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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 92

Pastoral Leases for Sale by Auction, Land District of Canterbury.

District Land and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 1st November, 1892.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Land Act, 1885,” and “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be offered for pastoral lease by public auction, at the Land Office, Timaru, on Monday, the 12th December, 1892, at 11 a.m.:

UNDER “THE LAND ACT, 1892.”

PASTORAL RUNS.

WAIMATE COUNTY.—MEYER SURVEY DISTRICT.

204 | I., II. | 159 2 0 | 5 0 0

Term of lease, seven years.

This area comprises islands in the Waitaki River, about six miles below the railway bridge at Hakateramea, and opposite Sections 33761 and 36278, the property of Messrs. R. Campbell and Sons (Limited) and H. R. Parker, Esq. The islands are generally well grassed.

WAIMATE COUNTY.—NIMROD SURVEY DISTRICT.

205 | V., IX. | 118 0 0 | 11 16 0

Term of lease, seven years.

This area is situated on the east side of the Hakateramea River, extending southwards from Peter’s Creek for a distance of about two and a quarter miles, and comprises fairly good, well-grassed, river-bed land.

MACKENZIE COUNTY.—STRACHEY SURVEY DISTRICT.

206 | II., III., VI., VII. | 2,950 0 0 | 86 0 10

Term of lease, five years.

This area is situated on the Ben Ohau Run No. 87, adjacent to the River Twizel, between the Ohau and Pukaki Rivers, and comprises well-grassed plains at an elevation of about 1,500ft. above sea-level.

MACKENZIE COUNTY.—JOLLIE SURVEY DISTRICT.

207 | I., II., IV. | 550 0 0 | 13 15 0

Term of lease, seven years.

This area is situated between the Braemar Estate and the River Tasman, and comprises well-grassed land of fair quality, at an elevation of about 1,700ft. above sea-level.

UNDER “THE PUBLIC RESERVES ACT, 1881.”

RESERVES.

WAIMATE AND GERALDINE COUNTIES.—PATITI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Part 640 | IV. | 25 0 0 | 2 10 0

Term of lease, seven years.

This area is situated in the Pareora River, at the crossing of the Main South Road, and comprises generally good, well-grassed, low-lying land, subject to floods.

WAIMATE AND GERALDINE COUNTIES.—OTAIO* AND PATITI† SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Part 640 | VIII.,* III.† | 12 0 0 | 1 4 0

Term of lease, seven years.

This area is situated in the Pareora River, about three-quarters of a mile above the crossing of the Main South Road, and comprises fairly well-grassed land, subject to floods.

MACKENZIE COUNTY.—BURKE SURVEY DISTRICT.

1264A | VIII. | 14 3 3 | 6 0 0

Term of lease, seven years.

This section is known as the Police Reserve at Burke’s Pass, and comprises well-grassed land of good quality, and well sheltered by plantations on the west and south-west sides. A strip of plantation 60 links wide, on the west side of reserve, is excluded from lease.

Each and every lease shall be subject to the right of the Crown to terminate it as to part or the whole of the lands comprised therein, by giving to the lessee one year’s previous notice in writing if the land is required by the Government for any purpose.

The lessees will have the right of occupying and using the lands for grazing purposes, but will be prohibited from cropping the same.

Upon the fall of the hammer the purchaser of each lease shall pay six months’ rent in respect thereof.

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

Sale of Pastoral Leases, Canterbury Land District.

District Land and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 2nd November, 1892.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be offered for pastoral lease by public auction, at this office, on Monday, the 19th December, 1892.

Except where otherwise expressed, each and every lease shall be subject to the right of the Crown to terminate it as to part or the whole of the lands comprised therein, by giving to the lessee one year’s previous notice in writing, if the land is required by Government for any purpose.

The lessees will have the right of occupying and using the lands for grazing purposes, but will be prohibited from cropping the same.

Upon the fall of the hammer, the purchaser of each lease shall pay six months’ rent in respect thereof.

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

UNDER “THE LAND ACT, 1892.”

ASHLEY COUNTY.

Mairaki .. | Run202 | II. | 98 0 0 | 4 18 0 | Yearly.

This section is situated on the south bank of the River Ashley, adjoining the properties of Messrs. Beattie and Bowick, distant about five miles north of Cust Railway-station, and comprises soil of a sandy-loam quality, growing cocksfoot and clover.

The lease will be subject to the right of the Crown to terminate it by six months’ notice if the land is required by Government for any purpose.

ASHBURTON COUNTY.

Heron and | Run203 | XV., XVI., | 1500 0 0 | 30 0 0 | 7 years.
Tripp | | III., IV. | | |

This section is situated on the north bank of the south branch of the Ashburton River, about sixteen miles above Mount Somers, and adjoining the Clent Hills and Dunbar’s Runs; it comprises flat and undulating land, stony and swampy in parts, and some large and small lagoons; the soil varies from inferior to fair in character, carrying native grasses. The elevation of the block is over 2,000ft. above the sea-level.

UNDER “THE PUBLIC RESERVES ACT, 1881.”

ASHLEY COUNTY.

Hawkins .. | Res. 179 | IV. | 200 0 0 | 5 16 8 | Yearly.

This section is situated on the north bank of the Waimakariri River, about eleven miles south of West Oxford, in the south-east corner of Burnt Hill Run, and consists of alluvial, stony flats of inferior quality.

AKAROA COUNTY.

Akaroa and | pt. Res. | XII., | 136 1 0 | 10 4 5 | 7 years.
Gough’s | 2166 | VI. | | |

This section comprises all but 23¾ acres of the Akaroa Lighthouse Reserve, and consists of fairly good, hilly, tussock land. The lessee shall forthwith fence off the paddock reserved for the lighthouse-keepers with a substantial post-and-wire sheep-proof fence, in which a 4ft.-gate shall be placed in the position pointed out by the Commissioner of Crown Lands. A right of road from the lighthouse to the roads leading to Akaroa is reserved across the land leased.

ASHBURTON COUNTY.

Rangitata .. | pt. Res. | I. | 383 0 0 | 28 14 6 | 5 years.
| 1237 | | | |

This section is situated on the north-east side of the Rangitata River, adjacent to the Arundel Traffic-bridge, and comprises the upper terrace lands and river-flats, which consist of stony, well-grassed land of fair quality.