Sale of Crown Lands, Otago Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 8th December, 1890.

CROWN lands for sale by auction, at the Crown Lands
Office, Dunedin, on Thursday, the 8th January, 1891,
at 11.30 a.m.:-

PASTORAL LICENSES, under Part VI. of "The Land Act,
1885."

Run 24A, Clutha County, about 890 acres. Term, ten
years. Upset rental, £14 16s. 8d. per annum.

Cardrona District, Section 1, Block IX., and Lower
Wanaka District, Section 5, Block III., about 2,967 acres.
Term, seven years. Upset annual rental, £37.

Lower Hawea District, Sections 1 and 2, Block IX., and
Tarras District, Section 1, Block X., about 4,153 acres.
Term, seven years. Upset annual rental, £50.

Tarras District, Sections 2 and 3, Block X., and 10, Block
VII., about 1,900 acres. Term, seven years. Upset annual
rental, £23.

Tarras District, Sections 1, 2, and 3, Block XII., about
1,419 acres. Term, seven years. Upset annual rental, £17.

Lower Wanaka District, Sections 12, 13, 16, 17, 19 to 22,
Block IV., 1 to 6, Block II., and Lower Hawea District,
Sections 1 to 7 and 9, Block VIII., about 5,334 acres. Term,
seven years. Upset annual rental, £66.

Crookston District, Sections 1 and 18 to 20, Block IV.,
about 213 acres. Term, seven years. Upset annual rental,
£2 13s. 3d.

Crookston District, Sections 35 to 38, Block IV., about
207 acres. Term, seven years. Upset annual rental,
£2 11s. 9d.

Possession of the foregoing runs will be given on day of
sale.

Purchasers will be required to deposit a half-year's rent
and 21s. license-fee on the fall of the hammer.

SMALL GRAZING-RUN LEASES, under Part VII. of "The
Land Act, 1885."

Glenkenich District, Section 11, Block XII., about 941
acres. Term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental,
£23 10s. 6d. Valuation for improvements, £420 1s. 3d.

Hummock District, Sections 1 to 5, Block II., about 2,123
acres. Term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental,
£53 1s. 6d. Valuation for improvements, £61 16s.

Waikouaiti District, Run 171H, about 3,390 acres. Term,
twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £84 15s. Valuation
for improvements, £294.

Waikouaiti District, Sections 26 and 27, Block V., about
663 acres. Term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental,
£20 14s. 4d. Valuation for improvements, £185.

Possession on day of sale.

Purchasers will be required to hand to the auctioneer the
declaration required by section 200 of "The Land Act,
1885," and to pay first half-year's rent, and lease and registration fees (31s.), on fall of hammer.

Valuations for improvements payable within fourteen days
from day of sale.

TOWNSHIPS.

Town sections in Catlin, Kaitangata, and Alexandra
Townships. Upset price, £30 per acre.

Suburban sections in Riverside Township, containing from
2 roods to 8 acres each. Upset price of sections under 5
acres, £20 per acre; of sections over 5 acres, £5.

Terms: 20 per cent. deposit on fall of hammer; balance,
with Crown-grant fee (20s.), within thirty days.

For further particulars apply to this office.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Auction Sale of Pastoral Licenses, Westland Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 20th November, 1890.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leaseholds of pastoral
runs, as noted below, will be offered for sale by public
auction, at the Lands Office, Hokitika, on Tuesday, the 18th
January, 1891, at 11 o'clock a.m. Terms in each case, ten
years, from the 1st March, 1891; and upset price, annual
rentals as noted:-

Run No. 5, Upper Teremakau North, 10,000 acres; £10.

Run No. 12, Upper Mikonui, 3,000 acres; £3.

Run No. 24, Waiatoto, 15,000 acres; £15.

Run No. 25, Arawata, 14,000 acres; £14.

Run No. 48, Blue River, 10,000 acres; £10.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land District of Canterbury. - Canterbury Runs for Sale
by Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 24th November, 1890.

THE under-mentioned runs will be offered for sale by
public auction, at the upset annual rentals noted
below, at the Land Office, Timaru, on Wednesday, the 7th
January, 1891, at 11 a.m.:-

Rhoboro' Downs Station: Run No. 88, Mackenzie County,
64,600 acres; rent, £250. Tenure, ten years.

Part of Benmore Station: Run No. 92, Waitaki County,
28,000 acres, of which about 10,000 acres are fairly-grassed
country, extending down to Lake Ohau; rent, £40. Tenure,
ten years.

Part of Lake Ohau Station: Run No. 93, Waitaki County,
55,000 acres, on the east side of Lake Ohau and the Hopkins
River, including the homestead-paddocks; about 27,000
acres of fairly-grassed country, including some good river-
flats; the rest is bush or high barren country. Rent, £150.
Tenure, ten years.

Part of Lake Ohau Station: Run No. 93A, Mackenzie
County, 124,000 acres, in the fork of the Hopkins and Dobson
Rivers, and the country lying on the east side of the latter
river down to Lake Ohau; about 47,500 acres are fairly-
grassed country, including the river-flats up the Dobson
River; the rest is bush or high barren country. Rent, £150.
Tenure, ten years.

Birchwood Station: Run No. 94, Waitaki County, 47,000
acres, of which it is estimated about 15,000 to 20,000 acres
are fair grazing country; the rest is bush or high barren
country. Rent, £50. Tenure, ten years.

Hunter River Station: Run No. 95, Vincent County,
about 50,000 acres, the estimated area of grazing country
being about 15,000 acres, including the cattle-flats on the
Hunter River; rent, £35. Tenure, seven years.

Cotter's Station: Run No. 95A, Vincent County, about
18,000 acres, including the flats on both sides of the Hunter
River, fit for grazing cattle; rent, £10. Tenure, seven years.

Green Bush Station: Run No. 99A, Vincent County, 9,500
acres, on the east side of the Hunter River, including some
river-flats capable of grazing cattle; rent, £20. Tenure,
seven years.

Island Flat Station: Run No. 99B, Vincent County, 16,000
acres, including river-flats, on the east side of the Hunter
River; rent, £10. Tenure, seven years.

Mount Albert Station: Run No. 96, Lake County, about
46,000 acres, on the west side of Lake Wanaka, including
about 7,300 acres of bush; rent, £60. Tenure, seven years.

Otawaiti Station: Run No. 98, Lake County, about 30,000
acres, of which 18,000 acres are bush land. This run includes the flats on the north side of the Wilkin River and
west side of the Makarora River. Rent, £20. Tenure,
seven years.

Birch Hill Station: Part of Reserve No. 2652, 10,000 acres,
and part of Reserve No. 2756, 4,000 acres, Mackenzie
County; rent, £85. These reserves are let under "The
Public Reserves Act, 1881." Tenure, seven years; but subject to twelve months' notice of termination of lease as
provided by the said Act.

Runs Nos. 95 and 96 are subject to valuation for improvements existing on such parts of them as are occupied under
license formerly held as No. N92, issued under "The Land
Act, 1885." The said valuation will be payable one month
before possession is given, as provided by section 180 of
"The Land Act, 1885."

Six months' rent must be paid at the time of sale, and
possession will be given on the 1st March, 1891. Conditions
as to further payment of rent, date of leases, &c., may be
obtained at the Land Office, Christchurch, and will also be
announced at the time of sale.

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

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 Offices at Christchurch and Timaru.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.