Sept. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2769

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands, Wellington, 30th August, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the leases of the undermentioned lands having been forfeited by resolution of the Nelson Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land in Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office, Auckland, 17th July, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be open for sale or selection, at this office, either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on Wednesday, the 23rd day of October, 1907, under the provisions of Part III of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Altitude, from 400 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Level to broken country, covered with fern and tea-tree scrub; soil of a light nature, on sandstone formation; well watered by small swamps; general quality of section is fair. Situated seven miles from Kawa Railway-station and five miles from Otorohanga by good road.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands in Nelson Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 2nd September, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Thursday, the 5th day of December, 1907, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903.”

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

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—BULLER COUNTY.—KONGAHU BLOCK.

Second-class Unsurveyed Heavy-bush Land.

Hilly pastoral country, with patches of excellent soil on western side of Glass-eye Creek, remainder good soil of sedimentary marine formation; covered with bush, comprising birch, rimu, and kamahi. Access by about two miles of unformed track from the Little Wanganui River, which is distant about thirty-five miles from Westport by steamer.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Nelson Land District for Disposal under Section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 1st July, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be disposed of to the holder of adjoining land, under section 114 of the said Act, on or after Wednesday, the 2nd day of October, 1907.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area, containing by admeasurement 5 acres, more or less, being Section No. 3, Block IV, Steeples Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by Section No. 345; towards the north-east and south-east by Section No. 23, Block IV, Steeples Survey District; and towards the south-west by a road-line.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.