Sept. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1411

Rural Land at Tautane, Hawke’s Bay, open for Lease upon Application.

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

THE under-mentioned Education Reserve will be open for lease for the term of thirty years, upon application at this office, on and after Wednesday, the 14th September, 1898.

If more than one application be 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.
Tautane Survey District.

Weighted with £60 for timber on section.

The land is of fair quality, undulating, and well watered, with papa and rotten-rock formation. On the frontage to the Angora Road there are about 40 acres partly level, with a number of totara-trees which the late bush-fires have slightly injured in patches. The section is about two miles distant from the Wimbledon Post-office, and a good metalled road connects it with Dannevirke, the nearest railway-station.

The section is almost all covered with light bush, and a fair amount of totara still remains on the land.

Conditions of Lease.—The lease shall be for a term of thirty years without right of renewal, commencing from the 1st day of January or July following the date of application, and ending on the 30th day of June which shall first ensue after the expiration of thirty years from that date.

The value of the timber on the section, £60, must be paid on the day of the ballot, or immediately the application is approved.

The conditions as to occupation and improvements shall be those of perpetual-lease lands under “The Land Act, 1885.” The lessee will not at any time be allowed to acquire the freehold of the land.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
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.

Small Grazing-run in Raglan County for Lease upon Application.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application at this office on Wednesday, the 14th day of September, 1898, at the annual rent noted.

In the event of more than one application being received on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the day following.

SCHEDULE.
RAGLAN COUNTY.—PARISH KARAMU.
(Subdivision of Section 174, Auckland University College Endowment.)

First-class Pastoral Country.

Run No. 5: 611 acres; annual rent, £15 5s. 6d.

The run comprises one-third broken forest land, balance open and of limestone formation of fair quality; three miles from Whatawhata and sixteen miles from Raglan.

Forms of declaration required under the Land Act, and the full conditions of lease, may be obtained on application at the office.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lease of Public Reserves, Nelson, for Sale by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 6th June, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the under-mentioned reserves will be offered for sale by public auction at noon on Wednesday, the 14th September, 1898, as follows:—

AT THE DISTRICT LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, NELSON.

Lease of Reserve Section 10, Moutere Hills, Motueka Survey District.—Area, 28 acres 3 roods 21 perches. Situate about four miles from Motueka Township. Inferior land, covered with fern and manuka. Upset rental, £1 per annum. Term of lease, fourteen years.

Lease of Reserve Section 131, Block XIII., Matiri Survey District.—Area, 61 acres and 18 perches. Situate about two miles from Longford, on the main road from Nelson to Westport. Fair terrace land, covered principally with birch forest with an occasional rimu. Upset rental, £5 per annum. Term of lease, fourteen years.

Lease of Reserve Block XXII., Town of Waiau, Amuri County.—Area, 3 acres and 28 perches. Upset rental, £2 per annum. Term of lease, five years.

AT THE DISTRICT SURVEY OFFICE, REEFTON.

Lease of Reserve Section 1, Block VII., Mawheranui Survey District.—Area, 20 acres and 27 perches. Situated on the main road at Nelson Creek, about six miles from Ahaura and three-quarters of a mile from the railway-station at Ngahere. On the land is a house with out-buildings, &c., in the occupation of Mr. J. Campbell, who holds an hotel license. Upset rental, £5 per annum; weighted with the sum of £150, value of improvements. Term, 14 years. Possession given three months from date of sale.

AT THE DISTRICT SURVEY OFFICE, WESTPORT.

Section 9, Square 142, Steeples District.—Area, 11 acres 3 roods 8 perches. Situate about eight miles west of Town of Westport. The lease of the above reserve is sold subject to the right of the Government, Buller County Council, and Westport Harbour Board to remove stone without paying compensation of any kind. Annual upset rental, £2. Term of lease, seven years.

Terms of Sale.—A deposit of a half-year’s rent, £1 1s. lease-fee, and amount of valuation of improvements, must be paid on the fall of the hammer. Lessees will not be entitled to compensation at the end of the term on account of any improvements existing or that may be effected during the currency of the lease. Possession will be given on day of sale of each of the above reserves, with the exception of Section 1, Block VII., Mawheranui, possession of which can be obtained three months from the date of sale.

Full particulars, plans, forms, &c., may be obtained at the District Land Offices, Nelson, Reefton, and Westport, and at the Post-office, Waiau.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.