Nov. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1999

The purchaser shall have the sole use of the land contained in license, and the right to cut and remove all timber specified in above schedule, during a period of six months from the date of sale.

Plans containing full particulars may be obtained at the principal post-offices in the district, and at this office.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands in Hawke’s Bay open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 19th September, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for application on lease in perpetuity at this office on Friday, the 16th November, 1900, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

This section is situated close to the town of Hastings, a thriving centre of about 3,000 inhabitants, and is accessible by a good metalled road. The land is composed of rich alluvial deposit from limestone hills.

COOK COUNTY.—WAIMATA SURVEY DISTRICT.—WAIMARIE SETTLEMENT.

Section 2: First-class alluvial land; fenced all round, with the exception of the boundary along the river; situated within ten miles of Gisborne, and accessible by a gravelled road. Section 12: First-class flat pastoral land; fenced against the main road and against the Bruce Road; situated about ten miles from Gisborne. Valuations for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared—Section 2, £32 15s.; Section 12, £76 10s. The improvements on Allotment 2 consist of house, &c., £25, and fencing £7 15s. The improvements on Allotment 12 consist of dwellinghouse and sheds £62, garden and orchard £8 10s., and fencing £6.

E. C. GOLD SMITH,
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.