1264
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

Village Allotment, Weber, Hawke's Bay, open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 11th July, 1898.

THE under-mentioned village allotment will be open for selection at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday, the 14th September, 1898.
If more than one application is received for the 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.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—WEBER SURVEY DISTRICT.—WEBER VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Village Allotment, open on the Optional System.

Weighted with £4 for improvements.

This section is the last Crown section in the settlement. The Weber Village is situated on the main road from Dannevirke to Herbertville, twenty-two miles from the former.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Hawke's Bay District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 5th July, 1898.

THE under-mentioned sections in the Tahoraite Survey District will be offered by public auction for lease at the Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday, the 31st August, 1898, at 11 a.m., at the upset rentals and for the term of years noted below.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

For Lease for Seven Years.

Each lease will be for the term of seven years, commencing from the 1st January, 1899. Half-year's rent, and £1 1s. lease-fee, must be paid by the successful bidder at the close of the auction. No compensation will be allowed for any improvements effected by the lessee during the term of his lease.

Good level land, about four miles from the Kumeroa Village. The sections have lately been in the occupation of Messrs. Laws and Little, and are well adapted for grazing purposes.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
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 Otarakaro Settlement, Canterbury, for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 18th July, 1898.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for application upon lease in perpetuity at this office on Wednesday, the 14th September, 1898, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—CHRISTCHURCH SURVEY DISTRICT.—OTARAKARO SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

The Riccarton Road Board has a claim of £2 5s. 7d. for rates on this section.

This section is situated on the Fendalton Road, about three miles and a half from Christchurch Post-office, and comprises open flat grass land. The soil is deep, and of very good quality, resting on a loamy subsoil. The access is by an excellent metalled road, and has a back frontage on the Waimairi Stream. The section is admirably adapted for occupation by market-gardeners, artisans, labourers, and others seeking an opportunity of settling on small areas in the vicinity of Christchurch.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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.