

1 | X. | 4,220 0 0 | 0 4·2 | 37 0 6
5 | XIII. | | | |
3 | XIV. | | | |

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.