FEB. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 179

miles east of Roxburgh, and comprising the country at the
head of Manor Burn and Teviot River. Altitude, 2,000ft. to
3,000ft. Present licensee, Mr. Wm. Tindal Scrimgeour.

Run 206D (Class I.), Maniototo County: Area, about 3,940
acres; term, nine years; upset annual rental, £32 16s. 8d.;
valuation for improvements, £75. This run is situated
between Kyeburn Hundred and the summit of Kakanui
Range, with outlet by tracks to Kyeburn and Naseby.
Altitude, from 2,000ft. to 5,000ft. Late licensee, Mr. John
Malloch.

Run 212E (Class II.), part of Dusky Hill Station, Tuapeka
County: Area, about 2,442 acres; term, ten years; upset
annual rental, £20 7s.; valuation for improvements, £94 14s.
Situated six miles from Heriot Railway-station; watered by
the Pomahaka River, and accessible by track from Kelso.
Rather poor country, with fern, and of an altitude varying
from 1,000ft. to 2,000ft. Present licensee, Mrs. J. P. Kirke.

Run 212F, part of Dusky Hill Station, Tuapeka County:
Area, about 1,069 acres; term, ten years; upset annual
rental, £26 14s. 6d.; valuation for improvements, £190.
Adjoins Run 212E on its north-eastern boundary, and re-
sembles it in character. Late licensee, Mrs. J. P. Kirke.

Run 226E (Class I.), Vincent County: Area, about 9,730
acres; term, eight years; upset annual rental, £40 10s.;
valuation for improvements, £104 10s. Situated ten miles
from St. Bathan's, near the head of the Dunstan Creek, by
the tributaries of which it is well watered. This run varies
in altitude from 3,000ft. to 5,000ft., and is accessible by
track from Tarras and St. Bathan's. Late licensee, Mr.
A. R. Blackwood.

Runs 236E and 236H (grouped, Class I.), part of Morven
Hills Station, Vincent County: Area, about 21,740 acres;
term, nine years; upset annual rental, £400. Situated
about five miles south-east of Gladstone, and watered by the
Lindis River and numerous streams. Altitude, from 2,000ft.
to 4,000ft. Present licensee, the Hon. E. W. Parker.

Runs 243A and 243B (grouped), part of Rugged Ridge
Station, Waitaki County: Area, about 49,610 acres; term,
fourteen years; upset annual rental, £700; valuation for
improvements, £835. This country extends southwards from
the Waitaki River, and is comprised within the Otematata
watershed. It lies within fourteen miles of Kurow. Altitude,
from 2,900ft. to 4,900ft. Present licensee, Mr. H. Cameron,
is to be allowed one month from 1st March, 1894, to remove
his stock from the above runs, if he does not purchase the
new license.

Runs 262A, 262K, 262L, 262M, and 262N (grouped, Class I.),
part of Galloway Station, Tuapeka and Vincent Counties:
Area, about 27,065 acres; term, five years; upset annual
rental, £400. Situated about four miles from Alexandra.
This country extends from Manor Burn to the Knobby
Ranges, and is watered by the Hope and Little Valley
Creeks. Altitude, from 2,000ft. to 3,000ft. Present licensees,
Messrs. R. Campbell and Sons (Limited).

Run 346, Lake County: Area, about 14,300 acres; term,
fourteen years; upset annual rental, £15; valuation for im-
provements, £36. This run adjoins Glenorchy, at head of
Lake Wakatipu. Altitude, from 1,100ft. to 5,000ft. Late
licensees, Messrs. Valpy and Co.

Runs 346B and 346C (grouped), Paradise Flat Station, Lake
County: Area, about 1,800 acres (exclusive of bush); term,
seven years; upset annual rental, £30. Sections 34 to 38,
Block II., Dart District, are comprised in the above area.
This country is situated on the Dart River, about five miles
north of Kinloch. Its highest altitude is 4,500ft. Late
licensee, Mr. G. S. Fulton.

Run 444, Lake County: Area, about 9,800 acres; term,
ten years; upset annual rental, £5. Situated nine miles
north of Macetown, and watered by a branch of the Mota-
tapu River. Highest altitude, 6,800ft. Late licensee, Mr.
Jas. Ferris.

Runs 458 and 468 (grouped), Lake County: Area, about
57,400 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental,
£10; valuation for improvements, £31. Adjoins Canterbury
Province, at the head of Matukituki Valley. High country,
rising from 1,100ft. to 9,000ft., abundantly watered. Late
licensee, Mr. Hugh McPherson.

Run 478 (Class I.), Southland and Tuapeka Counties: Area,
about 12,300 acres; term, ten years; upset annual rental,
£40. Situated between Pomahaka River and the Wakatia
Bush; well watered. Altitude, from 3,500ft. to 4,500ft.
Present licensee, Mr. Archibald McGregor.

Run 1, Tuapeka Depasturing District: Area, about 2,758
acres; term, four years; upset annual rental, £30; valua-
tion for improvements, £51 3s. 3d. Situated at head of Tua-
peka River; well watered. Part of Bellamy Station (137E)
is included in this run.

Cairnhill District, Sections 8 to 19, Block II. (Class II.),
Vincent County: Area, about 2,069 acres; term, seven years;
upset annual rental, £25. Situated on Clutha River, imme-
diately east of Bald Hill Flat, and six miles south of Alex-
andra. Present licensee, Mr. John Butler.

Cairnhill District, Section 20, Block II., and Sections 4
to 6, Block III. (Class II.), Vincent County: Area, about
1,205 acres; term, seven years; upset annual rental, £15.
Situated on Clutha River, adjoining and south of the pre-
ceding run. Present licensees, Messrs. McGettigan and
Sorrenson.

Table Hill District, Section 37, Block VI., Bruce County:
Area, about 173 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual
rental, £4. Situated about six miles from Millburn Railway-
station, by formed road. Fronts Tokomairiro River.

Table Hill District, Section 28, Block VII., Tuapeka
County: Area, about 643 acres; term, ten years; upset
annual rental, £18 15s. 1d.; valuation for improvements,
£160. Situated in Waitahuna Gully, three miles from Wai-
tahuna Railway-station; well watered. Run at present
occupied by the administratrix of the late Niels Nass.

Possession of Runs 19, 206D, 212E, 212F, 226E, 243A, and
243B (grouped); 346, 346B, and 346C (grouped); 444, 458, and
468 (grouped); 1; Section 37, Block VI., Table Hill District;
and Section 28, Block VII., Table Hill District, will be given
on 1st March, 1894. Possession of the remaining runs—viz.,
199A and 199B (grouped); 236E and 236H (grouped); 262A,
262K, 262L, 262M, and 262N (grouped); 478, Sections 8 to 19,
Block II., Cairnhill District; and Section 20, Block II., and
Sections 4 to 6, Block III., Cairnhill District—will be given
on 1st March, 1895.

Valuations, where specified, must be paid on day of sale;
and such payments, with respect to runs expiring in 1895,
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 expired
or 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."

Purchasers must deposit statutory declaration required by
section 62 of "The Land Act, 1892," and pay the first half-
year's rent (together with license-fee, £1 1s.) on fall of the
hammer.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 23rd January, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small
grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, on
and after Monday, the 26th February, 1894, at the rental
noted opposite each run. In case of more than one applica-
tion for the same run on the same day, priority of selection
will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Pastoral Land.

BLACKSTONE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Subdivisions of Pastoral Run 225 and part of Pastoral
Run 225A, resumed for settlement. The country was com-
prised within Highfield Station, lately occupied by Messrs.
Ross and Glendining. It consists of open, broken land, of
fair quality, interspersed with rocks, watered; distance from
Naseby from thirteen to eighteen miles. The runs are either
traversed by or are in close proximity to the proposed Otago
Central Railway. Their average altitude is 2,000ft.

Valuations for improvements are payable immediately
after ballot as follow: Run 225D, £63; Run 225O, £24; Run
225F, £14 8s.; Run 225P, £17 2s. Mr. C. Brown is to be
allowed one month's time from date of sale to remove
eighteen chains of fencing erected by him in northern corner
of Run 225P.