Jan. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 65

Lands in Manga-a-toro Settlement, Hawke's Bay Land District, open for application on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 11th December, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for application on lease in perpetuity and as small grazing-runs, at this office, on 21st January, 1902, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIPAWA COUNTY.—MANGA-A-TORO SETTLEMENT.

GROUP A.—DAIRY FARMS.—FOR LEASE IN PERPETUITY.

Tahoraite Survey District.

GROUP B.—PARTLY FOR FARMS AND PARTLY FOR GRAZING-RUNS.—FOR LEASE IN PERPETUITY.

Mangatoro Survey District.

Tahoraite Survey District.

*Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £190, repayable in ten years by half-yearly instalments of £12 6s. Total half-yearly, £84 19s. 6d.

GROUP C.—SMALL GRAZING-RUNS.

Mangatoro Survey District.

Tahoraite Survey District.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £230, repayable in ten years by half-yearly instalments of £14 17s. 10d. Total half-yearly, £190 7s. 10d.

† Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £35, repayable in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £3 0s. 6d. Total half-yearly, £94 6s. 3d.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Oue State Forest, Auckland Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 26th November, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned areas in the Oue State Forest (Hobson and Whangarei Counties) will be offered for lease for grazing purposes, by public auction, for a term of fourteen years, at the upset annual rentals noted, at this office, on Friday, the 24th day of January, 1902, at 11 a.m.

B

SCHEDULE.

Mixed-forest and fern lands, from which the kauri timber has been removed. Situated two to three miles from Parakau Post-office, and twenty-five miles from Whangarei.

| 4 | X. | 579 0 0 | Mangakahia | 5 0 0 |
| 5 | " | 15 2 0 | " | 4 0 0 |

Chiefly open land. The lease of Lot 5 is weighted with £100, valuation of store.

| 6 | X. | 340 0 0 | Mangakahia | 7 0 0 |
| 7 | " | 625 0 0 | " | 8 0 0 |
| 8 | " | 75 0 0 | " | 4 0 0 |

Lots 6 and 7, chiefly open land; part mixed bush and tea-tree. Lot 8, good level land, adjoining Mangakahia River. Situated about two miles from Parakau Post-office, and about twenty-five miles from Whangarei.

| 28 | X. | 814 0 0 | Mangakahia | 8 0 0 |

Partly open and partly burnt bush, about two miles from Parakau Post-office, and about twenty-three miles from Whangarei.

Term of Leases.

Fourteen years from 1st March, 1902, for grazing purposes only. One half-year’s rent and lease fee (£1 1s.) to be paid on fall of the hammer.

The leases will convey no right to fell or remove any live or dead trees or timber, whether standing or lying on the ground.

No compensation for improvements at any time, but lessees may remove all fencing and buildings erected on the lands.

The leases will be subject to the conditions of section 232 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 20th November, 1901.

IT is hereby notified that the leases of the under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted for sale by public auction at this office on Friday, the 24th day of January, 1902, at 11 a.m.

EAST TAUPŌ COUNTY.

Pastoral Agricultural Lands within the Ngongotaha, Tauta, Paeroa, and Takapau Survey Districts.

Run No. 64 (Class II.), comprising 11,700 acres; upset annual rent, £23.

Run No. 65 (Class II.), comprising 5,400 acres; upset annual rent, £12.

These lands are situated between Orakei Korako Hot Springs Reserve and the bridge over the Waikato River on the Waiotapu Wairakei-Taupo coach-road. They are generally covered with fern and tussock.

The leases will be submitted under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Term of lease, twenty-one years from 1st March, 1902.

Full particulars, plans, and forms of declaration may be obtained on application at this office.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber in Auckland for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 7th January, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that a sale by public auction of the undermentioned kauri timber will be held at this office on Friday, the 28th day of February, 1902, at 11 o’clock a.m.:

Clump of kauri trees, 231 in number, and containing about 691,367 superficial feet. Upset price, £519. Timber is near Trig. Station 16, Block II., Whangaroa Survey District.

Conditions of Sale.

One-half purchase-money in cash, or by marked cheque, on the fall of the hammer, the balance within six months thereafter.

Timber to be removed before 31st March, 1903.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.