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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 101

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

ARDGOWAN ESTATE.

Waitaki .. | Oamaru .. | 104 and 105 | II. | 41 2 11 | 10 5 0 | 426 1 8 | 0 10 3 | 10 13 1
Easy undulating land; soil good; agricultural; well watered. Situated about three miles and a quarter from the Town of Oamaru. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £179 19s. 2d. A wheat-crop on Section 104 is to be valued fourteen days before the date for receiving applications, and the valuation is to be added to the amount mentioned. Sections 104 and 105 are grouped and offered as one allotment.

MAKAREAO ESTATE.

Waihemo.. | Moeraki .. | 65 | VIII. | 19 3 23 | 7 12 6 | 151 13 6 | 0 7 7·5 | 3 15 11
Open river-terrace land; agricultural; soil rich. Accessible from Dunback Railway-station by a good metalled dray-road, and has access to the Shag River. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £23 13s.

Waihemo .. | Moeraki .. | 70 | VIII. | 7 1 38 | 7 12 6 | 57 1 10 | 0 7 7·5 | 1 8 7
Open river-terrace land; agricultural; soil rather light and shingly; accessible to Shag River, and is distant from Dunback Railway-station a mile by good dray-road. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £9 3s.

TEANARAKI SETTLEMENT.

Waitaki .. | Oamaru .. | 2 | XII. | 5 0 0 | 17 3 4 | 85 16 8 | 0 17 2 | 2 2 11
Limestone soil, with clay bottom; all ploughable. Situated about one mile and a half from Enfield Railway-station, and eight miles from Oamaru.

Waitaki .. | Oamaru .. | 3 | XII. | 5 0 0 | 17 3 4 | 85 16 8 | 0 17 2 | 2 2 11
Fine level land, well grassed; all ploughable. Situated about one mile and a half from Enfield Railway-station, and eight miles from Oamaru.

Waitaki .. | Awamoko .. | 26 | VIII. | 20 0 0 | 16 3 4 | 323 6 8 | 0 16 2 | 8 1 8
All agricultural land; about seven acres swamp, easily drained; black soil; permanent water. Situated about one mile and a half from Enfield Railway-station, and eight miles from Oamaru. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £15 0s. 3d. A crop of oats on this section is to be valued fourteen days before the date for receiving applications, and the valuation is to be added to the amount just mentioned.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotment in Otago open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 15th November, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned village-homestead allotment will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 29th December, 1897.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—CLUTHA COUNTY.

Level land of a light sandy nature, situated at the junction of the Owaka and Catlin’s Rivers, about one mile and a half from Owaka. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £25.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Accommodation and Stock Reserve, Omihi Valley, Canterbury, open for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 15th November, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the lease of the under-mentioned reserve will be received up to noon on Wednesday, 29th December, subject to the conditions hereinafter specified.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIKARI SURVEY DISTRICT.

This reserve is situated on the Omihi Valley Road leading to Cheviot, about a quarter of a mile north-east of Reece’s Road, and six miles from Waipara Railway-station.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

The lessee shall, at his own cost, within two months after the acceptance of his tender, enclose the area, and subdivide the same into three approved paddocks by means of strong legal cattle- and sheep-proof fences.

The lessee shall take in, and provide approved accommodation for, all travelling stock, charging therefor per night at the rate of 2d. per head for horses and cattle, and ½d. per head for sheep.

The lease will be subject to a condition that no licensed publichouse or auction sales will be permitted upon the land.

A clause will be inserted in the lease providing that, in the event of the reserve being again offered for lease at the expiration of the term of fourteen years, such new lease will be granted subject to payment by the incoming lessee of valuation for improvements effected upon the reserve.

The lease will also be subject to the usual covenants and conditions affecting Crown leases.

Further particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.

Every tender must be enclosed in a sealed envelope, addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and marked “Tender for Omihi Stock Reserve,” and must be accompanied by a post-office order, bank draft, or cheque, marked “Correct for fourteen days” by the bank on which it is drawn, for the amount of six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease-fee.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Native Land Court Notices.

Native Land Court Agent licensed.

IN THE NATIVE LAND COURT,
NEW ZEALAND.

NOTICE is hereby given that a license has been issued to the under-mentioned person authorising him to appear as Agent in the Native Land Court for the year ending the 31st day of December, 1898, subject to the provisions of section 20 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” viz.:

ARCHIBALD RICHARD MACFARLANE.

Dated at Wellington, this 6th day of December, 1897.

EDWARD BUCKLE,
Registrar.