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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 70

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-run, Wairaki, Southland, open for Lease upon Application.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease upon application on Thursday, the 3rd November, 1898, at the half-yearly rental stated.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—WAIRAKI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Small Grazing-run No. 42.—Second-class Land.

Distance from Nightcaps Railway-station, about nine miles. The country is somewhat broken, and mostly covered with fern, the balance being well grassed. The fern country is capable of being improved with surface-sowing. This run is burdened with valuation for half boundary-fencing, £72 6s.

D. BARRON,
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 District, 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, containing 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, containing 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, containing 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.

Land in Village of Huiakama for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 5th September, 1898.

THE under-mentioned sections in the Village of Huiakama will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at Stratford, on Friday, the 28th October, 1898, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Section 42 is weighted with £45, valuation for improvements, there being a small four-roomed house on it.

VILLAGE OF HUIAKAMA.—SUBURBAN SECTIONS.

The Huiakama Village is situate on the Ohura Road, a short distance from the Township of Strathmore, and about twenty-one miles and a half from Stratford Railway-station. Sections 32, 33, 34, and 35 are all in bush, the remainder are felled and grassed land, the small sections having a fall towards Mangaotuku Stream. The general character of the soil is good. It is proposed to erect a creamery on Section 32, which will be protected by valuation for improvements.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.