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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 14

Run 493, Milford Sound, Lake County, about 2,000 acres; term, ten years. Upset annual rental, £5.
This run is in high country.

Possession of the foregoing runs will be given on the 1st March, 1893, except in cases of the last three (Runs 27, 458 and 468, and 493), possession of which will be given on the 1st March, 1892. The terms of the licenses will date from the day on which possession is given.

Valuations for improvements, amount of which shall in no case exceed three times the amount of the existing annual rental where such rental is over £50 per annum, or five times the existing annual rental where such rental is under that sum, will be payable by the incoming tenant one month before possession is given, in all cases, except Runs 27, 458 and 468, and 493, which are offered without being subject to valuation.

Licenses of the above runs will be sold generally in terms of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1885,” tenure of runs in Class I. being certain for terms stated, Government not reserving any right of resumption.

Purchasers will be required to deposit a half-year’s rent and £1 1s. license-fee on fall of hammer.

SMALL GRAZING-RUN LEASES (under Part VII. of “The Land Act, 1885”).

Subdivisions of Runs 109A and 109B.

Budle District: Section 1, Block VII.; about 1,847 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £46 3s. 6d.

Dunback District: Section 9, Block VI.; about 1,139 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £28 9s. 6d.

Dunback District: Section 6, Block VIII., about 4,561 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £114 0s. 6d.

Dunback District: Section 1, Block X., about 2,230 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £55 15s.

Dunback District: Section 5, Block XI., about 1,464 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £36 12s.

Highlay District: Section 10, Block IX., about 927 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £23 3s. 6d.

Highlay District: Section 11, Block IX., about 864 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £21 12s.

Highlay District: Section 12, Block IX., about 897 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £22 8s. 6d.

Waihemo District: Section 1, Block X., about 1,378 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £34 9s.

Description of Country.—Section 1, Block VII., good grazing-land, accessible from Macrae’s Township; Section 9, Block VI., Section 1, Block X., and Section 5, Block XI., are fronting on the main road from Dunback to Macrae’s, fair grazing-country, rather dry, but good water in streams; Section 6, Block VIII., Sections 10, 11, 12, Block IX., and Section 1, Block X., good grazing-land, accessible from Macrae’s Township.

Subdivisions of Mount Stoker Run.

Nenthorn District: Section 13, Block IV., about 1,683 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £42 1s. 6d.

Nenthorn District: Section 15, Block IV., and Hummock District, Section 1, Block VII. (grouped), about 2,028 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £50 14s.

Nenthorn District: Section 14, Block IV.; and Hummock District: Section 2, Block VII., and Section 1, Block IX. (grouped), about 4,170 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £104 5s.

Description of Country.—Fair pastoral country, snow-grass and tussock; mean altitude, about 2,000ft.; accessible from either Deep Stream, Sutton, or Middlemarch Railway-stations, the distances to the boundary of the block being respectively six, nine, and twelve miles.

Tiger Hill Runs.

Run 244c, about 1,701 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £42 10s. 6d.; valuation for improvements, £170 10s.

Run 244D, about 1,138 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £28 9s.; valuation for improvements, £137 10s.

Tiger Hill District: Section 29, Block II., and Lauder District, Section 16, Block IV. (grouped), about 567 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £14 3s. 6d.; valuation for improvements, £93 10s.

Description of Country.—Runs 244c and 244D (part of Gal-loway Run), dry pastoral country, fronting Manuherikia River, near Ophir (Black’s); Sections 29 and 16, good pastoral country, between the main road and the river.

Possession of all the foregoing runs will be given on the 1st March, 1892, from which date the terms will commence.

Purchasers will be required to hand to the auctioneer the declaration required by section 200 of “The Land Act, 1885,” and to pay the first half-year’s rent, and lease- and registration-fees (£1 11s.) on fall of the hammer.

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

RURAL AND VILLAGE DEFERRED-PAYMENT LANDS (REOPENED).

Otepopo District: Section 138, Block I. (village), 6 acres 1 rood 19 perches. Upset price, £5 per acre; valuation for improvements, £4.

Waitahuna West District: Section 15, Block IX. (rural), 66 acres 3 roods 39 perches. Upset price, £1 per acre; valuation for improvements, £27.

Terms of Payment: For rural land, one twenty-eighth of total price and £1 1s. (license-fee), to be paid on fall of hammer; balance in equal half-yearly payments extending over fourteen years. For village land, one-tenth of total price and £1 1s. (license-fee), to be paid on fall of hammer; balance in equal half-yearly payments extending over five years.

Purchasers will be required to hand to the auctioneer the statutory declaration required by section 113 of “The Land Act, 1885,” and pay valuations for improvements at time of sale.

RURAL LAND OF SPECIAL VALUE.

Warepa District: Section 8, Block XII., containing 3 roods. Upset price, £1 10s.; valuation for improvements, £3 17s. 6d.

Terms of Payment: Twenty per cent. deposit on fall of hammer; balance, with valuation and Crown-grant fee, £1, within thirty days.

TOWN AND SUBURBAN LANDS.

Town Sections: Bannockburn, Dunkeld, Hyde, Kaita-ngata, and Wayne’s Townships. Upset price, £30 per acre.

Suburban Sections: Bastings and Ettrick Townships; upset price, £3 per acre. Dunkeld Township; upset price, £4 10s. per acre.

Terms of Payment: Twenty per cent. deposit on fall of hammer; balance, with Crown-grant fee £1, and valuation for improvements (if any), within thirty days.

For further particulars apply at this office.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands open for Sale or Selection, Wellington Land District.

District Land and Survey Office, Wellington, 29th January, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned sections will be open for sale or selection, in terms of “The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887,” either for cash, on deferred payments, or on perpetual lease, at the option of the selector, on and after the 15th March, 1892:—

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Wairarapa North | Mangaone .. | 7 and 8 | XI. | A. R. P. 173 2 24 | £ s. d. 1 5 0 | £ s. d. 217 1 3 | £ s. d. 1 11 3 | £ s. d. 13 11 4 | £ s. d. 0 1 3 | £ s. d. 5 8 7

This land is situated on the Tawataia Road, about half a mile from the Eketahuna-Alfredton Road, and comprises generally hilly land, of fair quality, covered with mixed bush.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Wairarapa North | Mangaone .. | 14 | II. | 184 3 0 | 0 15 0 | 138 11 3 | 0 18 9 | 8 13 3 | 0 0 9 | 3 9 4

This section is situated on the Hawera Road, about eight miles north of Eketahuna, and comprises generally hilly land, of fair quality, covered with mixed forest with the usual undergrowth.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.