Oct. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1597

Small Grazing-runs, Hawke's Bay, open for Lease upon Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 29th August, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on and after Wednesday, the 26th October, 1898, at the annual rentals noted below. In case of more than one application for the same run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
WAIROA AND COOK COUNTIES.

Runs Nos. 37 and 38 are situated in the Rotokakarangu Block, immediately north of the Mohaka River, and distant about forty miles from Wairoa and twenty-eight miles from Mohaka. On Run No. 37 there are about 5,600 acres of open fern country, the remainder being mixed bush. About half the run is undulating and level, the rest rather broken. On Run No. 38 about 2,100 acres are open fern land, the balance being bush. The soil on both runs is light pumice, and they are well watered. They are accessible by means of a pack-track from Wairoa.

Run No. 39 is bounded towards the north by the forest reserve adjoining the Waikaremoana Lake. It lies about thirty-four miles north-west of Wairoa, and is accessible by means of a road recently formed for dray traffic. It is forest country, of an altitude varying from 1,500 ft. to 3,500 ft. above sea-level, the level of Waikaremoana being 1,015 ft. The land is rather rough, and broken by gullies, and the timber is black-birch, miro, totara, silver-birch, white-pine, and rimu. There is a little flat land, and a few spurs covered with Maori grass. The land is well watered with numerous streams, and well adapted for pastoral purposes.

Run No. 40 is undulating forest country, immediately west of the Crown land recently taken up in the Nuhaka North district. It is covered with mixed bush, consisting of black-birch and other timber, and is well watered. The soil is fair, and the land is well adapted for pastoral purposes. It is accessible from Nuhaka Settlement, distant twelve miles, by a road now being formed for horse traffic.

Note.—Run No. 40 is first-class pastoral country, and Runs Nos. 37, 38, and 39 are second-class pastoral country.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotment, Kapara, Taranaki, open for Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 12th September, 1898.

THE under-mentioned village-homestead allotment will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, the 16th November, 1898.

SCHEDULE.
PATEA COUNTY.—KAPARA SURVEY DISTRICT.—MATAPouri VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

This section comprises fair pastoral land, rising up from Waitotara Valley Road towards back. It is covered with light bush. The soil is good, on papa formation.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Marlborough, open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 5th September, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for selection on Wednesday, the 26th October, 1898.

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

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—KAIKOURA COUNTY.—MOUNT FYFFE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

The character of the land varies from first-class bush terraces and ridges to rocky faces and shingle-slides; about 1,000 acres open, of which about 350 acres are good tussock and grass land, and the remainder steep, rocky land of very little use. Of the bush portion 1,400 acres are of such a character that it would pay for clearing and grassing; the remainder is short scrub on steep faces. A good deal of the bush is dead and partly cleared, through the operations of the sawmill, the owner of which has also sown a good deal of grass-seed, which has taken very well. The run is well watered. Altitude, 450 ft. to 5,222 ft. Distance, about nine miles from Kaikoura.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Agricultural Land open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity in the Auckland Land District.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 5th September, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection upon lease in perpetuity at this office on Friday, the 21st October, 1898, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAIKATO COUNTY.—CAMBRIDGE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Karapiro Settlement.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £130, repayable by half-yearly instalments in ten years.

Note.—Each section is an allotment.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.