The tenure raage9 from one year up to ten. Details of each Run and lithograph maps can be seen at the Land Office, and posters giving full particulars of the Runs are exhibited at all the Railway Stations and Po3t Offices throughout the colony. WM. ROLLESTON, Minister of Landfe, NEW ZEALAND. HOT LAKES DISTRICT, NOETH ISLAND. SALE OF LEASEHOLDS FOR 99 YEARS IN THE TOWNSHIP OP SOTORUA. A~ SbUf 125 "acres of the new Town- ship of Rotorua, near the Maori Settlement of Ohinemutu, will be offered for Lease by Public Auction on the 7th MARCH, 1882, at the CROWN LANDS OFFICE, Auckland. The Business Sites will comprise quar- ter acre and the Villa Sites half acreloti. A few Suburban Lots of 5 acres and 10 acres each, and Small Farms varying from 40 to 60 acres, will also be offered. The lots as marked on the plan will be let on lease for ninety-nine years, under arrangements made by the Government of New Zealand with the proprietors'of the soil. - * The letting will be by auction, at the office of the Commissioner of Crown. Lands, in Auckland, on the 7th of March. 1882. ' Rents will be payable half-yearly, the first half-year being paid on the day of sale. All mineral waters, hot springs, and streams are, and remain vested in the Crown. The reserves for schools, post office, telegraph office, railway, hospital, and other public objects will be shown on the maps on the day of sale. The recreation grounds will be reserved for the public, and will be under the management of a local body. There will be a resident medical officer, appointed by the Government. The goverament of the town will he by a local body constituted under "The Thermal Springs District Act, 1881." Some of the building sites, peculiarly suitable for residences, will be let subject to restrictions as to use for trades or shops. The hotels and lodging-houses will be governed by regulations suitable to the exceptional character and requirements of the town. Rents will be paid half-yearly, in AuckJ land, or in the town, as may be found convenient. Possession of the land will be given immediately after the auction. The lots may be now identified on the ground by marked pegs. 