FEB. 8.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 177

The Harbour Board Block is covered with valuable timber,
including totara. Settlement on the block is satisfactorily
progressing, forty-two sections having been purchased. Ap-
proachable by good roads. Distance from Palmerston, about
fourteen miles.

The Tokomaru sections are undulating and hilly, well
watered, and accessible by roads formed and in progress. The
growth of timber is light, interspersed with fern; the soil good.
Distance from Wanganui, about ten miles.

Terms of Sale: One-fourth of the purchase-money to be paid
on application, and the balance to the Receiver of Land Revenue
at Wellington within one calendar month from date of appli-
cation; otherwise the deposit will be forfeited, and the contract
for the sale of the land thenceforth will be null and void.
Crown-grant fees to be paid on completion of the purchase.
Coloured lithographic plans of the above sections are on view
at the Land Offices throughout the colony.

JOS. G. HOLDSWORTH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of the Waitara Block, Upper Mohaka.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 27th November, 1882.

THE lands mentioned hereunder, having been classified under
"The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882," will be
offered for sale, for cash, by public auction, at the Council
Chamber, Napier, on Wednesday, the 28th February next, at
11 o'clock in the forenoon.

A lithograph plan of the block has been prepared, and may
be had on application at the Survey Office.

One-fourth of the purchase-money must be paid at the sale,
and the balance within one calender month thereafter.

J. T. TYLEE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.
POHUI SURVEY DISTRICT.
| VIII. | 2 | 516 0 0 | 387 0 0 |
| VIII. | 3 | 502 0 0 | 376 10 0 |
| VIII. | 4 | 579 0 0 | 434 5 0 |

MAUNGAHARURU SURVEY DISTRICT.
| I. | 2 | 3,146 0 0 | 3,015 5 0 |
| I. | 3 | 2,915 0 0 | 2,550 12 6 |
| I. | 4 | 535 0 0 | 401 5 0 |

THIRD-CLASS LAND.
MAUNGAHARURU SURVEY DISTRICT.
| I. | 1 | 4,330 0 0 | 2,165 0 0 |

WAITARA SURVEY DISTRICT.
| V. | 5 | 5,326 0 0 | 1,597 16 0 |
| V. | 5A | 3,827 0 0 | 956 15 0 |
| V. | 6 | 5,818 0 0 | 1,745 8 0 |

Description.—Pohui District: Open fern-hills intersected by
narrow valleys, the soil is light. Section 2 has a small frontage
to the Taupo Road, and is bounded on one side by the Mohaka
River. Sections 3 and 4 have frontage to the Taupo Road.

Maungaharuru District: Fern-hills and spurs on the western
slopes of the Maungaharuru Range, the soil is light, about one
half of Section 2 is undulating country covered with natural
grasses. Section 3 is good pastoral land. Section 4 has front-
age to Taupo Road. A few clumps of bush are scattered about
on Section 1.

Waitara District: Open fern country, hilly.
A bridle-road on the permanent grades has been formed a
distance of twelve miles through the block, starting from the
Taupo Road about thirty-five miles from Napier.

Otago Runs.—Leases which expire in March, 1884.

THE following Licenses of Runs, for terms of years com-
mencing the 1st March, 1884, will be offered by auction, in
Watson's Long-room, High Street, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the
27th February, 1883, at 11 o'clock a.m.

Subdivision of Run No. 3 of C, north of Ahuriri River, and
south of Run No. 189—
Run No. 3 of C, about 45,720 acres. License for ten
years. Upset rental, £762 per annum.
Run No. 4 of C, about 21,040 acres. License for seven
years. Upset rental, £439 per annum.

Subdivision of Run No. 322, bounded by Ahuriri, Omarama,
and Otamatapaio Rivers—
Run No. 322, about 9,780 acres. License for ten years.
Upset rental, £163 per annum.
Run No. 322A, about 27,090 acres. License for ten years.
Upset retal, £339 per annum.
Run No. 322B, about 25,270 acres. License for ten years.
Upset rental, £316 per annum.

Run No. 201, bounded by Ahuriri, Longslip, and Omarama
Rivers—
Run No. 201, about 71,470 acres. License for ten years.
Upset rental, £894 per annum.

Subdivision of Run No. 243, south of Waitaki River, and east
of Otamatakau River—
Run No. 243, about 12,820 acres. License for ten years.
Upset rental, £214 per annum.
Run No. 243A, about 28,340 acres. License for fourteen
years. Upset rental, £355 per annum.
Run No. 243B, about 21,600 acres. License for fourteen
years. Upset rental, £270 per annum.

Run 362B, Clarke's Diggings, immediately south of Run
No. 243B—
Run No. 362B, about 26,030 acres. License for ten years.
Upset rental, £150 per annum.

LITHOGRAPH SHEET No. 1.
WAITAKI COUNTY.
Subdivision of Run No. 189, south of Ohau Lake—
Run No. 189, about 17,050 acres. License for ten years.
Upset rental, £213 per annum.
Run No. 189A, about 13,980 acres. License for ten years.
Upset rental, £175 per annum.

LITHOGRAPH SHEET No. 2.
MANIOTOTO COUNTY.
Runs Nos. 353A, 353B, and 353C (not subdivided), situated on
the Lammerlaw Ranges, and running to Upper Taieri
River—
Run No. 353A, about 38,940 acres. License for fourteen
years. Upset rental, £406 per annum.
Run No. 353B, about 33,020 acres. License for fourteen
years. Upset rental, £207 per annum.
Run No. 353c, about 8,600 acres. License for fourteen
years. Upset rental, £54 per annum.

LITHOGRAPH SHEET No. 3.
LAKE COUNTY.
Subdivision of Run No. 337, north-west of Lake Wanaka—
Run No. 337, about 26,030 acres. License for fourteen
years. Upset rental, £109 per annum.
Run No. 337A, about 23,600 acres. License for fourteen
years. Upset rental, £99 per annum.

Subdivision of Run No. 333, west of Lake Wanaka—
Run No. 333, about 51,560 acres. License for ten years.
Upset rental, £215 per annum.
Run No. 333A, about 28,790 acres. License for ten years.
Upset rental, £120 per aunum.

Subdivision of Run No. 334, south-west of Lake Wanaka—
Run No. 334, about 18,610 acres. License for ten years.
Upset rental, £310 per annum.
Run No. 334A, about 14,920 acres. License for ten years.
Upset rental, £187 per annum.
Run No. 334B, about 48,460 acres. License for ten years.
Upset rental, £404 per annum.

Run 340B (not subdivided), north of Cardrona Commonage—
Run No. 340B, about 16,530 acres. License for fourteen
years. Upset rental, £138 per annum.

Subdivision of Run No. 345, south of Kawarau River, near its
junction with the Shotover—
Run No. 345, about 11,980 acres. License for fourteen
years. Upset rental, £125 per annum.
Run No. 345A, about 11,240 acres. License for fourteen
years. Upset rental, £117 per annum.

Subdivision of Run No. 331, lying to the westward of Wakatipu
Lake (south end)—
Run No. 331, about 17,810 acres. License for twenty-one
years. Upset rental, £75 per annum.
Run No. 331A, about 27,670 acres. License for twenty-
one years. Upset rental, £116 per annum.

Subdivision of Run No. 323, south of Wakatipu Lake at
Kingston—
Run No. 323, about 23,930 acres. License for fourteen
years. Upset rental, £100 per annum.
Run No. 323A, about 36,930 acres. License for fourteen
years. Upset rental, £154 per annum.

VINCENT COUNTY.
Run No. 338A (not subdivided), between Hawea and Wanaka
Lakes—
Run No. 338A, about 25,000 acres. License for fourteen
years. Upset rental, £104 per annum.