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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

Bonus for the Production of Mineral Manure.—Notice No. 580.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 12th December, 1899.

THE following sum is hereby offered as a bonus for the discovery and working within the colony of a deposit or deposits of marketable mineral manure, viz.:—
£500 IF FOUND ON CROWN LANDS;
£250 IF FOUND ON FREEHOLD LANDS.

The following are the conditions under which the bonus is offered and will be paid:—

1. That the raw material is easily accessible, and within reasonable distance of a railway or seaport.
2. That the committee appointed by the Minister for Agriculture to examine the deposit is satisfied that there is sufficient to meet all ordinary demands for five years.
3. That the manure can be disposed of at a price which will allow of it being remuneratively used for agricultural purposes.
4. That the composition of the phosphate shall average not less than 40 per cent. of phosphate of lime (tricalcic phosphate); provided, however, should a phosphate of a lower average composition be discovered, the committee may recommend that a portion of the bonus be granted.

The terms of payment will be—
One-fifth on the committee reporting favourably of the discovery;
One-fifth on delivery of first 200 tons;
The remaining three-fifths by equal payments on delivery of each additional 150 tons.

Applications addressed to “The Hon. the Minister for Agriculture, Wellington,” will be received up to and including the 1st day of July, 1900.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister for Agriculture.

SEED WHEATS.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th June, 1900.

THE following Seed Wheats from recently imported seed are available for sale to farmers at 4s. per bushel (bags extra 6d.), f.o.b. train, Waihao Downs, South Island, or Waverley, North Island.

Orders will be received by the Inspector of Stock, Auckland, Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, Invercargill, or the Department of Agriculture, Wellington.

The following classification is according to South Island results:—

AUTUMN WHEAT.

Allora Spring, Bearded Herrison, Fultz, Improved Fyfe, Sicilian Square Head, Blountz Lambrig, White Velvet, Pearl Velvet, Tardent’s Blue, Darblay’s Hungarian, Hedgerow, Rattling Jack, Australian Talavera.

WINTER OR EARLY SPRING.

Talavera de Bellevue, Medeah, Marshall’s White Chaff, Anglo-Australian, Red Clawson, White Essex, Hudson’s Early Purple Straw, Algerian, Red Straw, Marshall’s No. 3.

SPRING WHEAT.

Zealand or Berthoud, Marshall’s No. 8, White Tuscan, Beardless Quartzlee, Bearded Quartzlee, Early Baart, Early Para, Budd’s Early, Golden Drop, Poland, Tall Neapolitan, Steer’s Early Purple Straw, Steinwedel, White Lammas, White Naples, Farmer’s Friend, King’s Jubilee.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Secretary.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lands in Marlborough Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th June, 1900.

IT is hereby notified that, the lease of the under-mentioned Crown lands having been forfeited by a resolution of the Marlborough Land Board, the said lands, with all improvements thereon, have reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—BLIND RIVER ESTATE.
Sections 27 and 28, Block XII., Clifford Bay Survey District: Formerly held by J. W. Allen; tenure, lease in perpetuity.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Land in Makukupara Village, Akitio County, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1900.

THE under-mentioned section will be submitted to public auction for sale for cash, at the Road Inspector’s offices, Makukupara (Waione), on Wednesday, the 1st August, 1900, at 12 o’clock noon.

SCHEDULE.

AKITIO COUNTY.—MAKUKUPARA VILLAGE.
First-class Land.

This section is situated at the junction of the Akitio River and Makukupara Stream, the access to Makukupara being from Pongaroa or Weber, which are distant about nine and seven miles respectively. The lot comprises mostly flat land, all felled and grassed, the soil being of good quality, resting on papa formation; watered by Makukupara Stream.

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 will be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

There are no restrictions or limitations imposed on the purchaser of this section.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plan obtained at this office.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
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:—

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.

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