SEPT. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2079

Rural Lands in the Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, 26th August, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned 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 this office, on Wednesday, the 15th October, 1902.

If more than one application is received for the same section on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Hilly fern land; soil light to good. On this section there is an area of about 60 acres of mixed bush, chiefly tawa, rimu, and matai. Good homestead-site. Well watered. Situated about thirty miles from Wairoa.

About 350 acres of fern and tutu, balance covered with tawa, rimu, matai, &c.; well watered; soil good. Altitude, 800 ft. to 1,500 ft. Distance from Wairoa about thirty miles.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Hawke’s Bay, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office.
Napier, 26th August, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application at this office on Wednesday, 15th October, 1902, at the half-yearly rental noted in the Schedule.

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

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—COOK COUNTY.—HANGAROA SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Pastoral Land.

Undulating and broken country, consisting of light soil on papa formation; watered by numerous streams. The Gisborne-Waikaremoana Main Road and Gisborne-Rotorua Stock-track give access to the run. Distance from Gisborne via Hangaroa Village, about forty miles.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Hawke’s Bay for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 5th August, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction for a term of fourteen years, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday, the 24th day of September, 1902.

SCHEDULE.

Section 13, Block V., Tautane District: 217 acres. Upset annual rental, £21 14s.

Weighted with £228 valuation for improvements, being 70 acres in grass, £140; and buildings, £88.

Terms of Lease.

The rent to be paid half-yearly in advance, on the 1st January and 1st July, after date of selection.

The lessee will not have the right of renewal, but existing improvements will be valued at the expiration of the lease, and, in the event of the land being leased to any person other than the lessee, the amount of such valuation will be paid by the incoming lessee.

Full particulars can be obtained at this office.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run, Otago, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 26th August, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction on Monday, the 13th day of October, 1902, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

PASTORAL LAND UNDER PART VI. OF “THE LAND ACT, 1902.”

Run No. 10, Wakatipu, Lake County: Area, 12,000 acres; term of lease, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £50; valuation for improvements, £86. Situated about one mile from Queenstown.

TERMS OF SALE.

Possession will be given on day of sale.

Valuation for improvements must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Dunedin, before the purchaser will be let into possession.

The above run will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

The purchaser must deposit the statutory declaration required by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the first half-year’s rent, together with the license fee (£1 1s.), on fall of the hammer.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.