MAY 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 579

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale by Auction of Licenses of Runs and Lease of Reserve.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 26th April, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the licenses of the runs set out below will be offered by public auction, at the Land Office, Hokitika, on Tuesday, the 27th day of June next, at the hour of 2 o'clock in the afternoon, at the prices and for the terms given, and subject to any rights of renewal or resumption as may be prescribed by the Land Acts or other constituted authority. Also, at the same time and place, the leaseholds of the subdivision of the reserve set out hereunder, for the term and at the rental, &c., given.

Maps may be seen at the Land Office, Hokitika, where other full particulars, as to conditions of sale, lease, and license, &c., may be ascertained.

Payments to be made on the fall of the hammer, and consist, with regard to pastoral licenses, of six months' rent in advance, and license fee £1 1s.; with regard to lease of subdivision of reserve, one year's rental in advance, lease fee £1 1s.; full amount of bonus (if any).

PASTORAL LICENSES.

SUBDIVISION OF RESERVE.

Bidding to be by bonus, and subject to the payment of £3 rent in arrears on former tenancy.

Run No. 23, 21,000 acres, Clarke and Landsborough River Valleys; altitude, from 200ft. to 3,000ft. above sea-level; accessible by Haast Pass Road (horse track); lately occupied by W. G. Stewart; bush-feed and grass in river flats and on sides of ranges.

Run No. 24, 10,000 acres, Waiatoto Valley; altitude from 200ft. to 3,000ft. above sea-level; accessible from sea-beach and track up Waiatoto River; bush feed, principally on sides of ranges; a few river flats.

Run No. 36, 15,000 acres, Oinemaka (or Black) River; altitude from sea-level to 3,000ft.; bush feed, in broken country and river valleys. Access by beach road and Main South Road (horse-track) which intersects run.

Run No. 43, 10,000 acres, Makawiho (or Jacob's River); altitude from sea-level to 2,000ft.; bush feed, principally flats on river and hill-sides. Access by Main South Road (horse-track).

Run No. 49, 12,000 acres, Gordon River. This country embraces the area known as the Happy Valley; good wintering ground for sheep, which can be pastured on the adjoining hill-tops during the remainder of the year. Access by Mount Rangitoto Road (horse-track).

Runs Nos. 74 and 75; area 10,000 and 6,000 acres, adjoin, and are intersected by the Haast Pass Road (horse-track); bush-feed country, with some open river flats.

Run No. 95, Axis River, a branch of the Waiatoto, 5,000 acres; principally bush-feed on hill-sides, but also covers a good river flat; average altitude, 500ft. to 3,000ft.

Run No. 96, 5,000 acres, along the foot of hills between the Okuru and Waiatoto Rivers; cattle-feed country (bush), with some open swampy land; about 150ft. above sea-level.

Run No. 97, 5,000 acres, on the Fox Range; sheep country, on mountain tops and sides; average altitude, 3,500ft. Access from Main South Road, and Clearwater and Cook's River flats.

Run No. 98, 5,000 acres, on the Copland Range; sheep country, on mountain tops and sides opposite the Fox Range; average altitude 3,500ft. Access from Main South Road, Cook's River flat, and Cook's River-bed.

Run No. 99, 5,000 acres, on the sunny face of the main range near the head of the Whitcombe (or Pass River); sheep country; average altitude, 4,000ft. Most accessible from the Canterbury side over the Whitcombe Pass.

Run No. 100, 5,000 acres good grass (sheep country) on the Gribben Spur; average altitude, 3,500ft. Accessible by Gordon River or Waitaha River-beds. Good wintering country in the adjacent Happy Valley.

Run No. 101, 5,000 acres, also good grass (sheep country) on the Dickie Spur; average altitude, 3,500ft. Accessible also by the Gordon River Valley, and best worked in connection with good wintering country therein.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Leases of Small Grazing-runs, Otago, open for Application.

District Land Office,
Dunedin, 17th April, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that leases of the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for application, at this office, on Wednesday, the 7th June, 1893, at the rental noted opposite each run.

SCHEDULE.

Otago Land District.—Waitaki County.
Maruwenuna Survey District.

Domet Survey District.

17A (Class I.) | 4,457 0 0 | 0 6·5 | 60 7 2

Run No. 17 is very rugged and broken, and extends from the top of Ben Lomond to the Otekaike River. Soil light, covered with tussock; well watered, with a number of sheltered gullies. Distance from Otekaike Siding about six miles by road and track. Altitude averages 2,000ft.

Run No. 17B includes the southern slope from the Ben Lomond Range to the Maruwenuna River; soil light, growing tussock; well watered. Distance from Livingstone by road, seven miles. Altitude averages 2,000ft.

Run No. 17C is light pastoral land, well watered, and sloping towards the Maruwenuna River. Distance from Livingstone by road, seven miles. Altitude averages 2,400ft.

Run No. 17D consists of light pastoral land, well watered, and sloping towards the Maruwenuna River. Distance from Livingstone by road, seven miles. Altitude averages 2,400ft.

Run No. 17E consists of light pastoral country, well watered, and sloping towards the Maruwenuna River. English grass and clover are growing near the river, and tussock on the remainder of the run. Distance from Livingstone by road, about seven miles. Altitude averages 1,400ft.

Run No. 17F consists of light undulating pastoral land, well watered, and partly arable. Distance from Livingstone by road, about seven miles. Altitude averages 1,900ft.

Run No. 17G consists of light undulating pastoral country, well watered, and in parts arable. Distance from Livingstone by road, about seven miles. Altitude averages 1,900ft.

Run No. 17A is very steep and broken where it faces the Otekaike and towards the Maruwenuna, but there are very good slopes near the top of it; soil light, growing tussock; well watered. Distance from Kyeburn, on west, six miles; from Otekaike to north-east, nine miles (both accessible by track); and from Livingstone, to the south-east, seven miles by road. Altitude averages 2,500ft.