APRIL 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 741

Sections in Township of Pipiriki for Lease by Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1899.

THE under-mentioned sections in the Township of Pipiriki will be offered for lease by public tender, for a term of twenty-one years, with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, the 26th April, 1899. Sections not applied for on the 26th April, 1899, will be open thereafter at the upset ground-rentals noted below.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
Township of Pipiriki.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Leases of Small Grazing-runs, Otago, open for Application.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 28th February, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that leases of the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for application, at this office, on Wednesday, the 19th April, 1899, at the rental noted opposite each run.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

These runs consist of broken agricultural and pastoral country, situated at from one to five miles from Ophir Township. Valuation for improvements: Run 244, £456 10s. 6d.; Run 244c, £110; Run 244g, £368 2s. 9d.; Run 244L, £85 5s.

Tiger Hill.. | 29 | II. } | 567 1 35 | 0 2 | 2 7 3
Lauder | 16 | IV. } | | |

Broken agricultural and pastoral country, situated one mile from Ophir. Valuation for improvements, £85 10s.

Lauder .. | 5 | VI. | 1,298 1 23 | 0 6 | 16 4 6
" | 6 | " | 1,281 3 20 | 0 5 | 13 7 1

Open undulating agricultural and pastoral country, well watered, situated about five miles from Ophir Township. Valuation for improvements: On Section 5, £492 19s.; on Section 6, £339 7s. 6d. In addition to these improvements, each section contains an area of turnips, which will be valued fourteen days before sale.

Blackstone { Run 225p } | 1,115 0 0 | 0 5 | 11 12 4
{ " 225g } | | |

Open country, somewhat high and broken; well watered; situated about three miles from Wedderburn Post-office. Valuation for improvements, £234 4s. 6d.

Gimmerburn | .. | Run 225s | 433 2 0 | 0 5 | 4 10 5

Open undulating agricultural and pastoral land, situated about five miles from Wedderburn. Valuation for improvements, £198 7s.

Strath Taieri | 1 | XI. | 3,889 1 4 | 0 6 | 48 12 3
" | 13| X. | 948 1 15 | 0 6 | 11 17 0

Open undulating agricultural and pastoral land; well watered; situated from four to six miles from Middlemarch. Valuation for improvements: On Section 1, Block XI., £240 10s.; on Section 13, Block X., £391 15s.

Hummock | 1 | IX. } | 4,167 0 0 | 0 4 | 34 14 6
" | 2 | VII.} | | |
Nenthorn.. | 14 | IV. } | 4,784 0 0 | 0 6 | 59 16 0
" | 4 | VI. } | | |
" | 3 | VII.} | | |
" | 5 | VIII.} | | |

Open, but somewhat broken agricultural and pastoral country; well watered; about ten miles from Middlemarch. Valuation for improvements: On Section 1, Block IX., £652 6s. 6d.; on Section 4, Block VI., £394 2s. 9d.

Dunback .. | 9 | VI. | 1,139 0 0 | 0 5 | 11 17 4

Open undulating agricultural and pastoral country; well watered; situated about twelve miles from Dunback Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, £205 8s.

Rock & Pillar| .. | Run 205b | 3,960 0 0 | 0 5½ | 45 7 6

Open high agricultural and pastoral land; well watered; and situated about one mile from Hyde Township. Valuation for improvements, £494 14s. 6d.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Wellington Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection, in terms of section 159 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on lease in perpetuity, on Wednesday, 26th April, 1899.

If more than one application be 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., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

Sections not applied for on the 26th April, 1899, will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.