1096

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Notice to prove Land Claim.

Crown Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 5th September, 1889.

To THOMAS MOONEY, formerly of H.M. 70th Regiment of
Foot, or his Representatives.

YOU are hereby required, within six months from this
date, to prove, to the satisfaction of the Land Board
of the Taranaki Land District, that you have complied with
the conditions required to entitle you to 60 acres of land in
the Tarurutangi District, selected under a naval and military
settlers' land order; and, if you fail to prove your claim
within the specified time, your title to the land will be for-
feited, and the section will thereupon be dealt with as the
said Board may direct.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Lake Ellesmere Lands.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 2nd October, 1889.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be offered for
sale by public auction, for cash, at the upset prices
noted, at the Crown Lands Office, Christchurch, at 11 o'clock
a.m., on Tuesday, the 12th November, 1889.
Purchasers will have to pay one-fifth of the total price on
the fall of the hammer, and the balance within thirty days
thereafter.

J. H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

[No. 61]

This land is all light, sandy soil, principally adapted for
grazing purposes only, though probably some of the better
land is suitable for root-crops. The greater part of the flat
is covered with self-sown rye-grass, and is well known for its
grazing capabilities. Artesian water can, it is believed, be
obtained in any part of the flat. An artesian well was sunk
many years ago on Section 34, Block II., near the sandhill,
in the middle of the flat, and is still flowing. Sections 36 to
40, Block II., adjoining the Little River Railway-line, are
covered with splendid rye-grass. Sections 27 to 32, Block
II., and Sections 1, 2, and 3, Block IV., on the main road,
include part of the same rye-grass flat, and have all some
ground suitable for building on. Sections 4 to 9, and 13, 14,
15, Block IV., are covered with the lake-weed, growing on a
sandy bottom, but are considered capable of improvement if
the lake-water is kept off them. The rest of the sections,
both in Blocks II., III., and IV., especially those fronting
the long straight road, on the ridge, are all more or less covered
with rye-grass, affording good pasturage, and carry a large amount of stock.
Sections 2 to 8, Block II., are wetter than the rest of the flat,
but are all capable of being drained; they do not at present,
however, afford such good pasturage as some of the other
sections.

The whole of the land is within three and a half miles of
either the Greenpark or the Rabbit Island Railway-stations,
on the Little River Railway, but a bridge will have to be
built across the new cut made for the River Halswell before
the latter station can be used. The Ellesmere Flat is
situated about eighteen miles from Christchurch, and is
eminently fitted for grazing and dairy purposes, being within
easy distance of the Taitapu Dairy Factory.

Sale of Pastoral Runs and Crown Lands in Otago.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 7th October, 1889.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be offered for
sale by auction at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin,
on Thursday, the 7th November, 1889, at noon:—

PASTORAL LICENSES.

Run 36, Lake County, about 2,500 acres; term, seven
years. Upset annual rental, £5.

Run 335A (Class I.), Vincent County, about 22,660 acres;
term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £25.

Run 417, Lake County, about 15,900 acres; term, twenty-
one years. Upset annual rental, £5.

Runs 418 and 431 (grouped), Lake County, about 33,000
acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £5.

Run 433 (Class I.), Vincent County, about 24,100 acres;
term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £5.