Mar. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 589

Rural Land in the Canterbury Land District open for Sale or Selection.

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

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 12th day of April, 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 the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Surveyed Land.

This section is situated on the east side of Exe Creek, between the Tengawai and Opawa Rivers, at a distance of about nine miles westward from Albury Railway-station, and comprises open hilly country of pastoral character, ranging up to an elevation of about 2,800 ft. above sea-level. The section is weighted with a valuation of £632 for improvements, consisting of dwellinghouse, outbuildings, sheep-yards, boundary and subdivision fencing, &c.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands in Auckland open for Selection on Lease or Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 4th January, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned allotments of Crown lands will be open for selection upon lease in perpetuity at this office, on Monday, the 27th March, 1899, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Opouriao Estate.—Whakatane County.

| Village of Ta-neatua | 1 | .. | 0 2 0 | .. | 0 10 0 |
| Ditto | 6 | .. | 0 2 0 | .. | 0 10 0 |
| " | 7 | .. | 1 0 0 | .. | 0 15 0 |
| " | 17 | .. | 0 2 0 | .. | 0 10 0 |
| " | 18 | .. | 0 2 0 | .. | 0 10 0 |
| " | 23 | .. | 1 0 0 | .. | 2 10 0 |
| " | 32 | .. | 1 0 0 | .. | 0 15 0 |
| Whakatane | 2A | XIII. | 9 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 2 5 0 |

Section 9, flat alluvial land, excellent soil; frontage to river and main road; eleven miles and a half from Whakatane.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Merrivale Estate, Southland, for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 10th January, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be opened for application upon lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Thursday, the 23rd March, 1899, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

WALLACE COUNTY.—MERRIVALE ESTATE.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Description and Locality of Section.

Open, undulating; limestone formation; permanent water; fifteen miles from Otatau; two miles and three-quarters from dairy-factory reserve and school-site; altitude, 350 ft. to 450 ft. Improvements existing at date of purchase of the estate: 13 chains wire fence and gorse hedge on main road, and 73 chains subdivision fences; value, £21. No cash payment will be required for these improvements; the section, however, is burdened with £14 valuation for fencing erected by the former lessee, which amount must be deposited with the application.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Southland open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 28th February, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Wednesday, the 26th April, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

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

Merrivale Estate.

SECOND CLASS LAND.

| 3 | VII. | 327 0 0 | 6·6 | 4 10 0 |

Open, flat, dry, shingly, with patches of good land; no permanent water; twenty-two miles from Otatau; altitude, about 200 ft. There is a valuation of £17 4s. for improvements as follows: Fencing (32 chains at 7s.), £11 4s.; ploughing (30 acres at 4s.), £6.

DAVID BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run, Otago, for Lease by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office, Dunedin.
15th February, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted to public auction at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, the 19th day of April, 1899.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Run 259, Tuapeka County: Area, 30,830 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £100; valuation for improvements, £372.

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

Possession will be given on day of sale.

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

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

C