JULY 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1113

Land in Marlborough open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 27th June, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned forfeited section on the Blind River Estate will be open for application for lease in perpetuity at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Wednesday, the 24th day of August, 1898.

Section 9, Block XII., Clifford Bay: Area, 148 acres; half-yearly rent, £13 11s. 4d.; weighted with £10 8s., value of improvements.

One half-year's rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must be deposited with each application.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village Allotments and Village-homestead Allotments, Hawke’s Bay Land District, open for Sale and Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 27th June, 1898.

THE under-mentioned lands will be open for selection at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday, the 24th August, 1898.

If more than one application be 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., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier.

SCHEDULE.

VILLAGE ALLOTMENTS.

Open on the Optional System.

VILLAGE-HOMESTEAD SECTIONS.

Open for Disposal on Lease in Perpetuity only.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Waimarie Settlement, Hawke’s Bay, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 13th June, 1898.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection at the Lands and Survey Office, Napier, or the Local Land Office, Gisborne, on Wednesday, 3rd August, 1898.

WAIMATA SURVEY DISTRICT.—COOK COUNTY.

Agricultural Land.

SECTION 18, Block I.: Area, 25 acres and 35 perches; half-yearly rent, £13 11s. 6d.

First-class land, lately in crop. It is fenced front and back, and a fence of about 30 chains runs near the boundary against Section 17, which can be removed to the boundary. The Waimarie Settlement is situated ten miles from Gisborne, on the main road from that town to Motu and Opotiki, the upper end reaching to within half a mile of the Ormond Village. There is a cheese-factory in the vicinity, but just at present it is not in operation. The main road from Gisborne is of the best, level, and gravelled the whole distance, and at the present time two lines of coaches are running, making communication with the town and port easy, frequent, and inexpensive.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
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.

Rural Land in the Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 13th June, 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 20th July, 1898.

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

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

All mixed-forest land; broken, with flat ridges; well watered; soil medium; nine miles from Waipu. Contains a few scattered kauri-trees of no commercial value.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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