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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 65

Small Grazing-run in the Waimate County, Canterbury, for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 11th July, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, and the Land Office, Timaru, on Tuesday, the 6th September, 1898, at the annual rental noted below. In the event of the section not being applied for on the above date it will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch. In case of more than one application for the run, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at Timaru, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMATE COUNTY.
First-class Pastoral Country.

This section is situated on the eastern side of the Hunters’ Hills, at the head-waters of the Otaio River, and comprises open hilly pastoral country, very rough and rocky in parts, and broken by gullies and the gorge of the Otaio River.

The section is weighted with a sum of £123, being valuation of boundary and internal fencing, &c., which sum must be paid by the successful applicant before being admitted to possession.

Possession of the land will be given to the successful applicant on the day of ballot, or, if there be only one application, then on the date when it is approved by the Land Board.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Town and Village Allotments in the Township of Opawa (Albury), Mackenzie County, for Sale by Public Auction for Cash.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 11th July, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned town and village allotments will be offered for sale by public auction, at the District Land Office, Timaru, on Tuesday, the 6th September, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—TOWNSHIP OF OPAWA.
Town Allotments.

Village Allotments.

These sections are situated in the Township of Opawa (Albury), adjacent to the Albury Station on the Timaru-

Fairlie branch-line of railway, and comprise for the most part open light land, in native tussock.

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. There are no restrictions or limitations imposed on purchasers of cash lands at auction.

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

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments in Wellington open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Wednesday, 19th October, 1898.

SCHEDULE.

RANGITIKEI COUNTY.—MANGAWEKA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.
First-class Land.

Subdivisions 1 and 2 of Section 43, Mangaweka Village Settlement, are situated on the main road from Marton to Tokaanu, which here forms the main street of Mangaweka Township. The access is from Mangaweka, where there is a post-office, the distance being about a quarter of a mile by metalled road. The area comprises cleared flat land with a small creek at one end. The soil is of very good quality, is from 12 in. to 18 in. in depth, and rests on clay-and-papa formation. The forest was heavy, comprising chiefly kahikatea, rimu, and matai. The land is watered by a small creek. The elevation ranges from about 1,050 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise a two-roomed whare, half the cost of 2·3 chains of boundary-fence, and half an acre of bush-felling.

Subdivision 3 of Section 43, Mangaweka Village Settlement, is situated at the junction of the Mangaweka–Te Kapua Road and the main road from Marton to Tokaanu, which here forms the main street of Mangaweka. The access is from Mangaweka, where there is a post-office, the distance being about a quarter of a mile by metalled road. The area comprises cleared flat land, on which there is a small creek. The soil is of very good quality, varying in depth from 12 in. to 18 in., and resting on clay-and-papa formation. The forest was heavy, comprising chiefly kahikatea, rimu, and matai. The elevation ranges from about 1,050 ft. above sea-level. The improvements consist of a quarter of an acre of bush-felling.

Subdivision 4 of Section 43, Mangaweka Village Settlement, is situated on the Mangaweka–Te Kapua Road near its junction with the main road from Marton to Tokaanu, which here forms the main street of Mangaweka. The access is from Mangaweka, where there is a post-office, the distance being about a quarter of a mile, by a road which, with the exception of about 3 chains, is metalled. The section comprises flat cleared land, on which there is a small creek. The soil is of very good quality, ranging in depth from 12 in. to 18 in., and resting on clay-and-papa formation. The forest was heavy, comprising chiefly kahikatea, matai, and rimu. The elevation ranges from about 1,050 ft. The improvements comprise half an acre of bush felled, and half the value of 1½ chains of boundary-fence.

Subdivision 5 of Section 43, Mangaweka Village Settlement, is situated on the Mangaweka–Te Kapua Road, near its junction with the main road from Marton to Tokaanu,