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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 51

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of "The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894."

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 12th June, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

John Edward Bayley, late of Kauangaroa, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 30th day of May, 1900.

Frederick G. A. Murphy, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, book-dealer. Filed on the 5th day of June, 1900.

Margaret Murray, late of Clinton, in the Provincial District of Otago, married woman. Filed on the 5th day of June, 1900.

Robert Mathison, late of Chatham Islands, station-manager. Filed on the 8th day of June, 1900.

James Boucher Winton, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, salesman. Filed on the 8th day of June, 1900.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Crown Lands Notices.

Leases forfeited in the Auckland Land District.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 11th June, 1900.

IT is hereby notified that, the under-mentioned leases having been forfeited by resolution of the Land Board, the lands comprised therein have thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892."

WM. HALL-JONES.
For Minister of Lands.

Forest Reserves in the Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 12th June, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that leases of the under-mentioned forest reserves, for grazing purposes only, will be offered for sale by public auction under section 232 of "The Land Act, 1892," at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, on Wednesday, the 1st August, 1900, at 12 o'clock noon, subject to the following conditions:

1. That the lessees shall have no right to fell or remove from the land any live or dead trees or timber, whether standing or lying on the ground, without the consent in writing of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

2. That all persons duly authorised shall have free right of ingress, egress, and regress for any of the purposes of the aforesaid Act, or for felling or removing from the land any timber or trees as aforesaid.

3. That the lands so leased shall be sown with the best cultivated grass-seed, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, before the 30th September, 1900.

4. Lessees will be required to take the greatest precaution against the spread of fires into any green timber that may be on the land leased, or on adjoining lands, and, in the event of such taking place through negligence on the part of the lessee, his lease will be cancelled.

5. Lessees will not be entitled to compensation at the end of the term on account of any improvements that may be effected during the currency of the leases, but at the expiration of the term all fences and buildings erected by them on the land may be removed.

SCHEDULE.

Sec-tion. Block. District. Area. Upset Annual Term.
Rental.
6 III. Wai-iti.. A. R. P. £ s. d. 10 years.
153 0 0 1 18 0
11 " " .. 148 2 0 1 17 0
157 " " .. 188 0 0 2 7 0
24 VI. " 426 0 0 5 0 0
25 X. "
26 " "
28 " "
8 " " .. 252 2 8 3 3 0

The above reserves, on which the timber has been burnt, are situate in the Wai-iti Survey District—Sections 6, 11, and 157, Block III., Wai-iti, about four miles to the east of Thorpe, and Sections 24, Block VI., 8, 25, 26, and 28, Block X., have access to the Stanley Brook-Wakefield Road, about eleven miles from Wakefield, on the Nelson-Belgrove Railway.

A deposit of a half-year's rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must be paid on the fall of the hammer. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

Full particulars, plans, &c., may be obtained at this office.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Suburban Land in East Winton Township, Southland Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 12th June, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned suburban land will be offered for sale by public auction at this office, on Wednesday, the 19th day of September, 1900, at 11 o'clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

EAST WINTON TOWNSHIP.

Suburban Land.

SECTION 22, Block VIII., 1 acre 3 roods 23 perches. Upset price, £3 15s. 9d.

One-fifth of the purchase-money must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with £1, Crown-grant fee, within thirty days thereafter, or the deposit will be forfeited.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run in Taranaki Land District open for Selection on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 12th June, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application at this office, on Wednesday, 8th August, 1900, at the upset half-yearly rental stated.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—PATEA COUNTY.

Survey District. Section. Block. Area. Rent per Half-yearly
Acre. Rent.
Taurakawa .. 1 XIII. Acres. s. d. £ s. d.
3,600 0 3·7 28 2 6

Rough pastoral land wholly covered with bush, and being from 300 ft. to 1,580 ft. above sea-level; formation, papa with sandstone and shell-rock; well watered; the timber is chiefly tawa, rimu, rata, and black-birch; a small area of fairly level land north-east of Trig. Station K. Access by Waitotara Valley and Rawhitiroa Roads—the former being a dray-road to within two miles of section; thence by a bridle-road which continues via Rawhitiroa Road out to Eltham Railway-station. Distance from Waitotara Railway-station about thirty-seven miles.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.