Aug. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1305

Westland Land District.—Auction Sale of Pastoral
Licenses.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 12th July, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the licenses of the pastoral
runs set out below will be offered by public auction,
at the Land Office, Hokitika, on Wednesday, the 29th day of
August 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, and subject to the
necessary declarations being taken. Maps may be seen at
the Land Office, Hokitika, where other full particulars, as to
conditions of sale and license, &c., may be ascertained.

Payments to be made on the fall of the hammer, and con-
sist, with regard to the said licenses, of six months' rent in
advance and license-fee of £1 1s.

| No. of | Area. | Locality. | Upset | Term: |
| Run. | | | Annual | Ten Years |
| | | | Rental. | from |
| | Acres. | | £ s. | |
| 23 | 23,000 | Clark and Landsboro' | 11 10 | 1 Sept., 1894 |
| | | and Haast Valleys | | |
| 48 | 10,000 | Moeraki River | 10 0 | " |
| 57 | 7,500 | Mariner's Peak | 7 10 | " |
| 70 | 12,500 | Haast and Waita | 12 10 | 1 Mar., 1895 |
| | | Rivers | | |
| 80 | 6,000 | Mount Argentine | 6 0 | 1 Sept., 1894 |
| 90 | 5,500 | Bald Hill Range | 5 10 | " |
| 93 | 10,000 | Upper Hokitika | 10 0 | " |
| | | River | | |
| 119 | 5,000 | Upper Makawhiho | 5 0 | " |
| | | River | | |

Run No. 23, 23,000 acres, Clark and Haast Valleys: Prin-
cipally cattle-feed in bush on hillsides and flats; lower open
country. Access by Haast Pass Track and Clark River-bed.

Run No. 48, 10,000 acres, Moeraki River: Cattle-feed coun-
try, undulating surface; commences half-mile back from the
sea-beach. Accessible by the sea-beach, Moeraki River-bed,
Moeraki Road, and Main South Road.

Run No. 57, 7,500 acres, Mariner's Peak and Kinnaird
Range, immediately south of Paringa River: Fine, open,
grassed country, very little scrub, tussock land runs down
into main bush. Access by old track from Main South
Road.

Run No. 70, 12,500 acres, between Haast and Waita
Rivers: Fine cattle-feed, bush-slopes, and spurs of Mataka-
taki Range; good, dry, flat, timbered lands between foot of
range and Tawerikiti Swamp. Access by Haast River-bed
and Main South Road.

Run No. 80, 6,000 acres, Argentine Range, north of
Paringa River: Access by old track from Paringa Forks or
by spurs from Main South Road. Good, smooth, well-grassed
tops; average height, 3,400ft.; sheep country.

Run No. 90, 5,500 acres, Bald Hill Range. Very smooth
open ridges; good sheep country for nine months in year.
Access must be made by track up spur from Mikonui or
Hokitika River-beds.

Run No. 93, 10,000 acres, Upper Hokitika River Valley:
Comprises all the open lands on the Mita Range and the
flanks of the dividing-range north of Mathias Pass; tus-
sock country, in parts very rugged; good summer sheep-
feed. Access by track to be made up leading spur from
junction of Hokitika-Whitcombe Rivers, and also by spurs
from Mathias River-bed in Canterbury. Average altitude,
3,900ft.

Run No. 119, 5,000 acres, Upper Makawhiho River Valley:
Includes all the lower slopes and terraces on both banks of
river; heavily timbered; cattle-feed under scrub. Access-
ible by Makawhiho River-bed.

DAVID BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rainfall for July, 1894.

| Station. | Observer. | Total | Days | Maximum Fall, and |
| | | Fall, in | of | Date (for Previous |
| | | Inches. | Rain. | Twenty-four Hours). |
| Kaitaia (Whangaroa Harbour) | W. G. Puckey | 7·50 | 21 | 2·00 on 12th. |
| Pakaraka (Bay of Islands) | Hon. H. Williams, M.L.C. | 7·85 | 17 | 2·10 on 12th. |
| Auckland | Government Observer | 4·35 | 19 | 0·79 on 24th. |
| Cuvier Island (Hauraki Gulf) | Lightkeeper | .. | .. | .. |
| Tolago Bay | A. Reeves | 5·13 | 9 | 1·50 on 10th. |
| Omokoroa (Tauranga) | L. A. Shadwell | .. | .. | .. |
| *Te Aroha | C. R. Lusher | .. | .. | .. |
| Rotorua | Dr. Ginders | 5·72 | 15 | 1·32 on 17th. |
| Gisborne | Archdeacon Williams | 4·03 | 16 | 1·26 on 11th. |
| Mahia Peninsula.. | G. C. Ormond | .. | .. | .. |
| Matahiia (Gisborne) | F. J. Kemp | 8·60 | 15 | 1·84 on 26th. |
| Patutahi (Poverty Bay) | H. N. Watson | 5·39 | 14 | 1·60 on 10th. |
| Waihiro (Gisborne) | S. Dodgshun | 6·93 | 16 | 1·54 on 26th. |
| Te Aute (Hawke's Bay) | R. Tacou | 4·20 | 14 | 2·40 on 1st. |
| Petane (Hawke's Bay) | W. H. Smith | 6·20 | 11 | 2·40 on 1st. |
| Napier | E. Lyndon | 2·35 | 15 | 0·76 on 10th. |
| Maraekakaho Station (Hawke's Bay) | A. Lockie | 4·82 | 12 | 2·50 on 1st. |
| Te Kowhai (Patoka, Hawke's Bay) | J. H. Absolom | 13·11 | 20 | 4·50 on 1st. |
| Rakamoana (Hawke's Bay) | J. Moore | 12·15 | 16 | 3·56 on 1st. |
| Mangakuri | G. C. Williams | 4·97 | 15 | 2·90 on 1st. |
| Erehwon (Hawke's Bay) | W. J. Birch | 6·43 | 15 | 2·05 on 1st. |
| Waimarama (Hawke's Bay) | Thomas R. Moore | 1·35 | 14 | 0·26 on 25th. |
| Mount Vernon (Hawke's Bay) | R. Harding | 3·88 | 18 | 1·95 on 1st. |
| Gwavas (Hawke's Bay) | J. Nicoll | 5·62 | 17 | 2·60 on 1st. |
| New Plymouth | E. Veale | 7·83 | 16 | 1·24 on 10th. |
| Inglewood | Miss N. Trimble | 14·52 | 19 | 2·30 on 20th. |
| Ngatimaru | Miss A. Hutchinson | 9·20 | 16 | 1·44 on 20th. |
| Opuni (Otakoho, Taranaki) | D. Wilkie | .. | .. | .. |
| Marehema (Upper Waitotara) | E. F. Liffiton | 7·23 | 20 | 0·96 on 1st. |
| Stratford | Miss Bobin | 8·98 | 19 | 1·22 on 31st. |
| Opunake | A. H. Moore | 5·29 | 20 | 1·17 on 10th. |
| Maniaia | G. A. Hurley | 8·61 | 20 | 3·50 on 10th. |
| Kaponga (Wanganui) | F. S. Canning | 5·39 | 15 | 1·60 on 9th. |
| Hawera (Waipapa) | J. Livingston | 6·46 | 14 | 2·33 on 10th. |
| Wanganui | W. L. Mountfort | 4·01 | 16 | 0·64 on 1st. |
| Kaitoke (Wanganui) | A. Wychodil | 3·77 | 13 | 0·47 on 10th. |
| Wanganui (No. 2 Line) | H. I. Jones | 4·29 | 14 | 0·76 on 1st. |
| Campbelltown | H. Sanson | 4·36 | 12 | 1·08 on 30th. |
| Feilding | S. Goodbehere | 4·33 | 16 | 0·58 on 1st. |
| Colyton (Feilding) | R. L. Pudney | 5·68 | 16 | 0·75 on 22nd. |
| Ormondville | J. C. Westall | 6·91 | 21 | 2·58 on 1st. |
| Woodville | E. A. Haggen | 7·39 | 17 | 1·32 on 9th. |
| Palmerston North | Captain S. Brown | 5·52 | 18 | 1·19 on 10th. |
| Ashurst | Henry Barnes | 6·09 | 19 | 1·22 on 10th. |

*Return incomplete.