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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 70

Order of Court vesting Lands in the Public Trustee under
"The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894."

In the matter of "The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894"; and in
the matter of a parcel of land numbered 52 on the plan of
part of Section 8, Timaru District, deposited in the Deeds
Registry Office, at Christchurch, and numbered 642.

I HEREBY give notice that, by an order of John Edward
Denniston, Esq., a Judge of the Supreme Court, at
Christchurch, made on the 7th day of August, 1896, all that
piece or parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 1 rood,
or thereabouts, situate and having a frontage of 100 links
on Barnard Street, and numbered 52 on the plan of that
part of the Timaru District laid out by the Messrs. Rhodes
for building and other purposes, being part of section num-
bered VIII. on the map or plan of the Chief Surveyor of the
Province of Canterbury setting out and describing the
rural lands in the said district, was vested in the Public
Trustee of the Colony of New Zealand under and subject to
the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New
Zealand intituled "The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894."

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of September, 1896.

A. A. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the
month of August, 1896. Altitude above the sea,
140ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

• Means.
  † Same month previous years.

NOTE.—First part of month generally fine, with oc-
casional showers and light winds; middle of month showery,
chiefly from N.W.; the maximum rainfall recorded on 16th,
0·76in.; then fine weather until end of month, when it was
showery and unsettled, with S.E. winds. Winds prevailed
from N.W. and S.E., and on the whole moderate. Snow on
hills during latter part of month. Hail on 8th and 17th. Fog
on 6th. Maximum temperature in shade 60°, minimum
34°; mean temperature of dew-point, 40°. Mean humidity,
75. Earthquakes on 14th, at 1.20 a.m., slight; on 15th, at
11.51 a.m., slight; and on 24th, at 1 a.m., very slight.

R. B. GORE, Observer.

Crown Lands Notices.

Small Grazing-runs open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 1st August, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
small grazing-runs will be open for lease on applica-
tion on and after Wednesday, the 30th September, 1896.

In the case of more than one application for the same run
on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by
ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

FIRST- AND SECOND-CLASS PASTORAL COUNTRY.

• Weighted with £2,000 for improvements.

Run No. 35 is first-class pastoral country, and Runs Nos.
32 and 36 are second-class pastoral country.

FIRST- AND SECOND-CLASS PASTORAL COUNTRY.

Run No. 32 is nearly all covered with mixed bush, mostly
tawa, matai, totara, &c. The southern portion is easy,
sloping country, and the open parts are covered with fern and
tutu. The soil on tops of hills is poor, but on the slopes is
good. Access can be gained from the Hangaroa Village and
from Tiniroto, a pack-track coming within 20 chains of the
run from the former place, and a formed road leading to
within a mile of the latter.

Run No. 35 is chiefly open land, with some mixed bush on
the northern portion, about 600 acres of which have been
cleared of forest and sown in English grass. Access is given
by roads both from the Hangaroa and Tiniroto Villages.
About 725 acres in the southern portion, near the homestead,
is surface-sown in English grass, but has gone back a little,
and is partially covered with fern and manuka. However,
as the run carries some 1,600 sheep, 30 cattle, and 6 horses
throughout the year, during some weeks of which they are
kept entirely on the southern portion, it is of value. The
run contains a homestead and woolshed, both recently
erected, store, stockyards, and sheep-dip, together with some
fencing, and, on account of the improvements effected, has
been loaded with £2,000 to be paid by the incoming tenant.

Run No. 36 is hilly pastoral country, soil light, overlying
a calcareous marl or papa formation. It is well watered,
and distant about twenty-three miles from Wairoa, on the
sea-coast. It is chiefly covered with fern and scrub, with
some patches of mixed bush.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Taranaki Land District, open for Lease
on Application.

Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 1st August, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small
grazing-run will be open for lease on application on
and after Wednesday, the 30th September, 1896, at the
rental noted below. In case of more than one application
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.

SECOND-CLASS PASTORAL COUNTRY.

Weighted with £30, value of improvements, which must
be paid with application.

Locality and Description of Run.—This run is situate on
the Patea River, about thirteen miles from the Town of
Patea. Access can be obtained by the river, and by the Ball
Road from Alton, which is formed for dray-traffic to within
about a mile of the run. The land comprises rough grazing-
country—all forest, with the exception of 20 acres in grass.
The soil is of fair quality.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.