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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 81

Land in the Auckland District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 11th September, 1900.

THE under-mentioned Crown land 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 Wednesday, the 7th November, 1900.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Open land, partially improved, drained, and grassed. Situated within the Tokatoka Swamp area, about half a mile from Raupo Wharf. Subject to £280 for fencing, draining, grassing, outbuildings, and artesian wells.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

| Rotorua | Rotorua | .. | 1 | III. | 188 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 141 0 0 | 0 9 | 3 10 6 | 0 7·2 | 2 16 6 |
| " | " | .. | 2 | " | 125 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 93 15 0 | 0 9 | 2 6 11 | 0 7·2 | 1 17 6 |

Level and undulating land, covered with heavy forest, chiefly tawa, rata, and rimu; about 1,200 ft. above sea-level, and well watered. Thirteen miles from Ngongotaha Railway-station, and twenty-two miles from Tauranga. Section 2 fronts main coach-road.

| W. Taupo | Wharepapa | .. | 2 | V. | 427 2 35 | 0 10 6 | 224 14 0 | 0 6·3 | 5 12 5 | 0 5 | 4 9 11 |

About 5 acres forest, 100 acres first-class undulating land, 100 acres broken, balance undulating fern and tea-tree land of moderate quality; watered by swamps. About twenty-one miles from Te Awamutu.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 10th September, 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 7th November, 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 at the time specified by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and to his satisfaction.

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, the lease will be cancelled, but the cancellation of the lease will not prevent the recovery of the value of any damage which may be done by such fire.

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, and abut on the Stanley Brook Road about eleven miles from the Township of Wakefield, on the Nelson–Belgrove line of 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.

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 10th September, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned green kauri timber standing on Crown lands adjoining Sections 6 and 7A, Block V., Opuawhanga Survey District, Whangarei County, will be offered for sale by public auction at this office on Friday, the 16th day of November, 1900, at 11 o’clock a.m.:—

115 trees, about 400,000 superficial feet of green kauri. Upset price, £250.

Full purchase-money to be paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer. Timber to be removed within two years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run, Marlborough, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 10th September, 1900.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Wednesday, the 7th day of November, 1900.

SCHEDULE.

ONAMALUTU SURVEY DISTRICT.

(Pastoral License under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”)

Run No. 35: 375 acres; term, 21 years; upset annual rental, £5.

Possession will be given on 1st March, 1901.

Valuation for improvements in respect of the above run must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Blenheim, before the licensee will be let into possession. Such valuation shall, exclusive of the value of a rabbit-proof fence, not exceed five times the amount of the average annual rental paid under the expiring license.

One half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the usual declaration furnished.

Description of Land.—Broken, hilly country, covered with fern, bush, and a little grass; well watered. About twelve miles from Blenheim.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.