MAR. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 527

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 Night-caps 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 Par-rawa 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.

Rural Lands in the Marlborough Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Land and Survey Office, Blenheim, 18th 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 6th April, 1892, when the first applicant on any tenure will be entitled to the area applied for:-

SECOND-CLASS UNSURVEYED LAND.

Marlborough County.-Wakamarina Survey District.

Part of Block IV.; area, 1,100 acres. Cash price, 10s. per acre; deferred-payment half-yearly instalments for ten years, 7½d. per acre; perpetual-lease rent, half-yearly, 3d. per acre.

Steep hills, mixed bush, principally birch. Accessible by boat from Havelock to the head of Nydia Bay, seventeen miles; thence by unformed road, one mile.

HENRY G. CLARK, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands open for Sale or Selection, Hawke's Bay Land District.

District Land and Survey Office, Napier, 18th 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 6th April, 1892. In cases where more than one application is received for the same section on the same day, priority of choice will be decided by lot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the Crown Lands Office, Napier:-

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Cook .. | Hangaroa .. | 27 | X. | 64 2 27 | 1 0 0 | 64 13 6 | 1 5 0 | 4 1 3 | 0 1 0 | 1 12 6

Situated about forty-five miles from Gisborne and two and a half miles from Tiniroto, on a formed road; the country is broken fern land, light soil, with some flats suitable for a homestead.

Patangata | Weber .. | 3 | X. | 387 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 483 15 0 | 1 11 3 | 30 4 8 | 0 1 3 | 12 2 0

Fair land, with mixed bush and good road-access; three miles from the Wainui-Danevirke formed road and the Weber Village.

Waipawa.. | Woodville .. | 40 | I. | 22 0 9 | 2 10 0 | 55 3 0 | 3 2 6 | 3 8 9 | 0 2 6 | 1 7 6

Covered with mixed bush; fair soil. The land is nine miles from Woodville and eight from Danevirke, and has easy road-access; it fronts Top Grass Road and a cross road. All the adjoining land at Maharahara is taken up and settled.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Cook .. | Hangaroa .. | 20 | X. | 50 2 21 | 0 15 0 | 37 19 6 | 0 18 9 | 2 7 10 | 0 0 9 | 0 19 3

Situated about forty-five miles from Gisborne and two and a half from Tiniroto Village, on a formed road; the country is broken fern land, light soil, with some small flats suitable for a homestead.

Cook .. | Motu .. | 9 | III. | 195 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 121 17 6 | 0 15 7½ | 7 12 6 | 0 0 7½ | 3 1 0

Hilly pastoral country, covered with light bush, on the banks of the Motu River. The section fronts the Gisborne-Opotiki Road, and is about a mile and a half away from the Motu Village.

Cook .. | Uawa .. | 1 | I. | 627 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 313 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 19 12 0 | 0 0 6 | 7 16 9

Cook .. | Tokomaru .. | 1 | XIII. | 627 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 313 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 19 12 0 | 0 0 6 | 7 16 9

Mostly bush, good soil; about forty-five miles from Gisborne. The Ormond-Waiapu Road (not formed) runs through the western corner.

Wairoa .. | Mohaka .. | 4 | XI. | 85 3 17 | 0 10 0 | 43 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 2 13 9 | 0 0 6 | 1 1 6

The land is unbroken country, covered with fern and light scrub; the soil is light pumice. The section is situated close to the Napier-Wairoa main road, and is about eight miles from Mohaka Post-office.

Wairoa .. | Taramarama* | 2, 3 | V. | 464 3 0 | 0 10 0 | 232 7 6 | 0 12 6 | 14 10 8 | 0 0 6 | 5 16 3

There are about 28 chains of fencing on the land, which is about twelve miles from Frasertown.

• Weighted with £15 for improvements.

T. HUMPHRIES, Commissioner of Crown Lands.