Dec. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2275

Land in Rakitairi Settlement, Canterbury, for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 2nd November, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land will be opened for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 27th December, 1899, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” the Land for Settlements Act Amendment Acts, 1895 and 1896, and the regulations made thereunder.

If more than one application be received for the same allotment on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on 28th December, 1899, at noon, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch. If the section be not applied for on the 27th December, 1899, it will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—GERALDINE COUNTY.—RAKITAIRI SETTLEMENT.

First-class Agricultural Land.

This allotment is situated on the northern side of the Rakitairi Settlement, having frontage on the Kakahu Valley Road, about one mile westward from Hilton Township, and about three miles from Kakahu Bush. It comprises open agricultural land, about 300 ft. above sea-level, partly flat and partly undulating; good black soil, from 6 in. to 7 in. deep, with clay subsoil. The allotment is weighted with a sum of £35 8s. 6d., being valuation for improvements consisting of two small huts and boundary-fencing, which sum must be paid by the successful applicant before being admitted to possession of the land.

S. WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Rakitairi Settlement, Canterbury, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 11th December, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land will be opened for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 21st February, 1900, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” the Land for Settlements Act Amendment Acts, 1895 and 1896, and the regulations made thereunder.

If more than one application be received for the same allotment on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot, on Thursday, the 22nd February, at 2.30 p.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch. If the section be not applied for on the 21st February, it will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT. — GERALDINE COUNTY. — OPIHI SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Agricultural Land.

This allotment is situated on the southern side of the Rakitairi Settlement, about nine miles and a half north-west of Temuka, and comprises open undulating agricultural land, with soil from 7 in. to 9 in. deep on clay subsoil. The selector of this allotment will be liable to pay to the lessee of the adjoining Lot No. 22 one-half of the value of the fencing erected by him on the boundary between the two lots.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Pawaho and Tamai Hamlets, near Christchurch, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 4th December, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land will be opened for selection on lease in perpetuity, as workmen’s homes allotments, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, 7th February, 1900, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” the Land for Settlements Act Amendment Acts, 1895 and 1896, and the regulations made thereunder.

If more than one application be received for the same allotment on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot, on Thursday, 8th February, at noon, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

If the sections be not applied for on the 7th February, they will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—SELWYN COUNTY.—CHRISTCHURCH SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

This section is situated on the eastern side of the Tamai Hamlet, fronting on Smith’s Road, about 28 chains back from the Ferry Road, in the Borough of Woolston, the total distance from Cathedral Square, Christchurch, being about two miles and a half. The section comprises flat agricultural land, with from 6 in. to 8 in. of loamy soil on clay subsoil.

PAWAHO HAMLET.

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This section is situated near the eastern end of the Pawaho Hamlet, fronting on the Hills Road, about 20 chains from the Heathcote Railway-station, and comprises low-lying flat agricultural land of good quality, partly liable to be flooded in winter.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Otago for Lease by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 4th December, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted to public auction at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, the 31st day of January, 1900:—

PASTORAL LANDS.

(Under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”)

Sections 13, 14, 15, and 17, Block VII., Table Hill District, Bruce County: Area, 700 acres and 24 perches; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £8 15s.; valuation for improvements, £60. Situated about three miles north-east of Manuaka Railway-station, on the Lawrence-Milton line; highest point, 1,330 ft. Possession on day of sale.

Runs 170B, 170C, 170D, 170E, Tuapeka County: Area, 5,990 acres; term, five years; upset annual rental, £74 17s. 6d. This land is of fairly good quality, broken, and mostly open; watered by the branches of the Clutha River. Situated about twenty-three miles from Lawrence; altitude, 700 ft. to 1,930 ft. Valuation for improvements, £41 4s. Possession on day of sale.

Runs 137, 137A, 137B, 137C, and 137D, Tuapeka County: Area, 9,091 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £75 15s. 2d. Mostly open ridgy land growing silver-and snow-tussock, with a little grass. Situated from nine to thirteen miles from Lawrence; altitude, 800 ft. to 2,400 ft. Possession on day of sale.

Run 17C, Waitaki County: Area, 626 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £10; valuation for improvements, £76 13s. This run, which is part of the old Ben Lomond Run, is purely pastoral country, very steep; watered. Situated about five miles from Livingstone. Possession on day of sale.

Sections 2 and 3, Block V., part Section 12, Block IX., Section 11, Block IX., and Section 17, Block X., Teviot District, Tuapeka County: Area, 7,509 acres 2 roods 15 perches; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental,