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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 67

Small Grazing-runs, Taranaki, for Lease upon Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 29th August, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease upon application at this office on Wednesday, 26th October, 1898.

If more than one application be received for the same run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—STRATFORD COUNTY.

Second-class Land.

All forest; very broken country; papa formation; well watered; timber chiefly tawa. The altitude varies from 600 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level, some of the ridges rising to 800 ft. above the valleys. The distance from Stratford Railway-station is from forty-seven to fifty six miles, by Ohura and branch roads, the former being passable for dray traffic. The sections lie from one to four miles from Ohura Road.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
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, Montere 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.

Land in Marlborough for Sale by Public Auction.

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

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land will be offered for sale by auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Wednesday, the 14th day of September, 1898, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

GREENBURN SURVEY DISTRICT.

Sections 1, Block XIV., and 1, Block XV.: Area, 4,117 acres; upset price, £2,058 10s. Weighted with the sum of £275 as valuation for improvements.

There are about 50 acres light bush on Section 1, Block XIV., suitable for firewood. The land is hilly, but some of the ridges are ploughable. The soil is light and friable, and well watered by several permanent streams. On Section 1, Block XV., the ploughable area is 300 acres, of which 80 acres are level. The section is principally round-topped spurs and ridges. The soil is good, and well-watered. The sections are from eighteen to twenty miles south of Kai-koura, and are accessible by a good metalled dray-road.

One-fifth of the purchase-money must be paid at the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with £5 3s. 8d., Crown-grant fee, within thirty days, or the payment at auction will be forfeited.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 15th August, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for application upon lease in perpetuity at this office on Wednesday, the 28th September, 1898, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,