1936
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 90

Sections in the Township of Te Araroa, Hawke’s Bay Land District, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 15th October, 1900.

THE under-mentioned sections in the Township of Te Araroa will be offered for lease by public tender for a term of twenty-one years, with the right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, on the 14th day of December, 1900. Sections not applied for on the 14th December, 1900, will be open thereafter at the upset ground-rentals noted below.

TOWNSHIP OF TE ARAROA.

• Valuation for improvements on Section 74, £200.
  † Valuation for improvements on Section 75, £10.

Te Araroa Township is situated at Kawakawa, on the East Coast, between Hicks Bay and the East Cape. It is flat land, with fair soil, suitable for gardens, &c. It is the port for a large extent of good grazing-country which has lately been taken up. Steamers trading between Auckland and Gisborne call in once a week.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 15th October, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned green and dry kauri timber, standing on State Forest Reserve situated in Block X., Whangarei Survey District, Whangarei County, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 14th day of December, 1900, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

FIFTY-EIGHT green and 9 dry kauri-trees, containing 221,905 about superficial feet. Upset price, £166 8s. 6d.

Timber within one mile and a quarter of Whangarei Harbour.

Conditions of Sale.—Payment by cash or marked cheque on the fall of the hammer. Time allowed for removal, two years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 15th October, 1900.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, 19th December, 1900.

If more than one application be received for the same allotment on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m. If the allotments are not applied for on the 19th December, 1900, they will remain open for selection at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TAIERI COUNTY.—STRATH TAIERI SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Open, level land; good soil. Situated about three to four miles from Middlemarch Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, £135 15s.

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Open, level land; soil good. Situated about three miles and a half from Middlemarch Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, £22 17s.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Otahu Settlement, Southland, open for Application on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 15th October, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Wednesday, 5th December, 1900, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—OTAHU SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Mostly flat land, with exception of 50 acres at eastern end, Section 8, which is hilly and broken fern land. Soil good, but shingly towards the west of Section 9. Elevation, from 260 ft. to 580 ft. Distance from Otatau Railway-station, about twenty-four miles. Section 9 contains 5 acres bush. Improvements: 86¼ chains fencing on eastern boundary, valued at 6s. per chain, right to half value, £12 18s. 9d.; 8 chains standard-and-wire fence on road-boundary of Section 8, valued at 6s. per chain, £2 8s.; 30¼ chains good cattle- and rabbit-proof fence on western boundary of Section 8, at 15s. per chain, right to half value, £11 5s.; 40¼ chains good cattle- and rabbit-proof fence on southern boundary of Section 8, valued at 15s. per chain, £30 7s. 6d.; 279 chains division-fences, valued at 3s. per chain, £41 17s. No cash-payment will be required for these improvements; the sections, however, are burdened with £133, valuation for buildings and fencing erected by former lessee, which amount must be deposited with the application. These improvements consist as follows: 156 chains boundary- and division-fences, at 10s. per chain, £78; house, £20; stable, £20; sheep-yards, £5; bridge across channel, £4; ploughing, 20 acres at 6s., £6.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.