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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 42

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

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 19th April, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease upon application at this office on Wednesday, 8th June, 1898.

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

SCHEDULE.

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

Second-class Land.

All forest, principally tawa, towai, rata, matai; a little totara on ridges, and manuka in gullies. Rough pastoral country, with broken spurs, landslips, and papa gutters; well watered. Access by the Ngatoto Road and Waitara River. Distance from Purangi, about two miles and a half.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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.

Land in Cheviot Estate open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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

THE under-mentioned section will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Wednesday, 29th June, 1898.

If more than one application be received on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at this office.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—CHEVIOT COUNTY.—CHEVIOT SURVEY DISTRICT.

Surveyed First-class Land.