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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 7

Lease of Pastoral Runs, Southland Land District.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Invercargill, 18th January, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction, at the Land Office, Invercargill, at noon, on Wednesday, the 1st March, 1893:—

Class I. (Term: Ten years, from the 1st March, 1894.)

Run 119A, part Wantwood Station, Southland County; 6,406 acres; upset rental, £53 7s. 8d. High, broken country, sparsely covered with fern and tussock, and is split into nine pieces by intervening freehold land. Altitude from 1,000ft. to 3,000ft. above sea-level; distance from Mandeville Railway-station from three to eight miles.

Run 119B, part Lora Station, Southland County; 2,560 acres; upset rental, £21 6s. 8d. High, broken country, sparsely covered with fern and tussock, and is split into three pieces by intervening freehold land. Altitude from 1,000ft. to 3,000ft. above sea-level; distance from Gore Railway-station about eighteen miles.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Licenses, Otago Land District, for Sale by Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 16th January, 1893.

IT is hereby notified that licenses of the under-mentioned pastoral runs will be submitted to public auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on the 28th February, 1893, at 11.30 a.m.:—

PASTORAL LICENSES.

Run 189 (Class I.), part of Benmore Station, Waitaki County; about 76,600 acres; term, eighteen years. Upset annual rental, £1,100. This run comprises runs at present numbered 3 of c, 189, and 189A. It is situated forty-four miles from Kurow Railway-station, and extends from Lake Ohau southwards to the Ahuriri River.

Run 201 (Class I.), part of Omarama Station, Waitaki County; about 86,770 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £700. Situated forty-two miles from Kurow Railway-station.

Run 211 (Class I.), part of Kyeburn Station, Maniototo and Waitaki Counties; about 89,600 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £900. This run comprises runs at present numbered 206c, 211, 211A, and 362A. It adjoins Kyeburn and Naseby, and extends to within about ten miles of Alexandra.

Run 325B (Class I.), part of Earnscleugh Station, Vincent County; about 9,650 acres; term, nine years. Upset annual rental, £180. Situated near Clyde.

Run 212E (Class II.), part of Dusky Hill Station, Tuapeka County; about 2,442 acres; term, ten years. Upset annual rental, £30. Situated six miles from Heriot Railway-station.

Run 322 (Class I.), part of Omarama Station, Waitaki County; about 96,130 acres; term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £1,000. This run comprises runs at present numbered 322, 322A, 322B, and 403. It is situated thirty-four miles from Kurow Railway-station.

Crookston District, Sections 47 and 48, Block I. (Class II.), Tuapeka County; about 566 acres; term, seven years. Upset annual rental, £7. Situated two miles from Beaumont.

Crookston District, Sections 45 and 46, Block I., and Sections 1, 2, and 3, Block XVI. (Class II.), Tuapeka County; about 1,108 acres; term, seven years. Upset annual rental, £14. Situated two miles from Beaumont.

Crookston District, Sections 4 and 5, Block XVI. (Class II.), Tuapeka County; about 421 acres; term, seven years. Upset annual rental, £5 10s. Situated two and a half miles from Beaumont.

Crookston District, Sections 3 and 4, Block XV. (Class II.), Tuapeka County; about 393 acres; term, seven years. Upset annual rental, £5. Situated five miles from Beaumont.

Crookston District, Sections 8, 10, and 11, Block XV. (Class II.), Tuapeka County; about 588 acres; term, seven years. Upset annual rental, £7 10s. Situated four miles from Beaumont.

Crookston District, Sections 9, 12, and 15, Block XV. (Class II.), Tuapeka County; about 463 acres; term, seven years. Upset annual rental, £6. Situated four miles from Beaumont.

Silver Peak District, Section 1, Block III. (Class II.), Tauri County; about 1,856 acres; term, ten years. Upset annual rental, £23. Situated twelve miles from Dunedin, and three miles from Mount Allan Railway-station (Otago Central).

Silver Peak District, Section 1, Block VIII. (Class II.), Tauri County; about 2,093 acres; term, seven years. Upset annual rental, £55. Situated five miles from Mount Allan Railway-station (Otago Central).

Run 5 of c (Class II.), part of Benmore Station, Waitaki County; about 3,900 acres; term, ten years. Upset annual rental, £20. Situated thirty-four miles from Kurow Railway-station.

Table Hill District, Section 69, Block IV., Bruce County; about 202 acres; term, seven years. Upset annual rental, £5. Situated one mile from Manuka Railway-station, forty-five miles from Dunedin (Lawrence Branch).

Run 206D, Maniototo County; about 3,940 acres; term, fourteen years. Upset annual rental, £50. Valuation for improvements, £83 15s.

Run 262, part of Galloway Station, Vincent County; about 40,520 acres; term, fourteen years. Upset annual rental, £350. Valuation for improvements, £603. Situated ten miles from Alexandra. This run comprises runs recently numbered 262 and 262D.

Run 226E, Vincent County; about 9,730 acres; term, nine years. Upset annual rental, £50. Valuation for improvements, £117 10s. Situated ten miles from St. Bathans.

Possession of the foregoing runs will be given on the 1st March, 1894, except in the case of the last five (5 of c, Section 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, where stipulated, must be paid on day of sale; and such payments, with respect to runs expiring in 1894, must be made 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 application, early in February.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 15th September, 1892.

IN pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1894, the period of literature will be the reign of Queen Anne, and the special books will be Shakespeare's King Henry V. and Lamb's Essays of Elia.

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.

Bankruptcy Notices.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, holden at Wellington.

NOTICE is hereby given that ELIZA THOMPSON, of Cuba Street, Wellington, Herbalist, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on Tuesday, the 31st day of January, 1893, at 11 o'clock.

C. C. GRAHAM,
Official Assignee.

Wellington, 17th January, 1893.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, holden at Wellington.

NOTICE is hereby given that ROBERT MANSON, of Kaiwarra, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on Wednesday, the 11th day of January, 1893, at 11 o'clock.

C. C. GRAHAM,
Official Assignee.

Wellington, 4th January, 1893.