1848
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 79

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.

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SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—WAITAKI COUNTY.

First-class Land.

OAMARU SURVEY DISTRICT.—ARDGOWAN ESTATE.

| 93 | II. | 19 0 29 | 10 0 | 4 15 11 |

Gently undulating agricultural land; soil good. There is no permanent water on this section, but it can be obtained by sinking. Situated three miles distant from Town of Oamaru and two miles from Waiareka Dairy Factory. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £70 13s. 9d.

MARUWENUA SURVEY DISTRICT.—MAEREWHENUA ESTATE.

| 3 | III. | 23 2 12 | 8 0 | 4 14 4 |
| 24A | " | 0 2 16 | 8 0 | 0 2 6 |

Level and gently rising ground; soil good, on old alluvial and limestone formations. No water on allotment, but good water, to which there is access, within 20 chains. Accessible by formed road, and situated a mile and a quarter from Duntroon Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £69 16s.

OAMARU SURVEY DISTRICT.—TEANERAKI ESTATE.

| 17 | XII. | 10 0 0 | 18 2 | 4 10 10 |

Rich agricultural land, all ploughable. Situated two miles from Enfield Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £30.

Grouped.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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First-class Land in the Highbank Settlement open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 22nd August, 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 18th October, 1899, under the provisions of “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 section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch. If the sections be not applied for on the 18th October, 1899, they will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

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SCHEDULE.

ASHBURTON COUNTY.—HIGHBANK SETTLEMENT.—CORWAR SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

| 40 | II. | 285 3 20 | 0 6 8 | 47 8 4 |
| 12, Village | II. | 1 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 5 0 |

Lot 40, in the Highbank Settlement, is situated about five miles easterly from Methven, and about three miles north-easterly from the Cairnbrae Railway-station. It comprises all open flat land, at an elevation of about 900 ft. above sea-level, the soil being of fair depth and good quality, resting on loamy clay subsoil on gravel. A county water-race traverses the section. The land is entirely fenced, and subdivided into four paddocks. The buildings consist of a small house and a stable and store-room, both built of wood, with iron roofs. About 120 acres of the land has been laid down in new grass. The section is weighted with a valuation of £204 for improvements, which sum must be paid by the successful applicant before being admitted to possession of the land.

Lot 12, in the Highbank Village, is situated in the centre of the settlement, about six miles in an easterly direction from Methven, and within a quarter of a mile of the school. It comprises open, level, agricultural land, at an elevation of about 900 ft. above sea-level. The section is weighted with a valuation of £1 2s. 6d. for part boundary-fencing, which sum must be paid by the successful applicant before being admitted to possession of the land.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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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.

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SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—MACKENZIE COUNTY.—TENGA-WAI SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Surveyed Land.

| 1 | XI. | 267 2 0 | 5 6 | 36 15 7 |

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.