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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 46

Tender for Castor-oil, New Zealand Railways.

Railway Department (Head Office),
Wellington, 20th June, 1898.

THE under-mentioned accepted tender for the supply of 5,000 gallons of castor-oil is published for general information.

T. RONAYNE,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 16th June, 1898.

THE Hokianga Lodge, No. 7380, situated at Rawene, Hokianga, is registered as a branch of the Auckland District of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (Manchester Unity) Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 16th day of June, 1898.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lease in Marlborough Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 17th June, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that the interest of Margaret Jane Murray in lease in perpetuity over Section 9, Block XII., Clifford Bay Survey District, was declared forfeited by the Marlborough Land Board on the 9th of May, 1898.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Pastoral Run, Otago, for Lease on Application.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 26th May, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral run will be open for application at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, the 6th July, 1898.

SCHEDULE.

RUN No. 11, Mount Fortune (Class I.), Waitaki County: Area, 7,000 acres; term, 14 years; upset annual rental, £200.

Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1899.

Present licensee of run: The New Zealand and Australian Land Company.

The run is situated between the south and middle branches of the Waianakarua River, about three miles west of Herbert.

J. P. MAITLAND,
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.

Grazing Leases of Lands in Waipa Parish for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 1st June, 1898.

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

SCHEDULE.

RAGLAN COUNTY.—PARISH OF WAIPA

(Being a Subdivision of Forest Reserve Section 27).

Lots 1, 3, and 4: Each 50 acres; upset annual rent per lot, £1 17s. 6d.

Lot 5: 65 acres; upset annual rent, £2 8s. 9d.

Lot 6: 64 acres; upset annual rent, £2 8s.

Lot 7: 46 acres; upset annual rent, £1 14s. 6d.

Lot 8: 42 acres; upset annual rent, £1 11s. 6d.

Lot 9: 49 acres; upset annual rent, £1 16s. 9d.

Lot 10: 22 acres; upset annual rent, 16s. 6d.

These areas front the formed road, about one mile and a half from Ngaruawahia Railway-station, and have been denuded of forest.

Term of Lease.—Twenty-one years, for grazing purposes only.

The leases convey no right to fell or remove any live or dead trees or timber, whether standing or lying on the ground. Full rights reserved of ingress, egress, and regress, and for the felling or removal from the land of any trees or timber, to authorised persons. No compensation for improvements at any time, but lessees may remove all fencing and buildings erected on the lands.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Cheviot Estate open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 10th May, 1898.

THE under-mentioned section will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Wednesday, 29th 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., at this office.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—CHEVIOT COUNTY.—CHEVIOT SURVEY DISTRICT.

Surveyed First-class Land.

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.