Aug. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1315

Reserve in Auckland for Lease by Public Auction.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that a lease of the under-mentioned reserve, for a term of ten years, under “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” will be submitted to public auction at this office on Friday, 16th September, 1898, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

PARISH of Taupiri, part of Section 456, containing 1 acre 3 roods 20 perches; upset rent, £3 per annum.

A deposit of a half-year’s rent, and £1 1s. lease-fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

Terms of Lease.—Ten years, without right of renewal. No compensation for improvements will be paid by the Government at any time, but the lessee shall have the right to remove, within one month of the expiration of the term of lease, all fences and buildings that may have been erected.

Valuation for improvements, consisting of house, dairy, garden, orchard, and fences, £50, payable on the fall of the hammer.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 18th July, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned green and dead kauri timber, standing on Section 4, Block XIV., Tutamoe Survey District, and Section 1, Block II., Kaihu Survey District, will be offered for sale by public auction at this office on Friday, 16th September, 1898, at 11 o’clock a.m.:

ON SECTION 4, BLOCK XIV., TUTAMOE SURVEY DISTRICT.—1,114 green kauri-trees, containing about 3,858,800 superficial feet; 117 dead kauri-trees, containing about 234,912 superficial feet. Upset price, £2,418 11s.

ON SECTION 1, BLOCK II., KAIHU SURVEY DISTRICT.—252 green kauri-trees, containing about 786,321 superficial feet; 39 dead kauri-trees, containing about 97,320 superficial feet. Upset price, £507 6s.

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 in respect of Section 4, Block XIV., Tutamoe Survey District, within twelve months, and in respect of Section 1, Block II., Kaihu, within three months thereafter. Timber to be removed from Section 4 within five years, and from Section 1 within two years, from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Whangarei County for Leasing for Grazing Purposes by Public Auction.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned leases, for grazing purposes only, will be submitted for sale by public auction at this office on Friday, the 16th day of September, 1898, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

WHANGAREI COUNTY.

Mareretu-Waipu State Forest Reserve.

These areas are at the head of Mill Brook and Big Brook, Waipu, about eight miles from Waipu Post-office, and four miles from Mareretu Post-office.

Term of Leases.—Fourteen 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. 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 Canterbury Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, 18th July, 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 14th September, 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.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Reserve 350.

These sections are situated between the Hinds and Ashburton Rivers, from two to three miles in a north-westerly direction from the Winslow Railway-station, and comprise open level land of light quality, carrying a considerable area of manuka scrub. The sections are weighted with a sum of £50, being valuation of boundary-fencing and other improvements, which sum must be paid on application, in addition to the usual deposit and fees.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.