Aug. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1503

Crown Land in Otago for Sale by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 21st July, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned sections of Crown lands will be submitted to public auction for cash, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the 5th day of September, 1899.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
(Lands of Special Value under Section 118 of “The Land Act, 1892.”)

SECTIONS 198 and 200, Block II., Papakaio District, and building thereon: Area, 3 roods 15 perches; upset price, £16.

Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on 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 plans obtained at this office.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Suburban Land at the Village of Havelock, Hawke’s Bay, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 1st August, 1899.

THE under-mentioned sections will be submitted to public auction for lease for a term of ten years, at the Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday, the 20th September, 1899, at 11 a.m., at the upset annual rentals noted below.

SCHEDULE.
SUBURBS OF HAVELOCK.

SECTION 50: Area, 2 acres 2 roods 10 perches; upset annual rental, £5.

Section 52: Area, 2 acres; upset annual rental, £4.

Conditions of Lease.

Each lease will be for a term of ten years, commencing from the 1st day of January, 1900.

Half a year’s rent, and £1 1s. lease-fee, must be paid by the successful bidder on the fall of the hammer.

No compensation will be allowed for any improvements effected by the lessee during the term of his lease.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Auckland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Monday, the 21st August, 1899.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WHAKATANE COUNTY.—WHAKATANE SURVEY DISTRICT.—OPOURIAO ESTATE.

First-class Land.

About 20 acres good land and flat alluvial, 17 acres easily drained swamp, about 70 acres scrub and light bush, 87 acres fern hills, undulating, with steep faces at back. Section well watered, and fronting main road; six miles from Whakatane Township.

3A | XIII. | 12 0 0 | 10 0 | 3 0 0

Generally flat alluvial land, with frontage to river and main road; no bush, soil excellent; situated eleven miles and a half from Whakatane Township.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 20th July, 1899.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1901, the period of literature will be from 1800 to 1850, and the special books will be Carlyle’s “Sartor Resartus” and Milton’s “Samson Agonistes.”

W. C. WALKER,
Minister of Education.

Population of the Colony.

RETURN of the Estimated Population (exclusive and inclusive of Maoris) of the Colony of New Zealand on the 30th June, 1899.

• Later figures cannot be given, as the births and deaths of Maoris are not recorded.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1899.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.