1860

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

SCHEDULE.

Run No. 9, 18,000 acres, Upper Kokatahi Valley: Principally bush-clad hillsides; all cattle country; easy of access by Browning, Kokatahi, and Toaroha River-beds from Main Road. About twenty miles from Town of Hokitika.

Run No. 13, 20,000 acres, Poerua Valley: Rough forest; steep mountain-faces for the most part; contains a few open islands on river-bed, also light scrub-covered strip along banks. Access by open river-bed from Main Road, distant one mile.

Run No. 15, 6,500 acres, Totara Valley, near Waiho: Comprises high terraces and spurs, covered with shaggy forest; only fitted for cattle. Access by open bed of Totara River from Main South Road.

Run No. 17, 9,000 acres: Takes in almost all the timbered watershed of the Waikupakupa River; cattle-feed only. Access from Ocean Beach and Main South Road.

Run No. 28, 24,000 acres: Occupies the upper valley of Waitaha River; mainly bush-covered slopes of adjoining mountains, with scrubby margin of flat land along banks of river. Access from Main South Road, via open river-bed.

Run No. 61, 5,000 acres: Principally steep sidlings and hummocky terraces, all covered with dense bush; cattle-feed only. Access from Main South Road.

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. 118, 2,200 acres: Comprises almost the whole of Koitirangi Hill; limestone formation, and bush-feed. Close to Hokitika Road.

W. G. MURRAY,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Public Reserves for Lease by Auction in the City of Nelson and in the Counties of Inangahua and Waimea.

District Lands and Survey Office,

Nelson, 15th November, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the under-mentioned reserves will be offered for sale by public auction, under "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, on Wednesday, the 11th January, 1899, at 12 o'clock noon.

SCHEDULE.

1. The lease of the Warwick Accommodation-house Reserve, Section 1, Block XII., Burnett Survey District: Area, 136 acres 1 rood; situated about twenty-five miles from Murchison, on the main road to the Marnia Plains.

The section is fenced on three sides; nearly the whole is cleared of timber and scrub, and about half the area is under cultivation, the remainder in grass. There is a seven-roomed house, with outbuildings, stable, loft, harness-room, butcher's shop, and a good stockyard, on the land.

Term of lease: Fourteen years; to date from the 1st January, 1899; upset rental, £7 per annum; weighted with £850, value of improvements. Lessee to provide proper accommodation for travellers and for travelling stock, as provided in conditions of lease, which can be obtained on application. Possession given on the 1st March, 1899.

2. Lease of accommodation-house reserve (known as Wright's), Section 8, Block IX., Wai-iti Survey District: Area, 46 acres 3 roods 24 perches; situated on the road to Tadmor, on the banks of the Motueka River, fifteen miles from Belgrove.

On the land is a house containing nine rooms, with stable and outbuildings.

Term, ten years, from the 1st January, 1899; upset rental, £1 per annum. Conditions of lease, as to providing accommodation for travellers, insurance, and improvements to be made to buildings and property generally, can be obtained on application.

3. Lease of reserve at the Port, Nelson, with a frontage of 95 ft. to the Haven Road. There is a small wharf on the harbour side (known as Burford's old wharf), suitable for coasting shipping, with office and sheds.

Term, fourteen years, from the 1st January, 1899; upset rental, £20 per annum.

Terms of Sale.—A deposit of a half-year's rent, £1 1s. lease-fee, and amount of valuation of improvements (if any), must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

Lots 2 and 3.—Lessees will not be entitled to compensation at the end of the term on account of any improvements existing, or that may be effected during the currency of these leases.

Full particulars, plans, forms, &c., may be obtained at the District Land Offices, Nelson, Reefton, and Westport.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in the County of Ashley for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,

Christchurch, 15th November, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, 11th January, 1899, at 12 noon.

SCHEDULE.

Runs Nos. 222 to 225, inclusive, are situated on the eastward slopes of Mount Oxford, at altitudes ranging from 1,000 ft. to 4,000 ft. above sea-level, and comprise hilly and mountainous country, with rocky spurs and clay faces, the greater portion of the country being covered with live and dead standing bush, through which a fire swept in January, 1898. The distances from West Oxford vary from two and a half to ten miles. Special attention is drawn to the fact that the pastoral licenses confer upon the holders thereof no rights of felling, splitting, sawing, or in any way using or removing any of the live or dead timber upon the lands; and the licenses are offered subject to the rights of any persons now or hereafter to be authorised by the Canterbury Land Board to split or saw timber upon any portions of the lands.

Runs Nos. 227, 228, and 229 are situated on the south side of the Eyre River, near the junction of Schofield and South Eyre Roads, at distances of from three to four miles southward from West Oxford, and consist of open land of inferior quality, partly covered with manuka scrub.

CONDITIONS.

1. Possession of the runs will be given to the purchaser of the license on the day of sale.

2. No person or company may become the holder of more than one run under Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892": Provided that the holder of any run under the said Act of a carrying-capacity of less than ten thousand sheep or two thousand head of cattle may become the lessee of an aggregate area sufficient to carry such a number of sheep or cattle. The holder of any small grazing-run under Part V. of "The Land Act, 1892," shall not be the holder of any run under Part VI. of the said Act.

3. The licenses shall be dated on the 1st March, 1899.

4. The licenses shall be subject to the following conditions amongst others:—