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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4

Rural Lands, Wellington, open for Selection on Perpetual Lease.

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

THE under-mentioned Crown lands, having been sur-
rendered in terms of section 156 of “The Land Act,
1885,” will be open for selection for perpetual lease on and
after Wednesday, the 17th February, 1897. If more than
one application be received for the same section on the same
day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot
on the following day, at 10 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—PAHIATUA COUNTY.—MAKURI
SURVEY DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

This section is situated about half a mile from the Makuri
Township, on the Makuri Valley metalled road, and consists
of undulating country on limestone formation. The soil is
excellent, and the section well watered, and covered with
forest, with the exception of about 26 acres. The timber
consists of rata, rimu, konini, maho, and supplejack.
There is a good homestead-site, and improvements have
been effected to the extent of £1,991 13s. 4d. This sum has
to be paid in cash on the day the application is approved.

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This section is situated adjacent to Makuri, and has a few
acres of flat land on the banks of the Makuri River, sufficient
for a homestead-site. The balance is all broken limestone
country, with good soil, running up to an altitude of 2,000ft.
at the back. Well watered, and fronted by metalled road.
Sunny aspect. The forest (about 360 acres) consists of rata,
rimu, konini, maho, and supplejack. Improvements have
been effected to the extent of £1,243 13s. 4d. This sum has
to be paid in cash on the day the application is approved.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Hawke's Bay, for Lease by Auction.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public
auction at this office, on Wednesday, the 24th February,
1897.

SCHEDULE.

• Weighted with £780 for improvements. † Weighted with £500
  for improvements.

Run No. 7: The country is broken, rising from the Taupo
Road to the top of the range; soil light. About a third of
the area has been surface-sown with cocksfoot, fog, and
clover, and shows a fair amount of grass; the balance of the
land is fern, with a little manuka. There is on the run
about two miles of boundary-fencing with five wires, about
two miles and a quarter of division fencing, and about
60 chains of fencing bounding the Taupo Road, the latter
being constructed of posts about 9ft. apart, and six wires.
There are also circular sheep-yards constructed with sawn
timber, and four small holding-paddocks enclosed by about
two miles of fence with six wires.

Run No. 8 consists of a steep, rocky basin, running out
to low hills towards the Mohaka River. About 1,000 acres
have been surface-sown with cocksfoot, fog, and clover, and
shows a fair amount of grass; the balance of the run
consists of light pumice-soil, covered with fern and manuka.
There is about two miles of boundary-fencing on the south-
west boundary, consisting of posts 11ft. apart, with five
wires.

The runs are about thirty miles north-west of Napier.
Run No. 7 adjoins the main Napier-Taupo Road, while Run
No. 8 is about four miles from it.

Conditions of License.

The licenses date from the 1st March, 1897, and possession
of the land will be given on that date.

Half-year's rent, and £1 1s. license-fee, must accompany
the application, together with the value of the improvements
in cash.

Each applicant is required to make the statutory declara-
tion under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

ERIC C. GOLD-SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Education Reserves, New Plymouth.

Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 12th January, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned educa-
tion reserves in the Town of New Plymouth will be
offered for sale by public auction for cash, at this office, on
Wednesday, the 14th day of April, 1897, at noon.

SCHEDULE.

Part Section 1523: Area, about 8½ perches; upset price, £5.
Part Section 1548: Area, about 8½ perches; upset price, £5.

Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money must be
paid on the fall of the hammer; the balance, together with
£1 Crown-grant fee, within thirty days thereafter, otherwise
the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall
be absolutely forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the
land be null and void.

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

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
small grazing-runs will be open for lease on applica-
tion, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch,
on and after Wednesday, the 24th February, 1897, at the
annual 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 on the following day, at
11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—MACKENZIE COUNTY.—BURKE
AND TENGAWAI SURVEY DISTRICTS.
First-class Pastoral Country.

These sections are situated adjacent to and south of
Burke's Pass, being subdivisions of the original Three
Springs, Albury, and Rollesby Stations, and comprise
generally mountainous and hilly open tussock country of
good quality, rocky and shingly on the main tops and spurs,
with patches of undulating land and small flats. The
sections are fairly well watered by springs and streams.
The elevation of the country ranges from 1,700ft. to about
3,500ft. above sea-level, and it is subject to heavy falls of
snow, which lie on the higher lands during the winter. The
access is by the main roads connecting Burke's Pass with
Fairlie and Albury, the distances therefrom to the nearest
points on the sections being respectively about ten and
twelve miles. The Duck Stream and other branch roads
are unformed. These sections, except for the drawback of
being subject to falls of snow, are, by quality of soil and
situation, well adapted for pastoral pursuits.