Dec. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2245

Small Grazing-run, Waimana Parish, open for Selection.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for leasing on application at this office on Wednesday, 31st January, 1900, at the rental noted below. In case of more than one application being received on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WHAKATANE COUNTY.—PARISH OF WAIMANA.

Run No. 3 (part of University College endowment): 1,827 acres; half-yearly rent, £11 8s. 6d.; term of lease, twenty-one years.

About two-thirds heavy forest land, consisting of tawa, &c., balance fern and tupaki. Situated near Whakatane Township.

Conditions of lease in terms of Part IV. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Full particulars, plans, and forms may be obtained on application at this office.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sections in Palmerston North for Sale by Auction for Cash.

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

THE under-mentioned sections will be submitted to public auction for sale for cash, in terms of section 11, subsection (1), of “The Reserves Disposal and Enabling Act, 1895,” at the Theatre Royal, Palmerston North, on Wednesday, the 24th January, 1900, at 2 o’clock p.m.:

1. Section 822, Palmerston North: Area, 1 acre 1 rood; upset price, £150.

2. Section 1086, Palmerston North: Area, 1 acre 2 roods 6 perches; upset price, £75.

Terms of Sale.

One-fifth of the purchase-money 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.

Mr. H. Martin, of Palmerston North, holds a lease from the Palmerston North Domain Board of Section 1086, Palmerston North, for twenty-one years from the 18th August, 1890, the annual rent being £4 4s. for the first seven years of the said term, £5 5s. for the next seven years, and £6 6s. for the remaining seven years; subject to the provision that all the buildings, fencing, and other erections made, placed, or erected upon it by the lessee during said term shall remain his property, and may be removed by him upon giving the lessor one previous calendar month’s notice in writing of his intention to do so. This section is therefore offered subject to his lease, a copy of which is open for inspection by intending purchasers.

There are no restrictions or limitations imposed on purchasers of these sections other than above mentioned.

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

Southland Land District.—Pastoral Run for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 30th October, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that a lease of the under-mentioned pastoral run will be submitted to public auction, at this office, on Thursday, the 28th day of December, 1899, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.

Pastoral Land under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Situated about two miles from Waikaiā. Tussock land, with patches of bush and scrub; good, healthy sheep-country.

Possession will be given on the day of sale. The purchaser must deposit the statutory declaration required by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the sum of the half-year’s rent and license-fee on the fall of the hammer.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Public Reserve in the Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 30th October, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the lease for a term of fourteen years of the under-mentioned harbour endowment at North Head, Manukau, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 29th day of December, 1899, at 11 o’clock a.m.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Waitemata County.

Manukau Harbour Endowment, North Head: Containing 1,115 acres; upset annual rental, £15, payable half-yearly in advance.

Conditions of Sale.

The right is reserved to resume any portion required for public purposes on giving three months’ notice, and making proportionate reduction in rent.

The lessee to erect and maintain the boundary-fence between his land and the 93 acres reserve for harbour-light purposes. No timber or other natural bush to be cut or removed without special permission of Harbourmaster.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Marlborough, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 30th October, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands will be offered by auction at the Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Thursday, the 28th day of December, at 11 o’clock a.m.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—GORE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Pastoral Licenses under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Run No. 105: 200 acres; term, ten years; upset annual rent, £5.

Run No. 144: 600 acres; term, ten years; upset annual rent, £5.

Subject to right to resume any portion for public purposes. One half-year’s rent and £1 1s. license-fee in each case must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the necessary declaration furnished.

Description of Land.

Run No. 105: Broken country; western half in grass, eastern portion covered with scrub.

Run No. 144: Very broken country; covered with scrub and light bush, mostly cedar.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Timber, Auckland Land District.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned kahikatea (white-pine) and kauri timbers, situated on the Tokatoka Marsh lands, Tokatoka Survey District, Otamatea County, will be offered for sale by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Friday, the 12th January, 1900, at 11 o’clock a.m.:

52,116 kahikatea-trees, containing about 97,509,000 superficial feet.

122 kauri-trees, containing about 312,900 superficial feet.

Total number of trees, 52,238, containing a total of about 97,821,900 superficial feet.

Upset price for the whole of the timber, £24,533 14s.; equal to 6d. per hundred superficial feet for the kahikatea or white-pine, and 1s. per hundred superficial feet for the kauri timber.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF LOCALITY OF TIMBER.

The kahikatea (white-pine) and kauri timbers are situated on the Tokatoka Marsh lands, a considerable part of which have been made available for cultivation by a system of drainage during the last few years.

The timber lands comprise Sections 22 to 29, 34, 41 to 44, 49 to 54, Block XI., and Sections 1 to 6, Block XII.—total area, 4,090 acres 1 rood 33 perches.

LAND FOR SAWMILLS, AND SHED AND SITE FOR WHARF.

Land near Wairoa River or on Bascombe’s Creek, on which to erect sawmills and sheds, or land for stacking timber, can be obtained under the Land Act by application to the Land Board, and a site for a wharf for shipment of timber may be secured on application to the Marine Department.

FACILITIES FOR SHIPPING THE TIMBER.

The iron tram-line traverses throughout perfectly level ground, and is completed between the points marked A and B