MAY 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 899

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

District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, 2nd May, 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 21st June, 1899.

If more than one application be received on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—AWARUA BLOCK.
Second-class Land.

This section is situated in the Awarua Block, between the Moawhango and Rangitikei Rivers. The access is from Utiku, which is about thirteen miles distant, via the Main Trunk, Torere, Rangitikei, and Pukeokahu Roads, which are formed for dray traffic (in summer) for about four miles; the rest is a dray-road and bridle-track in course of formation. A bridge over the Moawhango River will shortly be built. The section comprises mostly hilly land, with occasional small flats. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa-and-sandstone formation. The forest is partly heavy and partly light scrub and flax, comprising rimu, matai, tawa, rata, koromiko, manuka, and a few totara, with a thick undergrowth of the usual kind. The section is well watered by small streams. The elevation ranges from about 1,700 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level.

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

Pastoral Runs in the Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, 11th March, 1899.

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

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Pastoral Land under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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.
Valuation for improvements must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Invercargill.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Land in Wellington for Sale under Section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned Crown land will be offered for sale, under section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on or after Wednesday, the 14th June, 1899.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
Aohanga Survey District.

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

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 10th April, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned green and singed kauri timber, standing within the Puhipuhi State Forest, in Block VIII., Hukerenui Survey District, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 2nd day of June, 1899, at 11 a.m.

No. 1a.: Comprising 721 green kauri-trees, containing about 2,534,150 sup. ft., and 42 singed kauri-trees, containing about 73,000 sup. ft.; upset price, £1,303 11s. 6d.

One-half of the purchase-money to be paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer, the balance within twelve months thereafter. Timber to be removed within four years from date of sale, and to be carried by railway to Whangarei from Whakapara Booms.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.