1478
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

Land in Orakipaoa and Roimata Settlements, Canterbury,
open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 15th August, 1898.

THE under-mentioned land will be open for selection on
lease in perpetuity at this office on Tuesday, the 27th
September, 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.

SCHEDULE.

ORAKIPAOA SETTLEMENT, GERALDINE COUNTY, BLOCK III.,
AROWHENUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

SECTION 8: Area, 11 acres; lease in perpetuity, rent per
acre £1 3s. 0·7d., half-yearly rent £6 6s. 10d.

The Orakipaoa Settlement, which is 50 ft. above sea-
level, is situated on the north bank of the Temuka River,
about two miles and a half distant in a south-easterly
direction from the Temuka Railway-station, and comprises
open level agricultural land of first-class quality. Section 8
has frontage on the Orakipaoa Stream. There is a good
open stable or shed for machinery on the section, the value
of which is included in the capital value of the land. The
section is weighted with a sum of £3 18s. 9d. for new
fencing, which sum must be paid on the day of ballot, or
immediately the application is approved.

ROIMATA SETTLEMENT, SELWYN COUNTY, CHRISTCHURCH
SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Section 13: Area, 3 acres 1 rood 27 perches; lease in
perpetuity, rent per acre £3 10s. 9d., half-yearly rent
£6 1s.

The Roimata Settlement is situated at Woolston, about
two miles from Cathedral Square, Christchurch. Section 13
is situated partly above and partly below the terrace of
the Heathcote River, and has frontage both to the River
Road and Parkes Street, which traverses the settlement.
The section contains good agricultural land, well adapted
for market-gardening or other purposes, part of it being at
present laid down in new grass. An old three-roomed house
and outbuildings are included in the capital value of the
land, on which the annual rental is based. The section is
further weighted with a sum of £8 for new fencing, &c.,
which sum must be paid on the day of ballot or immediately
the application is approved.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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 appli-
cation 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.

Kahikatea Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 22nd August, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lots of
kahikatea timber in Block XI., Tokatoka Survey Dis-
trict, Hobson County, will be offered for sale by public
auction at this office on Friday, the 21st day of October,
1898, at 11 o’clock a.m :—

Lot 1: All the kahikatea timber on Sections 22 and 23,
Block XI., Tokatoka Survey District, about 2,118 trees, con-
taining about 3,680,000 sup. ft. Upset price, £920.

Lot 2: All the kahikatea timber on Sections 24 and 26,
Block XI., Tokatoka Survey District, about 8,158 trees, con-
taining about 14,228,000 sup. ft. Upset price, £3,557.

Lot 3: All the kahikatea timber on Sections 49, 50, and 53,
Block XI., Tokatoka Survey District, about 4,400 trees, con-
taining about 7,000,000 sup. ft. Upset price, £1,750.

Lot 4: All the kahikatea timber on Sections 34, 41, 42,
43, and 44, Block XI., Tokatoka Survey District, about
3,030 trees, containing about 4,190,000 sup. ft. Upset price,
£1,047 10s.

The purchaser of any of the above lots of kahikatea
timber to have the right to convey such timber over the
Government iron tram-line to its terminus at the mouth of
Bascombe’s Creek, Northern Wairoa River, during the
period allowed him to remove the timber, the purchaser
providing his own rolling-stock.

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

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Auckland for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 23rd August, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned reserve will
be offered for lease for a term of fourteen years, under
“ The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” at the District Lands and
Survey Office, Auckland, on Friday, the 21st day of October,
1898, at 11 a.m.

SUBURBS OF AUCKLAND.

Lot 55A, Section 12, between St. John’s College, Tamaki,
and Mount Wellington, containing 24½ acres; upset
annual rent, £10.

Term of lease, fourteen years, without right of renewal,
and for grazing purposes only. The lease conveys no right
to remove the stone or metal.

No compensation for improvements will be allowed at any
time.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sections in Village of Mamaku for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 5th September, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
sections in the Village of Mamaku will be submitted
to public auction on Friday, 28th October, 1898.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Village of Mamaku (near Rotorua).

Block I.: Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, each 1 acre, upset price per lot
£5; Lot 6, 1 acre 24 perches, upset price £5 15s.

Block II.: Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, each 1 acre, upset price £5
per lot; Lot 6, 1 acre 24 perches, upset price £5 15s.

Block III.: Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, each 1 acre, upset price £5
per lot; Lot 6, 1 acre 24 perches, upset price £5 15s.

Block IV.: Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, each 1 acre, upset price £5
per lot; Lot 6, 1 acre 24 perches, upset price £5 15s.

Block V.: Lot 1, 10 acres 1 rood 22 perches, total upset
price £31.

Block VI.: Lots 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, each 1 acre,
upset price per lot £5; Lots 6 and 12, each 2 roods
33 perches, upset price per lot £5.

Business and residence sites adjoining the Mamaku Rail-
way-station, near Rotorua.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.