Feb. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 257

Silver Peak District, Section 1, Block VIII. (Class II.),
Taieri County; about 2,093 acres; term, seven years; upset
annual rental, £55; annual rental under expiring lease,
£26 12s. 10d. Situated five miles from Mount Allan Rail-
way-station (Otago Central), is well watered, and fairly
grassed. Merino sheep are now being grazed upon the land.
The altitude varies from 1,500ft. to 2,000ft. above sea-level.

Run 5 of c (Class II.), part of Benmore Station, Waitaki
County; about 3,900 acres; estimated carrying capacity,
3,900 sheep; term, ten years; upset annual rental, £20;
annual rental under expiring lease, £5. Present lessee,
Messrs. R. Campbell and Sons. Situated thirty-four miles
from Kurow Railway-station, and extends in a narrow belt
from the confluence of the Ahuriri River with the Waitaki
River to about one mile above Totara Creek. It includes
several islands in the Ahuriri River. The main road skirts
the last-named river on the west of the run. The country is
low-lying, at an altitude from 1,000ft. to 1,200ft. above sea-
level.

Table Hill District, Section 69, Block IV. (Class II.),
Bruce County; about 202 acres; term, seven years; upset
annual rental, £5; annual rental under last lease, £10 2s.
Situated one mile from Manuka Railway-station, forty-five
miles from Dunedin (Lawrence Branch). The country is
medium grazing quality, broken, well watered by tributaries
of the Tokomairiro River, and adapted for grazing half-bred
sheep. A good road passes near this section.

Run 206D (Class I.), Maniototo County; about 3,940 acres;
term, fourteen years. Upset annual rental, £50. Valuation
for improvements, £83 15s. Annual rental under expiring
lease, £120. Present lessee, Mr. J. Malloch. This run is
situated between Kyeburn Hundred and the summit of the
Kakanui Range, with outlet by tracks to Kyeburn and
Naseby. This country attains an altitude from 2,000ft. to
5,000ft. above sea-level, is poorly grassed, but suitable for
merino sheep.

Run 262 (Class I.), part of Galloway Station, Vincent
County; about 40,520 acres; term, fourteen years; upset
annual rental, £350; valuation for improvements, £603;
annual rental under last lease, £960. Present lessees,
Messrs. R. Campbell and Sons. Situated ten miles from
Alexandra. This run is situated between Manorburn and
Hope’s Creek, and comprises runs recently held as 262, 262D,
and part of 262C. There are tracks to this country from
Alexandra and Roxburgh. The land is fairly grassed, and is
carrying at the present time merino sheep, for which it is
well adapted. 2,000ft. to 3,000ft. above sea-level are the
altitudes.

Run 226E (Class I.), Vincent County; about 9,730 acres;
term, nine years; upset annual rental, £50; valuation for
improvements, £117 10s.; annual rental under expiring lease,
£370. Present lessee, Mr. A. R. Blackwood. Situated ten
miles from St. Bathans, near the head of the Dunstan Creek,
well watered by the tributaries of that creek, and accessible
by track from Tarras and St. Bathan’s. The country is high-
lying and poorly grassed, but adapted for merino sheep. The
altitude varies from 3,000ft. to 5,000ft. above sea-level.

Possession of the foregoing runs will be given on the 1st
March, 1894, except in the case of the last five (5 of c, Sec-
tion 9, Block IV., Table Hill District, 206D, 262, and 226E).
Possession of the first (5 of c) will be given 1st May, 1894,
and of the remaining four 1st March, 1893.

Valuations must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue,
Dunedin, before the licensee will be let into possession. The
amount of such valuations shall, exclusive of the value of a
rabbit-proof fence, in no case exceed three times the amount
of the average annual rental paid under the expiring lease or
license during the term thereof, or five times such amount
in cases where the annual rent does not exceed £50.

The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with
the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Plans will be circulated, and may be obtained on applica-
tion, early in February.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands in Southland open for Sale or Selection.

District Land and Survey Office, Invercargill, 15th February, 1893.

It is hereby notified that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, in terms of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Thursday, the 25th May next:—

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

| Wallace.. | Waiau | .. | 114 | .. | A. R. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | s. d. | £ s. d. | s. d. | £ s. d. |
| " | " | .. | 115 | .. | 59 0 19 | 36 19 0 | 0 18 6 | 0 14 10 |
| " | " | .. | 116 | .. | 57 0 35 | 35 15 3 | 0 17 11 | 0 14 4 |
| " | " | .. | 117 | .. | 59 3 16 | 37 8 1 | 0 18 9 | 0 15 0 |
| " | " | .. | 118 | .. | 58 0 31 | 36 7 5 | 0 18 2 | 0 14 7 |
| " | " | .. | 119 | .. | 57 1 30 | 35 18 0 | 0 18 0 | 0 14 5 |
| " | " | .. | 120 | .. | 61 1 20 | 38 7 2 | 0 19 2 | 0 15 4 |
| " | " | .. | 123 | .. | 64 0 0 | 40 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 0 16 0 |
| " | Takitimo | .. | 118 | .. | 56 3 12 | 35 10 4 | 0 17 9 | 0 14 3 |
| | | | | 1,330 3 0 | 831 14 5 | 20 15 11 | 16 12 8 |

Sections 114 to 120 and 123, Waiau District, level, poor soil; vegetation, silver tussock and fern, also a little mixed bush; gravel formation; height above sea-level from 300ft. to 350ft.; distance from Otatau Railway-station about twenty-five miles by good road. Section 118, Takitimo District, hilly, good soil, 190 acres, mixed bush; vegetation, silver tussock and fern; limestone formation; height above sea-level from 400ft. to 1,400ft.; distance from Otatau Railway-station by road about thirty-five miles.

Wallace.. | Waiau | .. | 108 | .. | 689 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 344 15 0 | 0 6 | 8 12 5 | 0 4 8 | 6 17 11

Level, gravel formation, light soil; vegetation, silver and blue tussock; height above sea-level about 200ft.; distance from Otatau Railway-station about twenty-four miles by good road.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Native Land Court Notices.

Sitting of the Native Land Court under Section 4 of “The Native Land Act 1886 Amendment Act, 1888.”

Native Land Court Court Office,
Auckland, 15th February, 1893.

Notice is hereby given that a sitting of the Native Land Court will be held at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, High Street, Auckland, on the 9th day of March, 1893, at 10 a.m., to make inquiries, as required by section 4 of “The Native Land Act 1886 Amendment Act, 1888,” respecting the transaction mentioned in the Schedule hereto. All persons having objections to the said transaction are required to attend at the time and place aforesaid.

H. F. EDGER,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

93-386. CONVEYANCE dated the 15th day of September, 1892, of land known as Pukawa No. 7, from Petera te Whataaiwi, of Taupo, to Arthur Volkner Grace, of Whanganui.