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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4

Small Grazing-runs, Otago, open for Lease on Application.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 10th January, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at the Crown Lands Office, on and after the 25th February, 1898, at the half-yearly rental noted opposite the runs. 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.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS PASTORAL COUNTRY.
Waihemo County.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
Rock & Pillar | 12 | XII. | 2,975 0 11 | 0 7 | 43 7 9
Open pastoral country, with sunny aspect; fairly well watered. Situated about four miles from Macrae’s and about six miles from Hyde. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £178 18s. 6d. Possession 1st March, 1898.

Taieri and Maniototo Counties.

Strath Taieri | 2 | VI. | 2,801 1 5 | 0 6 | 35 0 3
Open pastoral country lying well to the sun; watered. Situated about six miles from Middlemarch. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £410 11s. Possession on day of sale.

Waikouaiti County.

Hummock & Run | .. | 2,898 0 0 | 0 7 | 42 5 3
Hummock- 171A
side
Hummock.. | 171B | .. | 2,219 0 0 | 0 7 | 32 7 3
Undulating pastoral country; well watered. Situated about thirteen miles from Waikouaiti. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared: Run 171A, £34 10s.; Run 171B, £75. Possession on 1st of March, 1898.

SECOND-CLASS PASTORAL COUNTRY.
Vincent County.

Acres. s. d. £ s. d.
Tiger Hill .. | 223F, 223G | 3,545 | 0 2 | 14 15 5
Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £168 2s. 6d. Low hill country, well suited for grazing, fronting the Manuherikia River. Possession on 1st March, 1898.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Lands in Otago of Special Value, under Section 118 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 4th January, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned sections of Crown lands will be submitted to public auction for cash on Friday, the 25th day of February, 1898, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin:—

| | | | A. R. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 14 | V. | Lower Hawea | 40 0 8 | 1 15 0 | 70 0 0 |
| 54 | III. | Oamaru .. | 0 3 33 | .. | 15 0 0 |
| 39 | I. | Pomohaka .. | 4 0 0 | 2 0 0 | 8 0 0 |
| 11 | VIII. | Warepa .. | 2 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 10 0 |
| 69 | XVIII. | Tua peka East | 2 0 27 | .. | *3 0 0 |
| 83 | " | " | 0 2 8 | .. | +2 0 0 |
| 124 | XIX. | " | 0 1 30 | .. | †3 0 0 |

Valuations for improvements: * £5. + £2 10s. † £65.

TERMS OF SALE.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on 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.

The title to Section 54, Block III., Oamaru District, will be by conveyance, at the purchaser’s expense.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Grazing-farms, Cheviot Estate, for Lease by Public Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 10th January, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lands will be offered for lease as grazing-farms, for terms of seven years, by public application, at the District Lands and Survey Offices, Cheviot and Christchurch, on Tuesday, the 22nd February, 1898. In case of more than one application for the same farm on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 23rd February, 1898, at 12 o’clock noon.

SCHEDULE.

SPOTSWOOD VILLAGE.—CHEVIOT SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
33 to 46, and Railway Reserve | IV. | 144 3 9 | 4 0 | 28 19 3
47 to 52 .. .. .. | " | 10 0 30 | 4 0 | 2 0 9
53, 54, 63, and Railway Reserve | " | 18 3 13 | 4 0 | 3 15 4
55 to 62 .. .. .. | " | 14 3 26 | 4 0 | 2 19 8
Level open country; good soil; well grassed.

PHŒBE VILLAGE.—LOWRY PEAKS SURVEY DISTRICT.

19, 20, 22 to 30, and Railway Reserve | VIII. | 69 0 38 | 3 6 | 12 2 4
Level open country; good soil; well grassed.

MINA VILLAGE.—LOWRY PEAKS SURVEY DISTRICT.

2, Reserve; Block III., Mina North; and Railway Reserve | XII. | 66 2 29 | 5 0 | 16 13 0
1, 3, Reserve; and Blocks I. and II., Mina North | " | 43 0 10 | 5 0 | 10 15 3
6, 13; Block IV., Mina North; and Railway Reserve | " | 60 0 3 | 5 0 | 15 0 0
4, 5; and Blocks V. and VI., Mina North | " | 57 3 3 | 5 0 | 14 8 10
8, 9; and Block II., Mina South; and Railway Reserve | " | 62 0 16 | 5 0 | 15 10 6
7, 10; and Block I., Mina South | " | 37 0 28 | 5 0 | 9 5 11
11, 12; and Blocks III., IV., V., VI., Mina South; and Railway Reserve | " | 41 0 2 | 5 0 | 10 5 0
Generally open, flat land, of good quality; well grassed.

DOMETT VILLAGE.—LOWRY PEAKS SURVEY DISTRICT.

44; Block III., Domett; and Railway Reserve | XVI. | 77 2 20 | 4 0 | 15 10 6
30 to 34, 45; Block IV., Domett; and Railway Reserve | " | 63 2 31 | 4 0 | 12 14 9
35 to 42; and Block V., Domett | " | 42 1 22 | 4 0 | 8 9 6
Section 44, &c., partly low well-grassed down land; balance good flat valley land. Sections 30 to 34, &c., principally low well-grassed down land. Sections 35 to 42, &c., well-grassed flat land; good soil.

Possession of the lands will be given on 1st March, 1898, or as soon thereafter as applications are approved by the Land Board.

The last tenants have the right, for a period of one month from 1st March, 1898, of removing any buildings or fences (except boundary-fencing adjoining other holdings) which they may have erected upon the lands comprised in their leases, and the new selectors will take subject to this right.

The lessees of these lands will be liable, under the provisions of the Fencing Acts, in respect of boundary-fences erected by the holders of contiguous lands.

The leases of blocks comprising parts of the Railway Reserve will be liable to termination at any time in respect