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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 6

SCHOOL FOR DEAF-MUTES, SUMNER, NEAR CHRISTCHURCH.

Under the control and supervision of the Education Department.

Director: Mr. G. van Asch.

FOR Deaf Children of sound intellect. Instruction on the articulation method, by which the pupils acquire the power of speech. Age for admission, six to twelve years.

Charges for board and education remitted partially or entirely in cases of necessity.

For further information apply to

THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION,
Wellington.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

THE public are informed that extracts from the New Zealand Gazette, containing all Bankruptcy Notices that appear in each issue, are published weekly, and will be sent post-free to any address on payment of a subscription of 10s. per annum. Single copies, 3d. each. Orders should be addressed and subscriptions made payable to

JOHN MACKAY,
Government Printer.

Crown Lands Notices.

Totara Timber, Mangaone Survey District, Wellington, for Sale by Public Auction.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the totara timber standing on the under-mentioned Crown lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Public Hall, Eketahuna, on Wednesday, the 9th March, 1898, at 1.30 o’clock p.m.

SCHEDULE.

TERMS OF SALE.

The purchaser shall pay an eighth of the purchase-money, and £1 1s. license-fee, on the fall of the hammer, and the balance in four equal instalments: the first instalment to be paid on the 1st March, 1899; the second on the 1st March, 1900; the third on the 1st March, 1901; and the fourth on the 1st March, 1902.

The first payment, of an eighth of the purchase-money, shall be made by cash or marked cheque. Approved promissory notes payable on demand to be given for the remainder of the purchase-money, when the license to enter upon the land will be issued. They will be presented for payment on the dates stated above, but the Commissioner reserves the right of presenting them at an earlier date if at any time the Crown Lands Ranger reports that more than one-fifth, two-fifths, three-fifths, or four-fifths of timber respectively has been cut out previous to the dates mentioned.

The timber on the lot will be offered subject to the right of the Land Board to authorise the laying-down and working of tram-lines by other persons than the purchaser of this particular lot.

The purchaser shall have the sole use of the land, and the right to cut and remove all timber thereon, during a period of six years from the date of sale.

Plans containing full particulars may be obtained at the principal post-offices in the district, and at this office.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands in Canterbury open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be opened for application upon lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 9th March, 1898, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—SELWYN COUNTY.—CHRISTCHURCH SURVEY DISTRICT.—BRACO SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Description of Land.—These sections are situated in the Braco Settlement, at Fendalton, about three miles and a half from Christchurch Post-office, and comprise open flat land with deep soil of good quality, resting on a loamy subsoil. These lots are well adapted for occupation by market-gardeners and others desiring to settle on small areas near Christchurch.

Lots 6 and 7 are weighted with a valuation of £5 for boundary-fencing, which sum must be paid on allotment in addition to the usual deposit and fees.

Plans and further particulars as to terms and conditions of lease may be obtained from this office.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 21st December, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned kauri and totara timber, situated in the Auckland Girls’ High School endowment in Blocks XI. and XII., Maungaru Survey District, Hobson County, will be submitted for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 25th February, 1898, at 11 o’clock a.m. :

Lot 5: 589 kauri-trees, containing about 1,903,654 superficial feet; upset price, £952.

Lot 6: 57 green kauri-trees, containing about 154,829 superficial feet; 14 totara-trees, containing about 20,559 superficial feet: total, 175,388 superficial feet. Upset price, £88.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half the purchase-money to be paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer, the balance within six months thereafter. Timber to be removed within four years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Albury Estate, Canterbury, for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be opened for application upon lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Friday, the 25th February, 1898, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT. — MACKENZIE COUNTY. — TE NGAWAI SURVEY DISTRICT.—ALBURY ESTATE.

First-class Land.

Description.—Frontage to Cricklewood Road and another road to the north, and distant two miles and a quarter from Cricklewood Railway-station. Agricultural, undulating, well-grassed land; good soil, on clay subsoil. About 290 acres have been ploughed and laid down in English grass, which now requires renewing; the remainder is in tussock. There are 135 chains of gorse, and 114 chains of wire boundary-fence.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.