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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 38

Crown Lands Notices.

Runs classified in Auckland Land District.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 28th April, 1900.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Commissioners appointed in pursuance of section 189 of “The Land Act, 1892,” have reported to His Excellency the Governor that the lands described in the Schedule hereto have been classified by them as therein noted.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

SCHEDULE.

CLASS I.—PASTORAL LANDS, being Lands suitable exclusively for Pasturage, and not capable of being used with Profit in Areas of a Carrying-capacity of less than Five Thousand Sheep.

Dated this 20th day of March, 1900.

GERHARD MUELLER,
DAVID LUNDON,
WM. C. KENSINGTON,
} Commissioners.

Land in Blind River Estate, Marlborough, open for Application on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 18th April, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Monday, the 4th June, 1900, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.—CLIFFORD BAY SURVEY DISTRICT.—BLIND RIVER ESTATE.

First-class Land.

Weighted with £75, value for improvements.

Description of section: Twenty-five miles from Blenheim by good road. The land consists of flats and easy slopes, nearly the whole of the section being ploughable, but the soil on the upper flats and slopes is light; the lower flat, of about 15 acres, is good agricultural land.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Leases of Reserves, Township of Taylorville, Grey County, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 27th April, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the undermentioned reserves will be submitted to public auction at Kaye’s Hall, Taylorville, on Wednesday, the 13th day of June, 1900, at 12 o’clock noon.

SCHEDULE.

TOWNSHIP OF TAYLORVILLE.

The above sections are situate in the Township of Taylorville, contiguous to the Brunner Coal-mine, eight miles from Greymouth on the Greymouth-Reefton Railway, and are connected with the Town of Brunner ton by suspension-bridge over the Grey River.

The improvements consist chiefly of cottages occupied by coal-miners; there is also a public hall erected on Section 1, and two shops on Section 9.

A deposit of a half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and in addition the amount of the valuation of improvements, should the purchaser not be the outgoing tenant.

Full particulars, plans, and conditions of sale may be obtained at the District Land Offices at Nelson, Greymouth, and Reefton.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 18th April, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned green and dead kauri timber, standing upon Blocks IV. and VIII., Hukerenui Survey District, in the Puhipuhi State Forest, Bay of Islands and Whangarei Counties, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 8th day of June, 1900, at 11 o’clock a.m. :

Lot No. 1.—1,957 green kauri-trees, containing 6,163,407 superficial feet; 3,142 singed kauri-trees, containing 5,537,920 superficial feet; and 56 totara trees. Upset price, £5,907.

Conditions of Sale.—One-third of the purchase-money to be paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the