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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 7

SCHEDULE.
WALLACE COUNTY.—MERRIVALE ESTATE.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Description and Locality of Section.

Open, undulating; limestone formation; permanent water; fifteen miles from Otautau; two miles and three-quarters from dairy-factory reserve and school-site; altitude, 350 ft. to 450 ft. Improvements existing at date of purchase of the estate: 13 chains wire fence and gorse hedge on main road, and 73 chains subdivision fences; value, £21. No cash payment will be required for these improvements; the section, however, is burdened with £14 valuation for fencing erected by the former lessee, which amount must be deposited with the application.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 19th December, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity on and after Wednesday, 8th February, 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.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—COUNTY OF WAIRARAPA SOUTH.—KAIWHATA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £629 16s. for improvements, made up as follows: 300 acres in grass, £375; 158 chains fencing, £142 16s.; woolshed, sheep-yards, and dip, £90; whare and orchard, £22. This section is situated on the Wharau-Kaiwhata horse-road, Wairarapa South County. The access is from Carterton, which is about thirty-three miles distant: from Carterton to Gladstone eight miles by coach-road, from Gladstone to Wharau twenty-two miles by fair-weather dray-road, and from Wharau to the section three miles, two miles of which is by dray-road. The section is also accessible from the mouth of the Kaiwhata River—distant six miles—by dray-road. The land comprises broken hilly country, intersected by deep gullies, with small flats along the Kaiwhata River. The soil is of fair quality, resting on sandstone-and-clay formation. The forest is of small extent, only 74 acres remaining, and comprises rimu, hinau, maire, and birch, with an undergrowth of rangiora and supplejacks. The section is well watered by permanent streams. The elevation ranges from about 400 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea-level.

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Weighted with £1,036 10s. for improvements, made up as follows: 500 acres felled and grassed, £800; 139 chains fencing, £136 10s.; whare, orchard, and sheep-yards, £100. This section is situated on the Wharau-Kaiwhata horse-road, Wairarapa South County. The access is from Carterton, which is about thirty-four miles distant: from Carterton to Gladstone eight miles by coach-road, from Gladstone to Wharau twenty-two miles by fair-weather dray-road, and from Wharau to the section four miles, two miles of which is by dray-road. The section is also accessible from the mouth of the Kaiwhata River—distant six miles—by dray-road. The land comprises broken hilly country, intersected by deep gullies, with small flats along the road and on the banks of the Little Kaiwhata Creek, which runs through the section. The soil is of fair quality, resting on sandstone-and clay-formation. The forest comprises about 110 acres, and consists of rimu, birch, hinau, and maire, with a slight undergrowth of tutu and mahoe. The section is well watered by permanent streams. The elevation ranges from about 300 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level.

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

Pastoral Lands in the Otago Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

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

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted to public auction at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Monday, the 27th day of February, 1899, at 11 a.m.

PASTORAL LANDS.

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

Run 98 (Class I.), Waitaki County: Area, 7,500 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £110. Situated at the source of the Kauroo River, about nine miles west of Maheno.

Run 209 (Class I.), Waitaki County: Area, 5,200 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £50. Situated on the north branch of the Waianakarua River, about four miles west of Herbert.

Sections 9 and 10, Block VI., Waikouaiti District (Class I.), Waikouaiti County: Area, 530 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £20. Situated about seven miles north-west of Merton, within a mile of the north branch of the Waikouaiti River.

Section 69, Block IV., Table Hill District (Class I.), Bruce County: Area, 202 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £2 10s. 6d. Situated about one mile and a half north-east of Manuka Railway-station, on the Lawrence—Milton line.

Sections 7 and 8, and part of Section 3, Block III., Cairnhill District, and parts of Sections 3 and 4, Block VIII., Teviot Survey District (grouped) (Class I.), Vincent and Tuapeka Counties: Area, 5,989 acres; term, 11 years; upset annual rental, £74 17s. 3d. Situated between the Clutha River and the summit of the Old Man Range, about nine miles north of Roxburgh.

Sections 4, 6, 7, and 8, and parts of Sections 2 and 3, Block V.; part of Section 12, Block IX.; Section 2 and part of Sections 3 and 4, Block VIII.; and Section 46, Block II., Teviot District and part of Whitecomb District (grouped) (Class I.), Tuapeka County: Area, 12,278 acres; term, 11 years; upset annual rental, £153 9s. 6d. Situated between the Clutha River and the summit of the Old Man Range, about five miles north of Roxburgh.

Run 465 (Class I.), Lake County: Area, 2,320 acres; term, 14 years; upset annual rental, £3. Situated near the head of the Matukituki River, about twenty-five miles from Pembroke.

Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1900.

Valuations for improvements in respect of the above runs must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Dunedin, before the licensee will be let into possession.

Such valuations shall, exclusive of the value of a rabbit-proof fence, in no case exceed three times the amount of the average annual rental paid under the expired or expiring license, during the term thereof, and five times such amount in cases where the annual rental does not exceed £50.

The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Purchasers must deposit statutory declarations required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the first half-year’s rent, together with license-fee (£1 1s.), on fall of the hammer.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.