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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 35

Village-homestead Allotments, Southland, open for Lease upon Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 4th April, 1898.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Thursday, the 26th May, 1898.

If more than one application is received for the same section 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.
Village-homestead Allotments.

Bush land; adjacent to Main North Road, six miles from Invercargill; soil fair. Limit of holding in this village, 20 acres.

SEAWARD BUSH TOWNSHIP.

| 32 | III. | 5 0 0 | 4 0 | 0 10 0 |
| 33 | " | 5 0 0 | 4 0 | 0 10 0 |

Land nearly flat, covered with mixed bush, soil fair; distance from Tisbury Railway-station, one mile. Limit of holding in this village, 10 acres.

HOKONUI.—CENTRE BUSH VILLAGE.

| 725 | .. | 24 0 20 | 1 2·4 | 0 14 9 |

Situated about one mile and a half from Centre Bush Railway-station; soil fair, bush light. Limit of holding in this village, one allotment.

LONGWOOD VILLAGE.

| 53 | V. | 6 3 0 | 1 7·2 | 0 5 5 |
| 54 | " | 9 3 11| 1 7·2 | 0 7 10|

Situated about one mile and a half from Wakapatu Railway-station; soil fair, mostly bush land. Limit of holding in this village, 100 acres. Section 54 is burdened with £3 10s. as valuation for fencing.

NIAGARA VILLAGE.

| 41 | .. | 5 1 9 | 0 7·2 | 0 1 7 |

Situated about three miles from Waikawa Township; light bush land, soil fair. Limit of holding, one allotment.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Land in Southland open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 16th April, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be opened for selection on lease in perpetuity on and after Friday, 20th May, 1898:—

OTAHU SETTLEMENT.—WAIAU SURVEY DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £300, repayable by half-yearly instalments of £11 14s.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Westland, for Lease by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 19th April, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the licenses of the pastoral runs set out below will be offered by public auction, at the Lands Office, Hokitika, on Wednesday, the 15th day of June next, at the hour of 2 o’clock in the afternoon, at the prices and for the terms given, and subject to any rights of renewal or resumption as may be prescribed by the Land Acts or other constituted authority, and subject to the necessary declarations being taken. Maps may be seen at the Lands Office, Hokitika, where other full particulars as to conditions of sale and license, &c., may be ascertained.

Payments to be made on the fall of the hammer, and consist, with regard to the said licenses, of six months’ rent in advance and license-fee of £1 1s.

Description.—Run No. 23, 23,000 acres, Clark and Haast Valleys: Principally cattle-feed in bush on hillsides and flats; lower open country. Access by Haast Pass Track and Clark River bed.

Run No. 32, 7,000 acres, Wainihinihi Valley: Rough hillsides and terrace-slopes; all forest country. Easy access by open river-beds from Hokitika—Christchurch Road.

Run No. 34, 5,500 acres: Comprises upper valley of Kawhaka River; densely timbered country. Average altitude, 1,000 ft. Access from main road via track to Government Reservoir and river-bed.

Run No. 47, 15,000 acres, Upper Okuru Valley: Comprises river-flats, marginal terraces, and hillsides; altogether cattle country, with mixed forest. Access by Okuru River bed.

Run No. 49, 12,000 acres, in Happy Valley, Kakapotahi River: Mainly suited for cattle; open flats will graze a few horses; the balance heavily bushed. Access by Rangitoto Road and rough bush-track.

Run No. 55, 17,000 acres, Lower Poerua Valley: Bulk of run is thickly timbered, and only fitted for cattle; balance consists of river-flats and islands, partly open, suitable for horses and sheep. Access by Main South Road, which bounds the block.

Run No. 59, 10,000 acres, Cascade Plateau, South Westland: High terraced country, partly open, with stunted scrub, low fern, and poor tussock; will keep store sheep. Access from main road via Cascade River bed and Laschellis Creek, or by old pack-track from Jackson Bay.

Run No. 69, 10,000 acres, Cascade River: Chiefly cattle-feed on slopes of bush-clad hills. Access by Barn Bay Track from main road.

Run No. 87, 7,000 acres: Comprises rough bush-clad mountain-sides and small flats in Upper Haast Valley; only suitable for feeding cattle. Access by Haast Pass Road.

Run No. 93, 10,000 acres: Summer sheep country, on summits and upper spurs of Mount Meta Range; scanty tussock. Average altitude, 3,800 ft. Access from Mathias River in Canterbury, and from Whitcombe Pass Track in Westland.

Run No. 97, 5,000 acres: Good tussock country; tops and upper slopes of the Fox Range; altogether sheep pastures. Average altitude equals 3,700 ft. Access from Cook and Fox River beds.

Run No. 103, 5,000 acres: Low heavily timbered hills between Lake Kanieri and Kokatahi Settlement; wholly cattle country. Access from Kokatahi Road,