Mar. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 637

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th March, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that, the leases of the undermentioned lands having been forfeited by resolution of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Lands in Rotoiti Township open for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 12th March, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections in the Township of Rotoiti will be offered for lease by public auction, at the Courthouse, Rotorua, for a term of twenty-one years, with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years, at this office, on Friday, the 16th day of May, 1902, at 11 a.m. Sections not disposed of on that date will thereafter be open for leasing at the upset rentals.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—ROTORUA COUNTY.—TOWNSHIP OF ROTOITI.

(Under “The Native Townships Act, 1895.”)

Rotoiti Township is situated at the east end of Rotoiti Lake, which has an elevation of 910 ft. above sea-level, and is accessible by the new main road, Rotorua to Te Teko and Whakatane, about nineteen miles from Rotorua.

G. MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Tarawahi Hamlet, Canterbury Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 24th February, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Wednesday, the 16th day of April, 1902, as a workman’s-home allotment, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

SCHEDULE.

SELWYN COUNTY.—CHRISTCHURCH SURVEY DISTRICT.—TARAWAHI HAMLET.

First-class Land.

This section is situated on the north bank of the River Heathcote, about 16 chains westward from Colombo Road, and about two miles and a quarter southward from the Christchurch Post-office. It comprises all flat agricultural land, with from 6 in. to 10 in. of black loamy soil on sandy subsoil. There is a hot-house on the section 30 ft. by 11 ft., with brick walls and ends 3 ft. 7 in. high, glass roof, and two glass doors.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Land in Wellington Land District for Sale under Section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1901.

IT is hereby notified, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned Crown land will be offered to the holder of adjoining land, under section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on Wednesday, the 9th April, 1902.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

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

Totara, Matai, and Maire Timber, Livingstone Township, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 14th February, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the timber on the undermentioned Crown lands (about seventy-two trees, containing about 28,400 sup. ft. of timber, in Livingstone Township) will be offered for sale by public auction, in one lot, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Tuesday, the 15th April, 1902, at 2.30 p.m.

SCHEDULE.

SECTIONS 27, 32, AND PART OF 75, LIVINGSTONE TOWNSHIP.

Totara (Classes I. and III.): About eighteen trees, containing about 9,810 sup. ft.

Matai: About forty-seven trees, containing about 17,000 sup. ft.

Maire: About seven trees, containing about 1,590 sup. ft.

Total upset price, £27.

TERMS OF SALE.

The timber is offered subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and of the timber regulations made thereunder.

The purchaser shall pay the purchase-money and £1 1s. license fee on the fall of the hammer.

The purchaser shall have the right to cut and remove the timber, as specified in Schedule, on Sections 27, 32, and eastern part of Section 75, Livingstone Township, as shown on plan.

The license will not include right to cut the timber on western portion of Section 75, which is to be conserved.

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

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.