Mar. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 495

Rural Lands open for Sale or Selection.

District Land and Survey Office,
Wellington, 21st January, 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, when the first applicant on any tenure will be entitled to the area applied for:—

FIRST- AND SECOND-CLASS UNSURVEYED LAND.

Oroua-Coal Creek North Block.—Oroua County.—Apiti Survey District.

Bounded towards the north by the Feilding Special-settlement Block; towards the east by Coal Creek and Crown lands; towards the south by the Oroua-Coal Creek Block; and towards the west by the Oroua River.

This block is situated between the Oroua River and Coal Creek, and extends from that part of the Oroua-Coal Creek Block, already sold, northwards for four miles, to the Feilding Special-settlement Block. The area comprises generally broken and undulating hills, intersected by deep gullies, which merge into gorges, there being some small flats on the Oroua River and Coal Creek, and easy faces and flat tops of considerable size along the main ridge and western slopes towards the Oroua.

The block is fairly well watered, and is covered with heavy mixed bush and dense underscrub, including rimu, rata, hinau, maire, miro, rewarewa, and tawhero, totara and kahikatea occur in places; the undergrowth includes karamu, kotukutuku, nakomako, rangiora, mahoe, kāiwhiria, houhou, and supplejacks. The formation is papa and sandstone, and the soil varies from fair to good, with some very good. The block is distant from Feilding (vid the Kimbolton Road and Birmingham) about twenty-two miles, all of which is a dray-road—in fact, the road to the Feilding Special-settlement Block (which is formed 12ft. wide) passes through this block for two and a half miles, and it is also intended to continue for horse-traffic the road known as “London’s” to the main ridge road, and to construct it from thence northwards through the centre of the block to the Feilding Special-settlement Block, a sum of 3s. 6d. per acre having been added to the price of the land for this purpose. Horses can be got up the Oroua River-bed and Coal Creek. The north end of the block adjoins the cleared road-lines on the Feilding Special-settlement Block.

The country is from 900ft. to 1,700ft. above sea-level, and when brought into cultivation should prove well adapted for pastoral purposes.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lease of Pastoral Runs, Southland Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 19th February, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease, for a term of ten years, by public auction, at the Land Office, Invercargill, on Thursday, the 31st March, 1892, at noon:—

Run 143, Birchwood Station, Wallace County; about 6,550 acres. Upset annual rental, £54 11s. 8d.

Hilly country, poor land, at an elevation of about 1,800ft. Water is to be had on lower portions during the greater part of the year. Situated five miles west of Wairoa Railway-station, with access either from Nightcaps Railway-station, ten miles distant by the Mount Linton Road, or by a cross road from the main road leading through Merivale.

Run (part) 143A, part of Mount Linton Station, Wallace County; about 3,400 acres. Upset annual rental, £28 6s. 8d.

High, ridgy country, with clay-shale formation between Nugget Hill and Wairaki River, patches of good tussock-land here and there, well watered. Accessible by road ten miles from Nightcaps Railway-station.

Run (part) 143B, part of Mount Linton Station, Wallace County; about 3,700 acres. Upset annual rental, £30 16s. 8d.

Broken land, with fairly good tussock-grass and some bush for shelter. Accessible by road eleven miles from Nightcaps Railway-station.

Run (part) 156A¹, part of Mount Linton Station, Wallace County; about 5,130 acres. Upset annual rental, £42 15s.

Situated on the bank of the Wairaki River, and is moderately good tussock-grass country, well watered, with some bush here and there. Accessible by road twelve miles from Nightcaps Railway-station.

Run 173B, part of Blackmount Station, Wallace County; about 6,800 acres. Upset annual rental, £56 13s. 4d.

This run has a long frontage to the Waiau River, on the banks of which latter is some flat land. There are existing improvements consisting of three miles and a half of fencing, including a dividing-fence one and a half miles long. Accessible by road thirty miles from the Nightcaps Railway-station.

Run 173C, part of Blackmount Station, Wallace County; about 15,775 acres. Upset annual rental, £131 9s. 2d.

This run is situated between the western slopes of the Takitimo Ranges and the main road through the western district, by which access is had to it. It consists of high country, with tussock-grass and mountain-herbage, and is abundantly watered by tributaries of the Waiau River. It is well adapted for merino sheep. Improvements consist of twenty-six miles of fencing, sheep-yards, &c.

Run 173A, Redcliffe Station, Wallace County; about 14,400 acres. Upset annual rental, £120.

This run is situated between the western spurs of the Takitimo Ranges and the Waiau River, the highest elevation being about 1,200ft. above the sea-level. It consists of good tussock-grass and other native herbage, and is well watered. The main road from Otatau to Manipori passes through this run; it is also accessible by the Mossburn-Te Anau Road. Improvements consisting of seven miles of boundary-fence are on this run.

Run 181, Castle Rock Station, Wallace County; about 5,974 acres. Upset annual rental, £49 15s. 8d.

This run consists of hilly, tussock, and fern country in 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.