Sept. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1643

Pastoral Run and Reserves for Leasing, Marlborough Land District.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 14th September, 1897.

It is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands will be offered for lease by auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Wednesday, the 10th day of November, 1897, at 11 a.m.:

PASTORAL LICENSE UNDER PART VI., "THE LAND ACT, 1892."

Orieri Survey District: Run No. 136: Area, 110 acres; upset annual rent, £1; term, 21 years.

RESERVE FOR LEASING UNDER "THE PUBLIC RESERVES ACT, 1881."

Town of Picton: Sections 620 to 624 (inclusive): Area, 1 acre and 12 perches; term, 5 years; upset annual rent, £2 10s.

One half-year's rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must in each case be paid on the fall of the hammer, and in the case of the pastoral run the necessary declaration must be lodged.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands, Wellington, open for Selection on Perpetual Lease and Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lands will be open for selection, at this office, on and after Wednesday, the 27th October, 1897.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.
On Perpetual-lease Conditions ("Land Act, 1885").

The improvements have to be paid for in cash on the day on which the application is approved.

The lease- and registration-fee under the perpetual-lease system is £1 10s. for each holding.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.
On Lease-in-perpetuity Conditions ("Land Act, 1892").

8 | XI. | Makuri | 102 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 2 0 10 | 55 16 0
9 | " | " | 320 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 6 8 0 | 91 11 0

A half-year's rent and £1 1s. lease-fee, together with the amount with which the section is weighted for improvements, must be paid before the application can be approved.

These sections are situated in the Makuri District, in the neighbourhood of Makuri, and are approached chiefly by roads leading into or towards that township. They consist principally of land in the Makuri and adjoining valleys, or country sloping into or served by them or their road-systems. The land, taken as a whole, would be considered suitable for sheep-farming, as it contains some good soil on papa or limestone formation. The sections are in a high state of improvement, the extent and value of which are stated against the number of each.

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

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 21st August, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned singed kauri, within the Waerakahaka State Forest, in Block IX., Mangakahia Survey District, Hobson County, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 8th day of October, 1897, at 11 o'clock a.m.:

70 singed trees, containing about 207,072 sup. feet. Upset price, £103 10s. 8d.

This timber is situated about a mile from Mangakahia Post-office, and can be delivered into the Mangakahia River by a tramway about one mile and a half long.

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 six months thereafter. Timber to be removed within one year from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Hundalee Survey District, Marlborough, for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 3rd August, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease upon application, on and after Wednesday, the 22nd September, 1897, at the half-yearly rental stated.

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.
Kaikoura County.—Hundalee Survey District.

Small Grazing-run No. 86.—All hill; well watered; 200 acres light bush suitable only for firewood. There is a paddock of 110 acres mostly ploughed and in English grass; remainder of section fern and tussock. Three-roomed concrete-and-iron hut; 530 chains of wire-and-standard fence on boundary. Accessible by Waiau-Kaikoura Road, and the Cribb and Kahautara river beds. Altitude, 450 ft. to 2,300 ft. Distant fifteen miles from Kaikoura.

Small Grazing-run No. 87.—All hills, covered with tussock and fern, part ploughable; well watered and sheltered, with northern aspect. Good ploughable homestead-site of 80 acres. Accessible by Waiau-Kaikoura Road, and Cribb and Kahautara river-beds. Altitude, 400 ft. to 3,000 ft. Distant fourteen miles from Kaikoura.

Small Grazing-run No. 88.—All hills, part ploughable; well watered; northern aspect; soil varies from good to poor and stony; 50-acre paddock ploughed and in English grass (good homestead-site), balance tussock and fern; 100 chains wire-and-standard fencing on south boundary, and 224 chains within the section. Altitude, 400 ft. to 3,000 ft. Distant thirteen miles from Kaikoura.

89 | 2,495 0 0 | 0 6½ | 35 1 9
92 | 3,270 0 0 | 0 2¼ | 15 6 7
93 | 4,100 0 0 | 0 3½ | 32 0 8

Small Grazing-run No. 89.—Nearly all hills, part ploughable; well watered; sunny aspect; 240 acres light firewood bush, remainder mostly tussock with patches of fern and grass; good homestead-site, partly level, ploughed and in grass; good wire-fence on south boundary, and 190 chains of internal fencing. Altitude, 350 ft. to 2,500 ft. Distant thirteen miles from Kaikoura.

Small Grazing-run No. 92.—Very rough broken country, all hills; mostly poor stony soil; two-thirds inferior bush, remainder tussock and fern; well watered. Altitude, sea-level to 3,000 ft. 200 chains wire-and-standard fence on boundary, and a rough gully forms natural fence for another mile. Fronts Waiau-Kaikoura Road now being made. A stock-track reserve along Run 87 gives access to the back of the run. Distant twelve miles from Kaikoura, near Omihi landing-place.

Small Grazing-run No. 93.—Mostly rough broken country; well watered; altitude, 50 ft. to 2,700 ft.; half light bush and scrub, remainder tussock and fern. There are some low ridges and spurs near the south-east corner of the run, and a flat terrace forming good homestead-site fronting main road (now being made). Most of the bush land is fair soil, and would grass well if cleared. 370 chains wire-and-standard fence on boundary. There are sheep-yards and paddocks at northern end, and a stock-track from them to main road. Distant sixteen miles from Kaikoura, and three miles from Omihi landing-place.

94 | 1,820 0 0 | 0 3 | 11 7 6
95 | 1,795 0 0 | 0 3½ | 14 0 6

Small Grazing-run No. 94.—The part of this run fronting on main road consists of low spurs and slopes, very good soil, part bush and part tussock; the remainder poor stony hills, about half of which are bush and half tussock; well watered. Altitude, 40 ft. to 2,800 ft. Distant fifteen miles from Kaikoura and two miles from the Omihi landing-place.

Small Grazing-run No. 95.—This run is on the sea-coast. Two thirds light bush, which would carry grass well if cleared, remainder from good to very rough and stony tussock hills; well watered. Altitude, sea-level to 2,770 ft. Distant fourteen miles from Kaikoura by main road. The Omihi landing-place is on this run.

96 | 3,930 0 0 | 0 4½ | 36 16 11
97 | 3,420 0 0 | 0 6 | 42 15 0