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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 61

Lands in Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 29th July, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, at this office, on Wednesday, the 17th September, 1902, either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

In the event of more than one application being received for the same section on the same day, priority of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Forest land of fair quality, broken and undulating; about twelve miles from Rawene, and five miles from Omanaia Post-office.

Chiefly forest land of fair quality, situated in Herekino Settlement, about two miles and a half from Herekino Post-office.

Open, undulating land, of moderate quality, fronting Mangare River. About four miles from Ruatangata Post-office.

• Parish.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Marlborough Land District, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 30th July, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Saturday, the 30th August, 1902. In the event of more than one application being received for the same run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
KAIKOURA COUNTY.
Second-class Land.

WHERNSIDE SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
S.G.R. 107 | 18,212 0 0 | 0 2·75 | 104 6 10

Altitude, 200 ft. to 4,100 ft. About 60 acres river-flats. 5,000 acres mixed bush, consisting of manuka, mahoe, and kowhai, with a little pine and totara on the lower slopes, with birch on the higher spurs. About 1,200 acres easy forest slopes and terraces, capable of improvement; remainder broken country, covered with tussock, fern, and scrub. The high spurs are subject to snow in winter. Well watered. The improvements (which go with the land) consist of about 65 chains interior wire fencing and half value of about two miles and a half boundary fencing. Homestead-site at the McLean River, about nine miles from the Clarence Bridge by unformed road, thence twenty-five miles to Kaikoura by main coach-road.

WHERNSIDE AND PUHIPUHI SURVEY DISTRICTS.

S.G.R. 108 { 17,338 2 0 | 0 1·65 | 59 12 0
| 1,569 2 0 | 1 6·9 | 61 14 7
| 18,908 0 0 | | 121 6 7

Nearly all hills. About 2,000 acres bush, mostly manuka, mahoe, and kowhai, with a little pine and totara on the lower slopes, and birch on the higher spurs. About 600 acres stony manuka flats, terraces, and easy slopes, portions of which are ploughable; remainder tussock spurs and faces. Altitude, 100 ft. to 7,583 ft. Well watered. There is a homestead-site at the Harkaway Flat, where there is a hut valued at £15, which is to be paid for in seven years by fourteen half-yearly instalments of £1 5s. 11d. The other improvements (which go with the land) consist of about thirteen miles interior wire fencing and half value of about two miles and a half boundary fencing. Distant three miles from Clarence Bridge by unformed road, thence twenty-five miles to Kaikoura by main coach-road.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Land in Fencourt Settlement, Auckland Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 17th June, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Crown land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 13th August, 1902, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and its amendments.

In the event of more than one application being received for the section on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAIKATO COUNTY.—CAMBRIDGE SURVEY DISTRICT.—FENCOURT SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Partly hilly land, balance well-drained alluvial swamp; nearly all in grass. Fenced for about 170 chains on north-east and west sides by post-and-wire fences. Distant about three miles and a half from Cambridge and two miles and a half from the cheese-factory. Improvements: Fencing, £120; grass, £200.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 23rd June, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned land will be submitted for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 19th day of September, 1902, at 11 a.m.:

Parish Omaha (Rodney County): N.W. pt. Section 156b, containing 1 acre 2 roods 8 perches; total upset price, £3. Level land, on Whangateau Harbour, about one mile from Leigh Post-office.

Terms of sale: One-fifth cash on fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee, within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the one-fifth paid by way of deposit will be forfeited and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

G. MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.