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the centre of Castle Rock Station, and is well watered. Accessible by road five miles from Mossburn Railway-station.

Run 187c, part of Beaumont Station, Wallace County; about 10,100 acres. Upset annual rental, £84 3s. 4d.

This run consists of high country with well-rounded ridges containing fair tussock-feed in places, and is well watered. Accessible by road twelve miles from the Nightcaps Railway-station.

Run 188B, part of Centre Hill Station, Wallace County; about 10,800 acres. Upset annual rental, £90.

This run consists of high rugged country with inferior tussock-grass, and is well watered; patches of bush here and there. Accessible by road six miles from Mossburn Railway-station.

Run 198A, part of Dunrobin Station, Wallace County, about 8,200 acres. Upset annual rental, £68 6s. 8d.

This run is similar in quality to Run 188B, but is not such high country. Accessible by road nine miles from Mossburn Railway-station.

Run 198c, part of Dunrobin Station, Wallace County, about 2,100 acres. Upset annual rental, £17 10s.

This run is well-watered country, with fairly good tussock-grass, and contains some peat bogs. Accessible by road thirteen miles from Mossburn Railway-station.

Runs 190A and 302A, part of Five Rivers Station, Southland County, about 7,200 acres. Upset annual rental, £60.

These runs consist of high, ridgy, and rocky country, with fairly good grass, and are well watered. Accessible by road six miles from Mossburn Railway-station.

Run 191B, part of Dome Station, Southland County, about 11,300 acres. Upset annual rental, £94 3s. 4d.

This run consists of high country, fairly well watered, unfit for winter pasture, being at an elevation of 3,000ft. Accessible by road two miles from Lowther Railway-station.

Run 191c, part of Dome Station, Southland County, about 10,300 acres. Upset annual rental, £85 16s. 8d.

This run consists of high, ridgy, and rocky country, with fairly good grass. Accessible by road two miles from Parrawa Railway-station.

Run 302c, part of Eyre Creek Station, Southland County, about 9,310 acres. Upset annual rental, £77 11s. 8d.

This run is similar to Run 191c in character. Accessible by road two miles from Lowther Railway-station.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land District of Canterbury.—Pastoral Lease of Black Forest Station to be sold at Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 30th January, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Land Acts, that the pastoral lease of the under-mentioned run will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 23rd March, 1892, at 12 o’clock noon:—

Run 68, Black Forest Station, Waimate County, about 20,800 acres; term of lease, nineteen years. Upset rental, £460 per annum.

This run is good sound sheep-country, and comprises about 4,000 acres of flat, on the Waitaki River; the remainder consisting of low hills, well grassed and watered.

Six months’ rent must be paid at the time of sale, and possession will be given on the 1st April, 1892. Subsequent payments of rent must be made half-yearly in advance, on the 1st March and the 1st September.

Plans and full particulars may be obtained at this office.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Land and Survey Office, Blenheim, 4th February, 1892.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, in terms of sections 3 to 11 of “The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887,” either for cash, on deferred payments, or for perpetual lease, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 23rd March, 1892. In cases where more than one application is received for the same section, priority of choice will be decided by lot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the Crown Lands Office, Blenheim:—

FIRST-CLASS SURVEYED LAND.

| Marlboro’ | Wakamarina .. | 65 | I. | A. R. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| " | " .. | 66 | " | 53 3 0 | 1 0 0 | 53 15 0 | 1 5 0 | 3 7 2 | 0 1 0 | 1 6 11 |
| " | " .. | 67 | " | 47 1 0 | 1 0 0 | 47 5 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 19 1 | 0 1 0 | 1 3 8 |
| " | " .. | 68 | " | 47 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 47 10 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 19 5 | 0 1 0 | 1 3 9 |
| " | " .. | 69 | " | 67 0 37 | 1 0 0 | 67 4 7 | 1 5 0 | 4 4 1 | 0 1 0 | 1 13 8 |
| " | " .. | 70 | " | 80 2 37 | 1 0 0 | 80 14 7 | 1 5 0 | 5 0 11 | 0 1 0 | 2 0 5 |
| " | " .. | 71 | " | 73 0 37 | 1 0 0 | 73 4 7 | 1 5 0 | 4 11 7 | 0 1 0 | 1 16 8 |
| " | " .. | 72 | " | 66 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 66 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 4 2 6 | 0 1 0 | 1 13 0 |
| " | " .. | 73 | " | 66 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 66 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 4 2 6 | 0 1 0 | 1 13 0 |
| " | " .. | 10 | V. | 52 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 52 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 3 5 0 | 0 1 0 | 1 6 0 |
| " | " .. | 11 | " | 42 3 24 | 1 0 0 | 42 18 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 13 8 | 0 1 0 | 1 1 6 |
| " | " .. | 12 | " | 37 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 37 10 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 6 11 | 0 1 0 | 0 18 9 |
| " | " .. | 13 | " | 35 2 32 | 1 0 0 | 35 14 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 4 8 | 0 1 0 | 0 17 10 |
| " | " .. | 14 | " | 35 1 8 | 1 0 0 | 35 6 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 4 2 | 0 1 0 | 0 17 8 |
| " | " .. | 35 | " | 43 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 43 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 13 9 | 0 1 0 | 1 1 6 |
| " | " .. | 36 | " | 56 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 56 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 3 10 0 | 0 1 0 | 1 8 0 |
| " | " .. | 37 | " | 52 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 52 10 0 | 1 5 0 | 3 5 8 | 0 1 0 | 1 6 3 |
| " | " .. | 38 | " | 49 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 49 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 3 1 3 | 0 1 0 | 1 4 6 |
| " | " .. | 39 | " | 45 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 45 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 16 3 | 0 1 0 | 1 2 6 |
| " | " .. | 40 | " | 36 3 0 | 1 0 0 | 36 15 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 5 11 | 0 1 0 | 0 18 5 |
| " | " .. | 63 | " | 29 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 29 10 0 | 1 ·5 0 | 1 16 11 | 0 1 0 | 0 14 9 |
| " | " .. | 64 | " | 52 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 52 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 3 5 0 | 0 1 0 | 1 6 0 |
| " | " .. | 2 | IX. | 53 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 53 10 0 | 1 5 0 | 3 6 11 | 0 1 0 | 1 6 9 |
| " | " .. | 4 | " | 54 3 0 | 1 0 0 | 54 15 0 | 1 5 0 | 3 8 5 | 0 1 0 | 1 7 5 |
| " | " .. | 7 | " | 60 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 60 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 3 15 0 | 0 1 0 | 1 10 0 |
| " | " .. | 69 | " | 45 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 45 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 16 3 | 0 1 0 | 1 2 6 |
| " | " .. | 70 | " | 64 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 64 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 4 0 0 | 0 1 0 | 1 12 0 |
| " | " .. | | " | 59 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 59 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 3 13 9 | 0 1 0 | 1 9 6 |

Partly hill and partly terrace and flat, and covered with timber, principally birch, rimu, matai, and white-pine in places; soil good, clay soil on hills and terraces, and loamy on the lower flats skirting the streams. These sections front on the Rai River, within half a mile of the coach-road from Blenheim to Nelson.

HENRY G. CLARK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.