Jan. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 135

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 surrendered 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, mahoe, 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, mahoe, 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 declaration 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 education 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 application, 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.

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