APRIL 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 879

Land in Wellington Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, 3rd April, 1901.

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 Wednesday, the 22nd May, 1901.

If more than one application be received for the section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

SECOND-CLASS SURVEYED LAND.

Weighted with £400 for improvements.

This allotment is situated on the Rocky Hill Road, about six miles from its junction with the Gladstone-East Coast Road. The access is from Carterton, which is about twenty-eight miles distant, by twenty-two miles of dray-road, eleven miles of which is metalled, four miles of formed bridle-track; remainder is proposed road, part of which is felled and burned. The lot comprises hilly and undulating land, the soil being poor to medium, on a rotten-rock formation. The forest is of a mixed nature, comprising rimu, matai, tawa, totara, with dense undergrowth of rangiora, whitewood, supplejack, &c. The land is well watered by streams. The elevation ranges from about 1,000 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise 200 acres felled and grassed, fencing 72 chains, whare, sheep-yard and fence, valued at £400. 20 acres of bush on Part 1, 287, have been felled and burned, but grass has disappeared. This area is not included in improvements.

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

Lands in Kohika Settlement, Canterbury, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 2nd April, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Monday, the 13th May, 1901, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

SCHEDULE.

COUNTY OF WAIMATE. — WAIMATE AND OTAIO SURVEY DISTRICTS. — KOHIKA SETTLEMENT.

Land for Temporary License for Grazing.

| Waimate | 2A | II. | 5 0 0 | 8 3 | 1 0 8 |
| Otaio | 11A | XIV. | 5 0 0 | 6 3 | 0 15 8 |
| Road reserve in | 11A | " | 3 2 30 | 6 3 | 0 11 6 |

• The successful applicant for this section must take a temporary license over Section 2A, Block II., Waimate Survey District (school reserve), at a half-yearly rental of £1 0s. 8d.

† The successful applicant for this section must take a temporary license over Section 11A, and temporary road reserve, at a half-yearly rental of £1 7s. 2d.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

First-class Land in Tamai Hamlet, near Christchurch, open for Selection as a Workmen’s-home Allotment, for Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 5th March, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown land will be opened for selection on lease in perpetuity, as a workmen’s-home allotment, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Monday, 15th April, 1901, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and the regulations made thereunder, and the general conditions set forth in the pamphlet for the disposal of the Tamai Hamlet in 1899.

If more than one application be received for the section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

If the section be not applied for on the 15th April, it will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT. — SELWYN COUNTY. — TAMAI HAMLET.

First-class Land.

This section is situated in the Tamai Hamlet, Borough of Woolston, about two miles and a half south-easterly from Christchurch Post-office, via Ferry Road and Mackworth Street, and comprises all flat agricultural land, with from 6 in. to 8 in. of loamy soil on clay subsoil.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.