Feb. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 319

Land in Marlborough open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 8th January, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land will be opened for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Monday, the 12th day of March, 1900, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” the Land for Settlements Act Amendment Acts, 1895 and 1896, and the regulations made thereunder.

If more than one application be received for the allotment on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim. If the section be not applied for on the 12th March, 1900, it will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—RICHMOND BROOK ESTATE.
Second-class Agricultural Land.

All in native grass; 200 acres of small flats, ploughable. Water part of the year. Altitude, 600 ft. to 1,100 ft. 35 chains wire fence; 100 chains netted fence. Nine miles and a half from Seddon Railway-station, by formed road three miles, and unformed six miles and a half.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Land, Matapouri Village, Taranaki, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 12th December, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity on and after the 28th February, 1900.

If more than one application be received for the section 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, New Plymouth.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—PATEA COUNTY.—KAPARA SURVEY DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

Weighted with £9 0s. 6d., valuation for improvements, which must be paid on approval of application. All level, well-watered land, cleared and in grass; good soil, on papa formation. The Waitotara Valley Road is formed for dray traffic past the section. Distance from Waitotara, about twenty-nine miles.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run, Marlborough, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 24th January, 1900.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land will be offered for sale by auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Tuesday, the 27th day of February, 1900.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.
Pastoral License under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”
Run No. 145, Block VII., Onamalutu Survey District: 712 acres; upset annual rental, £5; term, twenty-one years. Average height, 1,200 ft.; 330 acres green bush, 230 acres burnt bush, remainder fern, scrub, and grass; very broken; poor soil; well watered. Weighted with £50, value for improvements.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Marlborough, open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 24th January, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application on Tuesday, the 27th February, 1900, at the half-yearly rental stated.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—ONAMALUTU SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Pastoral Land.

Average height, 1,000 ft.; 220 acres green bush, 260 acres burnt bush, remainder fern and scrub; broken pastoral country; poor soil; well watered. About seventeen miles from Blenheim by road. Weighted with £45, valuation for improvements.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taupiri for Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 12th December, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land (Auckland University College Endowment) will be open for application upon lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Monday, the 26th February, 1900.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAIKATO COUNTY.—TAUPIRI PARISH.

Open scrub and fern land, about a mile and a half from Huntly Railway-station.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Native Land Court Notices.

Application under Section 39 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” dismissed.

IN THE NATIVE LAND COURT, WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

In the matter of an application by Mrs. Jane Brown under section 39 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for amendment of partition orders for Sections 24 and 25, Block IV., and Section 2, Block III., Waitara Survey District.

IT is hereby notified that the above application has been dismissed.

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of February, 1900.

GEO. B. DAVY, Chief Judge.

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