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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 37

Small Grazing-runs, Taranaki, for Lease upon Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 4th April, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease upon application at this office on Wednesday, 25th May, 1898.

If more than one application be received for the same run, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

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SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—CLIFTON COUNTY.—WAITARA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

All forest; pastoral country; well watered. Timber consists of tawa, rata, rimu, towai, and usual undergrowth. A few acres flat on Section 8, about the south-east corner. Access by Kaipikari Road, distant from Urenui about ten miles, and by Junction and Mataro Roads from Tarata, about seven miles. The ridges rise to 900 ft. above sea-level, and to 500 ft. above the valleys.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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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.

Run No. 105, 5,000 acres, Upper Taipo Valley: Bush-clad hillsides, with small patches of open flats and islands. Access by Taipo Track and river-bed.

W. G. MURRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Land in Town of Palmerston North for Sale by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 1898.

THE under-mentioned sections will be submitted to public auction for sale for cash, at the Theatre Royal, Palmerston North, on Wednesday, the 22nd June, 1898, at 2 o’clock p.m.:

Section 822, Palmerston North: Area, 1 acre 1 rood; upset price, £150.

Section 1086, Palmerston North: Area, 1 acre 2 roods 6 perches; upset price, £75.

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

Mr. H. Martin, of Palmerston North, holds a lease from the Palmerston North Domain Board of Section 1086, Palmerston North, for twenty-one years from the 18th August, 1890, the annual rent being £4 4s. for the first seven years of the said term, £5 5s. for the next seven years, and £6 6s. for the remaining seven years. This section is therefore offered subject to his lease, a copy of which is open for inspection by intending purchasers.

There are no restrictions or limitations imposed on purchasers of these sections other than above mentioned.

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

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Native Land Court Notices.

Native Land Court Agents licensed.

[In continuation of notice, dated 14th April, 1898, and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 28, of 21st idem, page 671.]

IN THE NATIVE LAND COURT,
NEW ZEALAND.

NOTICE is hereby given that licenses have been issued to the under-mentioned persons authorising them to appear as Agents in the Native Land Court for the year ending the 31st day of December, 1898, subject to the provisions of section 20 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” viz.:

WILLIAM HENRY GRACE.
ALFRED KNOCKS.

Dated at Wellington, this 12th day of May, 1898.

R. C. SIM,
Registrar.