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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 102

Sections 7 and 8, and part of Section 3, Block III., Cairn-hill District; parts of Sections 3 and 4, Block VIII., Teviot District; Sections 4, 6, 7, and 8, and parts of Sections 2 and 3, Block V.; part of Section 12, Block IX.; Section 2, Block VIII.; and Section 46, Block II., Teviot District and part of Whitecomb District (grouped), Vincent and Tuapeka Counties: Area, 18,267 acres; term, eleven years; upset annual rental, £150. Situated between the Clutha River and summit of the Old Man Range, about five miles north of Roxburgh. Possession on 1st March, 1900. Valuation for improvements on this run to be paid before licensee is let into possession, in terms of section 207 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

The runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the sum of the half-year’s rent, license-fee, and valuation for improvements (if any), on fall of the hammer.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 27th November, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land in the Wellington Land District will be offered for sale by public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, 31st January, 1900, at 12 o’clock noon. If not sold on that date, it will remain open for sale thereafter at upset price.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—HUTT COUNTY.

Weighted with £18 10s. for improvements.

Description of Sections 56, 48, and part 44, Block V., Rimutaka District, 95 acres 2 roods 32 perches, Hutt County:—

The sections are situated on the western side of Whiteman’s Valley Road.

The access is from Silverstream, which is about four miles distant, via the Whiteman’s Valley Road, which is formed and metalled.

The sections comprise rough, barren, hilly country, with about 15 acres of flat land.

The soil is of very poor quality, resting on a sandstone-and-clay formation. There are about 5 acres of bush, comprising mostly birch; dead timber, through which the fire has run, is standing or lying on the remainder of the sections, fern having sprung up wherever the fire has been.

The sections are well watered by permanent springs.

The elevation ranges from about 1,000 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level.

The allotment is weighted with £18 10s. for 37 chains of fencing.

Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money, together with value of improvements, to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee, within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plan obtained at this office.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 27th November, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned reserve in the Auckland Land District is offered for lease by public tender at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 p.m. on the 31st January, 1900, for the term of seven years.

TOWN OF HOKIANGA.

Lot 248c: Area, 6 perches; minimum upset rental, £2 per annum.

An old Customs shed is situated on the land.

Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or money-order for the amount of six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease-fee.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,

Land in Wellington open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, the Survey Office, Wanganui, and the Courthouse, Palmerston North, on Wednesday, 27th December, 1899.

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 Friday, the 29th December, 1899, at 12 o’clock noon, at the Courthouse, Palmerston North. Sections not applied for on the 29th December, 1899, may be selected after that date at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—KAIRANGA SURVEY DISTRICT.—OROUA COUNTY.—TE MATUA SETTLEMENT.

First-class Agricultural Land.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings, valued at £336, repayable in twenty-one years, in half-yearly instalments of £13 2s. 1d.; total half-yearly, £62 14s. 1d.

NOTE.—Each section is an allotment excepting Sections Nos. 33 and 34, Block I., which form one allotment, and Sections Nos. 37 and 40, which are grouped and form one allotment.

For description of sections and conditions of lease see pamphlet, which may be obtained on application personally or by post from any Land Office in the colony.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Town and Rural Lands at Hanmer Springs for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 24th November, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned town and rural sections at Hanmer Springs will be opened for lease on application, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 31st January, 1900.

In the event of more than one application being received on the same day for the same section, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 o’clock a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

This section consists partly of good flax and manuka swamp, and partly of poor shingly soil covered with tussock.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Applications must be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch, and must be accompanied by a deposit of a half-year’s rent, together with £1 1s. lease-fee.

2. Possession will be given immediately on approval by the Land Board of the application.

3. The leases will be for terms of forty-two years.