JUNE 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1195

Sections in Palmerston North for Sale by Public Auction for Cash.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1900.

THE under-mentioned sections will be submitted to public auction for sale for cash, in terms of section 11, subsection (1), of “The Reserves Disposal and Enabling Act, 1895,” at this office, on Wednesday, the 25th July, 1900, at 2 o’clock p.m.:

1. Section 822, Palmerston North: Area, 1 acre 1 rood; upset price, £132.

2. Section 1086, Palmerston North: Area, 1 acre 2 roods 6 perches; upset price, £60.

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.

Mr. H. Martin, of Palmerston North, holds a lease from the Palmerston North Domain Board of Section 1086, Palmerston North, for twenty-one years from the 18th August, 1890, the annual rent being £4 4s. for the first seven years of the said term, £5 5s. for the next seven years, and £6 6s. for the remaining seven years, subject to the provision that all the buildings, fencing, and other erections made, placed, or erected upon it by the lessee during said term shall remain his property, and may be removed by him upon giving the lessor one previous calendar month’s notice in writing of his intention to do so. This section is therefore offered subject to his lease, a copy of which is open for inspection by intending purchasers.

There are no restrictions or limitations imposed on purchasers of these sections, other than those above mentioned.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Rural Lands in the Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 25th May, 1900.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Thursday, the 19th day of July, 1900.

If more than one application be received for the same section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 4 p.m., at the Courthouse, Te Awamutu.

An officer of the Lands and Survey Department will attend at the Courthouse, Te Awamutu, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 16th, 17th, and 18th days of July, to receive applications.