APRIL 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 397

The purchase or removal of any fences existing at the date of sale on the Crown lands offered for license will be matter of arrangement between the present licensee and the purchaser. No liability is accepted by or on behalf of the Crown in respect of any such fencing.

In the event of the present licensee not becoming the purchaser, a reasonable time will be allowed him for removal of stock and improvements.

Where fences form the boundary between Crown lands offered for license and freehold land the purchaser of such license will be liable to the provisions of any law now or hereafter in force relating to boundary fences.

Posters and plans can be seen at the principal railway-stations and post offices throughout Canterbury, and may be obtained at the Land Office, Christchurch.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Auction of Runs, Blenheim.

Crown Lands Office,
Blenheim, 25th March, 1890.

THE under-mentioned runs will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Survey Office, Blenheim, on Tuesday, the 29th April, 1890, at noon:—

PASTORAL LICENSES.—PART VI., “THE LAND ACT, 1885.”

Arapawa Survey District.

Arapawa Island: East of Section 27, Umueke Bay; estimated area, 3,100 acres; portion of the Brookland Run; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rent, £25 16s. 8d.*

Arapawa Island: West of Section 27, Umueke Bay; estimated area, 1,600 acres; comprising Run No. 4 and portion of the Brookland Run; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rent, £10 10s. 4d.

Watomonga: Estimated area, 1,740 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rent, 1d. an acre.

Otenarua Bay: Estimated area, 2,000 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rent, 1d. an acre.

Opua Bay: Estimated area, 700 acres; term, ten years. Upset annual rent, 1d. an acre.

Kahikatea Bay: Estimated area, 570 acres; term, ten years. Upset annual rent, 1d. an acre.

Linkwater Survey District.

Grove, Queen Charlotte Sound: Estimated area, 900 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rent, ½d. an acre.

Onamalutu Survey District.

Onamalutu: Estimated area, 400 acres; term, ten years. Upset annual rent, 1d. an acre.

The term of the licenses of the following runs to be from date of disposal to the 1st July, 1896:—

Leatham, Raglan, and Molesworth Survey Districts: Adjoining Birch Hill and Raglan Runs; estimated area, 66,600 acres. Upset annual rent, ⅓d. an acre.

Leatham and Spray Survey Districts: Head of the Waihopai, adjoining the Upper Run; estimated area, 12,800 acres. Upset annual rent, ⅓d. an acre.

Spray and Upcot Survey Districts: Adjoining the Castle Run, at the head of the Spray; estimated area, 4,200 acres. Upset annual rent, ⅓d. an acre.

Molesworth and Leatham Survey Districts: Saxton Valley slopes of range, Waihopai Saddle, to boundary of provincial district; estimated area, 14,100 acres. Upset annual rent, ⅓d. an acre.

Molesworth, Leatham and Upcot Survey Districts: Acheron and Saxton Valleys, from summit of range to Pass Run; estimated area, 17,400 acres. Upset annual rent, ⅓d. an acre.

Pine Valley Survey District: North Bank of Wairau (including the late Oddstone Run, 4,200 acres); estimated area, 6,400 acres. Upset annual rent, 1½d. an acre.

In each case the licensee to have the boundaries laid off at his own expense if required to do so by the Land Board.

Half a year's rent and £1 1s. license-fee to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

SMALL GRAZING RUNS UNDER PART VII., “THE LAND ACT 1885.”

Linkwater Survey District.

Mahau Sound: Estimated area, 1,000 acres.

Tennyson Survey District.

Mydia Bay: Estimated area, 720 acres.

Mydia Bay: Estimated area, 250 acres.

The term of lease is twenty-one years. Upset annual rent, 3d. an acre.

Area and boundaries to be subject to adjustment after survey.

*Should any one but the present licensee be the purchaser of this license the sum of £52 10s. for fencing must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue within thirty days of the auction, to be handed to the present licensee. In default the amount deposited at the auction to be forfeited, and the transaction void.

Half a year's rent and £1 1s. lease-fee to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

HENRY G. CLARK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land District of Canterbury.—Sale of Lake Ellesmere Lands.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 11th March, 1890.

IN pursuance of the provisions of “The Ellesmere Lake Lands Act, 1888,” the under-mentioned lands, which were not sold at auction on the 12th November, 1889, 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 Wednesday, the 16th April, 1890.

Purchasers will have to pay one-fifth of the total price on the fall of the hammer, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

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. Section 36, Block II., adjoining the Little River Railway-line, is covered with splendid rye-grass. 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, 8, 9, and 13, 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 known as the base-line 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 greater part of Section 41, Block II., is a sandhill.