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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 91

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

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 14th December, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application on and after Monday, the 27th February, 1899, at the half-yearly rental stated.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

Open, undulating pastoral and agricultural land; situated about three miles from Naseby. Valuations for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, are as follow: Sections 26 and 27, £12 19s.; Sections 29 and 30, £89 16s.; Sections 28 and 46, £50 1s.

VINCENT COUNTY.
Teviot Survey District.

Run 199E | .. | 1,751 0 0 | 0 0 4 | 14 11 10

This run comprises good dry sheep country; well watered and grassed; portion fit for growing root-crop. Situated about four miles from Roxburgh. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £335 9s. 6d.

Possession 1st March, 1899.

• Naseby Survey District.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Section in Town of Ormondville for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 14th December, 1898.

THE under-mentioned section in the Township of Ormondville will be submitted to public auction for sale for cash, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday, the 1st March, 1899.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—SUBURBS OF TOWN OF ORMONDVILLE.

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.

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

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Westland Land District.—Auction Sale of Pastoral Licenses.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 15th November, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the licenses of the pastoral runs set out below will be offered by public auction at the Land Office, Hokitika, on Thursday, the 12th day of January 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 Land 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.

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.

Village-homestead Allotments, Southland, open for Lease upon Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 6th December, 1898.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Thursday, the 23rd day of February, 1899.

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

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—ACKERS VILLAGE, INVERCARGILL HUNDRED.

Village-homestead Allotments.

These sections are part of abandoned sawmill area, the timber remaining being fit only for firewood. The soil is good black loam, with a little sand in some places. Distance from Invercargill, about eight miles, by fairly good road. Limit of holdings in this village, 50 acres.