Oct. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1745

Village-homestead Allotments, Southland, open for Lease upon Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 27th September, 1898.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Thursday, the 24th November, 1898.

If more than one application is received for the same section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

WALLACE COUNTY.—LONGWOOD SURVEY DISTRICT.—VILLAGE-HOMESTEAD ALLOTMENTS, LONGWOOD VILLAGE.

First-class Land.

Situated about a mile and a half from Wakapatu Railway-station; bush land; soil fair. Section 58 is burdened with £8 10s. valuation for improvements, consisting of—hut, £4; clearing, £4 10s. Limit of holding in this village, 100 acres.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Southland open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 27th September, 1898.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection for lease in perpetuity, under the provisions of sections 121 and 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on and after Thursday, the 24th November, 1898.

If more than one application be received for the same section, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—WAIKAWA SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

These sections adjoin Waikawa Township, but the road to them is not formed. Sections 46, 47, and 56 are mossy and rough; Sections 50, 52, 53, 54, and 55 are steep, but the soil is good. Section 50 is burdened with £5 14s. valuation for clearing, grassing, and fencing. All the sections are sparsely covered with mixed bush of no commercial value.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotment in Nelson open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 29th September, 1898.

THE under-mentioned village-homestead allotment will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Wednesday, 14th December, 1898.

If more than one application be received upon the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

The above section is loaded with £10 for value of improvements, which consist of two small buildings. The section has been cleared and grassed with the exception of a little shelter-bush.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run in the County of Waimea, Nelson, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 1st September, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, on and after Wednesday, the 2nd November, 1898, at the annual rental noted below. In the case of more than one application for the run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

Waimea County, Whangamoa Survey District, Section 3, Block IV.: 1,088 acres; annual rental, £10; second-class land.

Situated on the shores of Tasman Bay, near Croixelles Harbour, from which it can be reached by a good track. There is some fairly good land at Omokau Bay, which is a good landing-place, and from which produce could be shipped; but the remainder is fern, tussock, and scrub hills, with a little birch bush. Highest altitude, 1,000 ft.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Town Sections, Westport Colliery Reserve, Nelson Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 27th September, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned sections on the Colliery Reserve, in the Town of Westport, will be offered for lease by auction for a term of forty-two years, under “The Westland and Nelson Coalfields Administration Act, 1877,” and its amending Acts, at the Courthouse, Westport, on Wednesday, the 7th December, 1898, at noon.

SCHEDULE.

TOWN OF WESTPORT, BULLER COUNTY.

Terms of Sale.—A deposit of a half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must be paid on the fall of the hammer. Possession will be given on day of sale.

Full particulars, plans, &c., may be obtained at the District Lands and Survey Offices, Nelson and Westport.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.