Jan. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 103

Crown Lands Notices.

Leases of Lands in Southland forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 9th January, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that, the leases of the under-mentioned Crown lands having been forfeited, or surrenders accepted, by resolutions of the Southland Land Board, the said lands have reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1885,” and “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Lands in Southland open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, 12th January, 1897.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Thursday, the 4th March, 1897.

If more than one application be received for the same land on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Land undulating, covered with bush of no commercial value; soil fair; height above sea-level, from 100ft. to 950ft.; distance from Waikawa about three miles.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

| Southland | Campbellt'n | 43 | III. | 93 0 36 | 0 10 0 | 46 12 3 | 0 6 | 1 3 4 | 0 4·8 | 0 18 8 |
| " | " | 44 | " | 79 0 16 | 0 10 0 | 39 11 0 | 0 6 | 0 19 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 15 10 |
| " | " | 26 | XI. | 158 1 22 | 0 10 0 | 79 3 11 | 0 6 | 1 19 7 | 0 4·8 | 1 11 8 |

Land flat, covered with manuka scrub; wet and peaty in places. Section 26, Block XI., is burdened with £10 valuation for fencing.

| Southland | Toetoes .. | 13 | X. | 205 3 17 | 0 15 0 | 154 7 11 | 0 9 | 3 17 2 | 0 7·2 | 3 1 9 |
| " | " | 14 | " | 258 1 13 | 0 15 0 | 193 15 0 | 0 9 | 4 16 10 | 0 7·2 | 3 17 6 |

A portion is open land, the remainder being covered with mixed bush; land undulating; situated about seven miles and a half from Fortrose, accessible by road.

| Wallace .. | Centre Hill | 1 | XIV. | 217 2 30 | 0 10 0 | 108 16 10 | 0 6 | 2 14 5 | 0 4·8 | 2 3 6 |

Open, hilly, tussock-clad land, well watered; distance by road from Mossburn Railway-station, about twelve miles.

| Southland | Waimumu.. | 34 | .. | 399 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 199 10 0 | 0 6 | 4 19 9 | 0 4·8 | 3 19 10 |

This section is covered with scrub, but there are a few red-pine, black-pine, and kowhai trees; soil, black loam, is broken and stony in parts; height above sea-level, from 600ft. to 1,400ft.; distance by road from Mataura Township is about fourteen miles.

| Southland | New River | 27 | X. | 56 0 16 | 0 12 6 | 35 1 3 | 0 7½ | 0 17 6 | 0 6 | 0 14 0 |

Land is for the most part covered with scrub and timber, fit only for firewood; soil peaty; height above sea-level, 50ft.; distance from Ryal Bush Railway-station, by partly-formed road, about five miles.

| Wallace .. | Waiau .. | 115 | .. | 57 0 35 | 0 12 6 | 35 13 3 | 0 7·5 | 0 17 11 | 0 6 | 0 14 4 |
| " | " | 116 | .. | 59 3 16 | 0 12 6 | 37 8 1 | 0 7·5 | 0 18 9 | 0 6 | 0 15 0 |

Land level; soil poor; gravel formation; vegetation, silver-tussock and fern; height above sea-level, from 300ft. to 350ft.; distance from Otatau Railway-station, about twenty-five miles by a good summer road.

| Southland | Otara .. | 29 | VI. | 138 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 155 5 0 | 1 1½ | 3 17 8 | 0 10½ | 3 2 1 |
| " | " | 34 | " | 314 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 235 10 0 | 0 9 | 5 17 9 | 0 7½ | 4 14 2 |
| " | " | 36 | " | 315 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 236 5 0 | 0 9 | 5 18 2 | 0 7½ | 4 14 6 |
| " | " | 39 | " | 264 2 1 | 0 15 0 | 198 7 8 | 0 9 | 4 19 2 | 0 7½ | 3 19 4 |
| " | " | 44 | " | 267 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 200 5 0 | 0 9 | 5 0 2 | 0 7½ | 4 0 1 |
| " | " | 45 | " | 244 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 183 0 0 | 0 9 | 4 11 6 | 0 7½ | 3 13 2 |
| " | " | 46 | " | 282 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 211 10 0 | 0 9 | 5 5 9 | 0 7½ | 4 4 7 |

This land is undulating pastoral country, mostly covered with bush of no commercial value, and is well watered; the distance from Fortrose is about eleven miles, and the height above sea-level varies from 400ft. to 760ft.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,

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