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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

the hamlet is 5 chains and the furthest 40 chains from
the Ferry Road. The Christchurch-Woolston tram passes
Mackworth Street both ways about thirty times a day.
The whole of the hamlet comprises flat agricultural land,
and the greatest portion is good soil on clay subsoil on sand,
a small area of some of the sections at the north end being
sandy.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber, Bay of Islands County, Auckland, for Sale
by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 6th May, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned green
kauri timber will be offered for sale by public auc-
tion, at this office, on Friday, the 23rd day of June, 1899, at
11 a.m.

About 190,000 sup. ft., standing on Section 6, Block I.,
Hukerenui Survey District: Upset price, £95. Situated
about two miles from Towai Post-office and eight miles from
Kawakawa.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half of purchase-money to be
paid in cash or by marked cheque on fall of the hammer,
and the balance within three months thereafter.

Timber to be removed within one year from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
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.

Quarry Reserve, Suburbs of Auckland, for Lease by Public
Tender.

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

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned reserve is
offered for lease by public tender for the term of
fourteen years.

Tenders will be received at this office up to 4 p.m. on
Friday, the 26th May, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

PART of Lot 6A, Section 17, Suburbs of Auckland, containing
10 acres.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Taranaki for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 28th February, 1899.

WRITTEN tenders, marked on the outside, will be re-
ceived at this office, up to noon of Monday, the 22nd
day of May, 1899, for the lease of the reserve mentioned in
the Schedule hereunder, for the term of years stated, and
subject to the following conditions. If no tenders are re-
ceived on the 22nd May, 1899, it will remain open thereafter
for selection.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—SUBURBS OF MANGAMINGI.

Conditions of Lease.

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

2. Possession will be given on the day of acceptance of
   tender.

3. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time
   (should the land be required for public purposes) resume
   possession of the land comprised in the lease by giving
   twelve months’ notice in writing to the lessee of his inten-
   tion to do so.

4. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either
   for improvements made upon the land or on account of the
   aforesaid resumption, nor for any other cause.

5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or
   otherwise dispose of the land comprised in his lease except
   with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown
   Lands first had and obtained.

6. The lessee shall fell and burn the bush, and shall sow
   the land comprised in his lease with a suitable mixture of
   English grasses and clovers, consisting of not less than 25 lb.
   weight of seed to each acre. All seeds to be of best quality;
   the proportions of mixture as well as the quantity and qua-
   lity of seeds to be submitted before sowing for the approval
   of the Crown Lands Ranger.

7. The lessee shall, within two years from the date of his
   lease, enclose the whole of the lands comprised therein with
   a good and substantial fence (in terms of the Fencing Act);
   the style of fence and also the materials to be used in the
   construction thereof shall, previous to erection, be approved
   by the Crown Lands Ranger, and such fence shall be main-
   tained and left in good tenantable repair at the expiration of
   the term.

8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of scrub,
   gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious weeds on the
   land included in the lease. Should any such be found on the
   land the lessee shall with all reasonable despatch remove
   the same in such manner as shall be directed by the Com-
   missioner of Crown Lands.

9. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee
   shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease
   within sixty days after the date on which the same ought to
   have been fulfilled.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Poerua Estate, Westland, for Lease.

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

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be opened for
application upon lease in perpetuity, at this office, on
Tuesday, the 16th May, 1899, under the provisions of “The
Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,”
and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—GREY COUNTY.—POERUA ESTATE.

First-class Land.

Section 8 contains 70 acres bad swamp, remainder first-
class land; deep soil, covered with ribbonwood, scrub, and
fern. One mile from Bell Hill Road, and two miles and a
quarter by a road and Crooked River bed from school-site
and dairy-factory reserve.

Section 14 contains one-quarter open pakihi, a little wet;
remainder scrub and bush land, covered with scrub and
scattered trees; large portion affected by Slaty Creek and
overflow. About a quarter of a mile from dairy-factory
reserve and school-site.

W. G. MURRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.