Mar. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 749

Small Grazing-runs, Otago, open for Lease on Application.

Crown Land Office,
Dunedin, 9th March, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application at the District Land Office, Dunedin, on and after Wednesday, the 14th April, 1897, at the rental noted below. In case of more than one application for the runs on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT. — WAITEMO COUNTY. — MOERAKI SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Pastoral Country.

Open pastoral land, easy rolling hills, containing about 300 acres of agricultural land; soil good; well watered. Situated about three-quarters of a mile from Dunback Railway-station, by dray-road. Improvements at present on the section, 430 chains of post-and-wire fencing. Altitude, 1,500 ft.

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Open land, of limestone formation, undulating to hilly; about 100 acres agricultural, remainder pastoral; soil good, well watered. Situated about one mile from Dunback Railway-station, by dray-road. Improvements at present on the section, 420 chains post-and-wire fencing.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Nelson, open for Lease on Application.

Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 8th March, 1897.

IN accordance with section 197 of “The Land Act, 1892,” I hereby give notice that the under-mentioned pastoral runs, having been submitted to public auction and not sold, will be open for application as under on and after the 21st day of April, 1897.

Run No. 13 (Class I.), Skiddaw and Mytholm Survey Districts: Area, 45,500 acres; term, 21 years; rent, £60 per annum. This run is situated on the southern side of the range between the Rivers Hope and Hurunui, fronting on Lake Sumner, and adjoining Glens of Tekoa Estate. The country is partly bush, consisting of white- and silver-birch, and partly open land, with tussock and sown grasses. The average altitude above sea-level is about 4,000 ft. Distance from Culverden, about twenty miles.

Run No. 14 (Hoosack) (Class I.), Percival, Waiau, Lyndon, and Terako Survey Districts: Area, about 37,500 acres; term, 21 years; rent, £200 per annum. Open broken country, well watered. Average altitude, from 3,000 ft. to 4,000 ft. above sea-level. Situated about five miles from Hanmer Plains. This run was formerly occupied as part of the Lyndon Run. Improvements on this run are estimated at over £900, being about twenty-five miles of fencing, and yards, huts, &c., which are thrown in with the lease. Boundaries subject to survey. Formerly held by John Tinline and Messrs. Macfarlane.

Run No. 15 (Cloudy Range) (Class I.), Terako Survey District: Area, about 23,400 acres; term, 21 years; rent, £120 per annum. Chiefly open broken country, well watered, with some patches of manuka scrub. Average altitude, about 3,000 ft. above sea-level. Situated between the Rivers Conway and Clarence, and adjoining the Highfield Estate. Distant about twenty miles from Waiau, by the Kaikoura Road. This run has been worked in conjunction with the Highfield Station. This run is weighted with £750, valuation for improvements, consisting of woolshed, four-roomed cottage, men’s quarters, sheep-dip, orchard, and fencing, to be paid by the incoming tenant. Boundaries subject to survey. Formerly held by Wharton and Co.

The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Possession will be given on the date of the granting of the application.

Purchasers must deposit with their application a statutory declaration required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the sum of the half-year’s rent, license-fee, and valuation for improvements in the case of Run No. 15.

T. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run, Southland, liable to Forfeiture.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 17th February, 1897.

PURSUANT to section 188 of “The Land Act, 1885,” notice is hereby given to the following person that the under-mentioned pastoral license is liable to forfeiture, and that if the rent overdue thereon be not paid within three months from date hereof the license will be declared forfeited.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Canterbury for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 25th February, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at this office on Wednesday, the 21st April, 1897, at 11 a.m. :

Reserve 1264A, Block VIII., Burke Survey District, Mackenzie County: 14 acres 3 roods 3 perches; upset rental, £6 per annum; term, seven years.

This section is known as the Police Reserve at Burke’s Pass, and comprises well-grassed land of good quality, and well sheltered by plantations on the west and south-west sides. A strip of plantation 60 links wide, on the west side of reserve, is excluded from lease.

A deposit of a half-year’s rent, and £1 1s. lease-fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

No allowance whatsoever shall be payable on account of any improvements effected by the lessee.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plan obtained at this office.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Auckland for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 17th February, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned reserve in the Suburbs of Mercer will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 14th April, 1897.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Section No. 8: 4 acres 2 roods 20 perches, Suburbs of Mercer; term, seven years; upset rental, £1 per annum.

Terms of Sale.

A deposit of a half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

No allowance whatsoever shall be payable on account of improvements effected by the lessee.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plan obtained at this office.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri and Totara Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 9th February, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned kauri and totara timber, situated in Block III., Mangamuka Survey District, Hokianga County, about nine miles by river from Kohukohu, will be offered for sale by public auction at this office on Friday, the 2nd April, 1897, at 11 o’clock a.m. :

117 scorched kauri-trees, containing about 300,000 sup. ft.; upset price, £112 10s.

26 totara-trees, containing about 19,000 sup. ft.; upset price, £7 2s. 6d.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half the purchase-money to be paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer, the balance within twelve months thereafter. Timber to be removed within two years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.