Sept. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1775

Small Grazing-runs, Marlborough, open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 12th September, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for selection on Monday, 13th November, 1899.

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

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

About 500 acres birch bush, remainder fern and scrub; very broken; pastoral only; well watered. Average height, 1,200 ft. Twenty-four miles from Blenheim—by formed road nineteen miles, and unformed five miles.

| 138 | 992 0 0 | 0 3 | 6 4 0 |

About 150 acres birch bush, 650 acres burnt bush, 200 acres fern and scrub; very broken; pastoral only; well watered. 150 acres of the burnt bush is sown with English grass. Gold is found in small quantities in Flower’s and Nutmeg Creeks. Weighted with £45, value of improvements, which consist of the 150 acres of English grass. Eighteen miles from Blenheim—by formed road seventeen miles, and unformed one mile.

ONAMALUTU AND PINE VALLEY SURVEY DISTRICTS.

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About 300 acres birch bush, remainder fern and scrub; very broken; pastoral only; well watered. Average altitude, 1,500 ft. Twenty-two miles from Blenheim—by formed road nineteen miles, and unformed three miles.

ONAMALUTU SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 128 | 412 0 0 | 0 3 | 2 11 6 |

About 170 acres birch bush, remainder fern and scrub; very broken; pastoral only; well watered. Average height, 1,000 ft. Twenty-three miles from Blenheim—by formed road nineteen miles, and unformed four miles.

| 129 | 1,026 0 0 | 0 2½ | 4 16 2 |

About 600 acres birch bush, remainder fern and scrub; very broken; pastoral only; well watered. Average height, 1,500 ft. Twenty-three miles from Blenheim—by formed road nineteen miles, and unformed four miles.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Albury Settlement, Canterbury, open for Lease as a Small Grazing-run.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 12th September, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be opened for selection, in conjunction with lease-in-perpetuity Lot 1, Albury Settlement, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, 15th November, 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 the run be not applied for on the 15th November, 1899, it will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—MACKENZIE COUNTY.—TENGAWAI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Small Grazing-run.—Second-class Pastoral Land.

This run is situated at the northern end of the Albury Range, about three miles and a half westerly from the Fairlie Railway-station, and comprises hilly pastoral country, ranging from about 1,100 ft. to 4,300 ft. above sea-level, consisting of good open spurs well covered with tussock, native, and English grasses on the lower portions, and high rocky faces growing snow-grass and tussock. The aspect of the land is generally favourable, it is well watered by numerous streams, and when worked in conjunction with the homestead block (Section 1) it has a good average carrying-capacity. The run is fenced all round, and is weighted with a valuation of £35 15s. for part of the southern boundary-fence, erected by the late occupier: this sum must be paid by the successful applicant before being admitted to possession of the run.

This run must be applied for and selected together with the homestead-site, Lot 1, Block XI., Tengawai Survey District.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 12th September, 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 15th November, 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 the sections be not applied for on the 15th November, 1899, they will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—MACKENZIE COUNTY.—TENGAWAI SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Surveyed Land.

This section is situated at the northern end of the Albury Settlement, fronting on the main Mackenzie Road, about a quarter of a mile southward from Winscombe Railway-station, on the Timaru-Fairlie branch line; it comprises open, well-grassed downs and flats, intersected by Coal Stream and several gullies, by which it is well watered; the soil is of good quality, on clay subsoil. The section lies at an altitude of from about 900 ft. to 1,100 ft. above sea-level; it is fenced all round, and is weighted with a valuation of £10 for part of the southern boundary-fence erected by the late occupier; this sum must be paid by the successful applicant before being admitted to possession of the land.

This section forms the homestead-site for, and must be selected together with, Small Grazing-run No. 49.

| 63 | XIV. | 50 0 0 | 6 9·6 | 8 10 0 |

This section is situated on the south side of the Camp Valley Road, about three miles and three-quarters north-westward from the Albury Railway-station, on the Timaru-Fairlie branch line; it comprises open and undulating land, ranging from about 1,100 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level; the soil is a deep loam of good quality, with clay subsoil. The section is fenced all round, and is weighted with a sum of £13 10s. for part of the boundary-fence erected by the late occupier: this sum must be paid by the successful applicant before being admitted to possession of the land.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands in Otago open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 12th September, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for application upon lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 15th November, 1899.