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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 13

Rural Lands in the Otago Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity on and after Wednesday, 1st March, 1899.

If there be more than one application received for the same section on the same day, then the priority of selection will be decided by ballot, at this office, on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Sections 46 and 16: Broken land, portion covered with fern and portion well grassed; situated adjacent to Taioma Railway-station; these sections are grouped, and offered as one allotment. Sections 47 and 57: Level to undulating and steep rising land; altitude, from 200 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level; soil fair; partly agricultural; well watered; situated within three-quarters of a mile from Taioma Railway-station. Section 57 is weighted with valuation for improvements, £72 14s.

Maniototo | Maniototo | 9 | XVII. | 370 0 0 | 0 8·4 | 10 12 10 |
" | " | 7 | XI. | 238 1 28 | " | " |

Open agricultural land; water on Section 7. Situated about one mile from Komako Railway-station. These sections are grouped, and offered as one allotment. Valuation for improvements, £161 2s.

Taieri | Silver Peak | 12 | I. | 39 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 7 10 |
" | " | 13 | " | 7 1 3 | 0 6 | 0 1 9 |

Section 12: Open broken section, rising to 975 ft. above sea-level; portion fern land; well watered; accessible by road, one mile from Taioma Railway-station. Section 13: Rather rough land; well watered; situated within half a mile from Taioma Railway-station.

Bruce | Table Hill | 21 | III. | 133 1 0 | 0 3·6 | 0 19 11 |
" | " | 29 | " | 109 2 20 | 0 3·6 | 0 16 6 |
" | " | 49 | " | 75 2 0 | 0 3·6 | 0 11 5 |

Rough hilly faces; well watered. Situated about four miles from Mount Stewart Railway-station.

Lake | Upper Wakatipu | 32 | I. | 95 1 16 | 0 6 | 1 3 9 |
" | " | 33 | " | 49 3 37 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0 |
" | " | 34 | " | 50 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0 |
" | " | 35 | " | 50 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0 |
" | " | 36 | " | 55 1 35 | 0 4·8 | 0 11 0 |

Level land; soil of fair quality. Situated about four miles above the head of Lake Wakatipu. Valuation for improvements: Section 32, £178; Section 33, £9; Section 34, £7 4s.; Section 36, £14 8s.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands in Canterbury open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, 31st December, 1898.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Tuesday, the 21st February, 1899.

If more than one application be received for the sections on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Surveyed Land.

This section is situated between the Rocky Gully and Pareora Rivers, the distance from both Albury and Cave being about twelve miles. It comprises open hilly country, generally rough and rocky, and difficult of access, the whole being of exclusively pastoral character, and liable to heavy falls of snow in winter. Weighted with valuation for improvements as follows: £100, for hut and boundary and subdivision fencing.

Mackenzie | Opua | 36290B | XIV. | 314 2 9 | 0 16 8 | 262 2 8 | 0 10 | 6 11 1 | 0 8 | 5 4 10 |

This section forms part of the Ashwick Flat Block, lying on the south side of the South Opuha River, about eight miles northward from the Fairlie Terminus Railway-station, and comprises open, flat, stony land of inferior quality. The section is weighted with a valuation of £157 2s. 11d. for improvements, consisting of dwellinghouse, fencing, &c.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.