JUNE 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 947

This section is situated at Gore Bay, Cheviot, between 10 ft. and 500 ft. above sea-level, and comprises about 2 acres of flat land, good soil, 10 acres of hill-face well grassed, 83 acres of hill top and sides carrying tussock and fern, and 60 acres of scrub and waste land. The section includes two bush gullies, the bush consisting principally of ngaio, with a few other varieties of native shrubs, and ferns. There is permanent water on the land.

The improvements consist of six-roomed wooden house, iron roof, brick chimney, plastered walls, with outhouse attached, paddock, and small garden. The buildings are valued at £100. The lessee shall keep the buildings insured in the name of the Queen for the full insurable value thereof, in an office to be approved by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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.

Pastoral Runs in Southland for Lease by Public Auction.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that leases of the under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted to public auction on Thursday, the 23rd day of June, 1898, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

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

SOUTHLAND COUNTY.

FIORD COUNTY.

Run 525, situated in Hokonui Survey District, Southland County: Hilly pastoral country; well watered; vegetation, silver-tussock and native grasses; height above sea-level, from 800 ft. to 2,200 ft. Distance from Benmore Railway-station, six miles.

Run 526, situated in Fiord County, between Big River and Preservation Inlet: High broken country, partly bush; well watered; vegetation, native grasses on hill-tops, lower portion bush; height above sea-level, from 500 ft. to 4,000 ft. Distance from Cromarty, Preservation Inlet, one mile.

Possession will be given on the day of sale.

Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration, as required by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the sum of the half-year’s rent and license-fee on the fall of the hammer.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Land in the Hawke’s Bay District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, 4th May, 1898.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 22nd June, 1898.

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

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

With the exception of 15 acres felled and burnt in 1894, the section is entirely covered with forest, consisting of rata, hinau, and silver-birch; hilly and broken country, adapted for pastoral purposes; light stony soil, poor on tops of spurs; well watered. Distant about eight miles and a half from the Mangatera Railway-station.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.