2090
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 97

Lands forfeited, Southland Land District.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 13th November, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that the leases of the under-mentioned lands have been forfeited, or surrender accepted, by resolutions of the Southland Land Board, and that the said lands have reverted to the Crown.

SCHEDULE.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Crown Lands in Otago open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, 15th November, 1897.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for application upon lease in perpetuity at this office, on Wednesday, the 22nd December, 1897, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

ARDGOWAN ESTATE.

Waitaki .. | Oamaru .. | 104 and 105 | II. | A. R. P. 41 2 11 | £ s. d. 10 5 0 | £ s. d. 426 1 8 | £ s. d. 0 10 3 | £ s. d. 10 13 1
Easy undulating land; soil good; agricultural; well watered. Situated about three miles and a quarter from the Town of Oamaru. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £179 19s. 2d. A wheat-crop on Section 104 is to be valued fourteen days before the date for receiving applications, and the valuation is to be added to the amount mentioned. Sections 104 and 105 are grouped and offered as one allotment.

MAKAREAO ESTATE.

Waihemo.. | Moeraki .. | 65 | VIII. | 19 3 23 | 7 12 6 | 151 13 6 | 0 7 7·5 | 3 15 11
Open river-terrace land; agricultural; soil rich. Accessible from Dunback Railway-station by a good metalled dray-road, and has access to the Shag River. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £23 13s.

Waihemo .. | Moeraki .. | 70 | VIII. | 7 1 38 | 7 12 6 | 57 1 10 | 0 7 7·5 | 1 8 7
Open river-terrace land; agricultural; soil rather light and shingly; accessible to Shag River, and is distant from Dunback Railway-station a mile by good dray-road. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £9 3s.

TEANARAKI SETTLEMENT.

Waitaki .. | Oamaru .. | 2 | XII. | 5 0 0 | 17 3 4 | 85 16 8 | 0 17 2 | 2 2 11
Limestone soil, with clay bottom; all ploughable. Situated about one mile and a half from Enfield Railway-station, and eight miles from Oamaru.

Waitaki .. | Oamaru .. | 3 | XII. | 5 0 0 | 17 3 4 | 85 16 8 | 0 17 2 | 2 2 11
Fine level land, well grassed; all ploughable. Situated about one mile and a half from Enfield Railway-station, and eight miles from Oamaru.

Waitaki .. | Awamoko .. | 26 | VIII. | 20 0 0 | 16 3 4 | 323 6 8 | 0 16 2 | 8 1 8
All agricultural land; about seven acres swamp, easily drained; black soil; permanent water. Situated about one mile and a half from Enfield Railway-station, and eight miles from Oamaru. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £15 0s. 3d. A crop of oats on this section is to be valued fourteen days before the date for receiving applications, and the valuation is to be added to the amount just mentioned.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.