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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

Township and Rural Lands, Nelson Land District, for Sale by Auction for Cash.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 26th March, 1900.

THE under-mentioned sections will be submitted to public auction for sale for cash, at the Courthouse, Takaka, on Wednesday, the 16th May, 1900, at noon.

SCHEDULE.

Lot 1.—Part Section 21, Block X., Township of Takaka, 1 rood, fronting the main Takaka Valley Road, about two miles and a half from the Port of Waitapu; upset price, £25.

Lot 2.—Part 2 of Section 118, Block X., Waitapu Survey District, 34 acres 3 roods 7 perches; upset price, £2 10s. per acre.

Lot 3.—Part 3 of Section 118, Block X., Waitapu Survey District, 35 acres 1 rood 11 perches; upset price, £2 10s. per acre.

The above sections are situated near the Village of Takaka, distant about four miles from the Port of Waitapu, Golden Bay.

Part 2 of Section 113 is about one-half terrace land, medium soil for grass; timber, birch and rimu, and scrub in gullies. Remaining half nearly flat, fair soil; timber, rimu, birch, with a little rata and pukatea.

Part 3 of Section 113, two-thirds high terrace land, medium soil for grass on slopes and in gullies; timber, chiefly birch with some rimu. Remaining one-third nearly flat, rather wet, medium soil for grass; timber, chiefly brown-birch with some rimu.

Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the 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.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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 under-mentioned 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 Brunnerton 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