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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 53

Now, the Public Trustee hereby calls upon such owner, within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his title to the said land; and if he fails or neglects so to do, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (Part II), and its amendments.

Dated this 23rd day of April, 1919.

ROBERT TRIGGS,
Public Trustee.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, ROBERT EDWARD HAYES, Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that the Manurewa Public Hall Society (Incorporated) is no longer carrying on its operations and has no assets, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved, in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of April, 1919.

R. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 20 of 1919.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—BEACON IN MOTUIHI CHANNEL.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 24th April, 1919.

THE beacon at the N.E. end of Motuihi Island being badly damaged, above beacon has now been erected 130 ft. north magnetic of the old position, on a shallow patch of rock on which there is 3 ft. 3 in. of water at M.L.W.S. The new beacon stands 12 ft. above H.W.S.T.

Chart, &c., affected.—Admiralty Chart No. 1896; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ii, page 43.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Small Grazing-runs in Canterbury Land District for Lease to Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 1st March, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs are open for lease to discharged soldiers under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 27th May, 1919.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Thursday, 29th May, 1919, at 10 o’clock a.m., to answer any questions the Board may ask.

The ballot will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Oxford County.—Esk and Upper Ashley Survey Districts.—Snowdale Runs.—National Endowment.

SECTIONS 36843 and 36846: Area, 12,023 acres; annual rental, £113.

All rough and broken pastoral country, with the exception of the Lilburn and Whistler Spurs, which carry fair tussock feed. Well watered. Altitude, 1,500 ft. to 5,322 ft. With this section is included Section 36846 for a homestead-site. This latter is mostly somewhat stony flats in native grass, and has good sheep-yards on it. Access is by Ashley Gorge Road, about seventeen miles from Oxford.

Section 36844: Area, 7,670 acres; annual rental, £164.

The northern portion is steep broken country, with patches of inferior birch bush and very little feed. South of the Lilburn Creek there are lower spurs and slopes carrying fair tussock feed. Well watered. Altitude, 1,500 ft. to 4,585 ft. Access is by Ashley Gorge Road seventeen miles, and by unformed road five miles.

Section 36845: Area, 15,300 acres; annual rental, £260.

About 1,000 acres flat, and about 3,000 acres undulating country, in tussock and other native grasses, the remainder very rough and broken country with patches of inferior birch bush. Well watered. Altitude, 1,500 ft. to 6,347 ft. Access is by Ashley Gorge Road seventeen miles, and by unformed road one mile and a half.

The improvements that go with the land are as follows:—

Sections 36843 and 36846, 223 chains of fencing, and good sheep-yards. Section 36844, 181 chains of fencing. Section 36845, a stone hut valued at £105, and 674 chains of fencing. Some of the above fences, though on the east side of the Whistler River, and not actually on the sections, are recognized as the boundary fences between these sections and Lees Valley Block.

The lessee of Section 11, Lees Valley Settlement, has recently erected a substantial fence on the boundary between that section and Sections 36843 and 36844 at a cost of about £137, and the successful applicant must arrange with him about payment for their proportionate share, or interest thereon.

Sale plans and full particulars may be obtained from this office.

W. H. SKINNER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections will be offered for sale by public auction at the Gretna Hall, Taihape, on Tuesday, the 24th June, 1919, at 10.30 a.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—VILLAGE LAND.

Town District of Hunter ville.—Hunter ville Village.

SECTIONS 87 and 224: Area, 7 acres 0 roods 28 perches; upset price, £130.

Weighted with £264, valuation for improvements.

Situated in Hunter ville Village Settlement. All in grass; a small portion along the road frontage is flat, the remainder comprises fairly steep faces. Permanently watered by creek. The improvements comprise seven-roomed house, cow-shed, three other sheds, fencing, orchard, felling and grassing; the whole valued at £264.

TERMS OF SALE.

The purchaser may pay for the land in cash or by deferred payments extending over a period of nineteen years. The terms are—

(1.) Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter.

(2.) Deferred Payments.—Five per cent. of the purchase-money and license fee (£1 1s.) on the fall of the hammer, balance by equal annual instalments extending over nineteen years, with interest payable half-yearly at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the unpaid purchase-money; but with the right to pay off at any time the whole or any part of the outstanding amount.

Title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1908.

Further particulars may be obtained from this office.

G. H. M. McCLURE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.