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improvements, £17 10s. High pastoral country. Situated about fifteen miles from Ranfurly Railway-station. Possession on day of sale.

Run 244D and commonage, Vincent County: Area, 3,298 acres and 11 perches; term, 14 years; upset annual rental, £27 9s. 8d.; valuation for improvements, £89 5s. Situated about one mile from Ophir Township. Possession on day of sale.

Run 11A, Waitaki County: Area, 300 acres; term, thirteen years; upset annual rental, £3. Situated on the Waianakarua River, about five miles from Waianakarua Railway-station. Possession on day of sale.

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

Purchasers must deposit statutory declaration required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the sum of the half-year’s rent, license-fee, and valuation for improvements if any) on the fall of the hammer.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Otago, for Lease by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office, Dunedin,
12th January, 1900.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted to public auction at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the 27th day of February, 1900, at 11 a.m.

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

Run 212G (Class II.), Tuapeka County: Area, 1,654 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £27: situated one mile to the east of Dusky Hill, and five miles north of Kelso Railway-station.

Run 51 (Class II.), Tuapeka County: Area, 6,450 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £80: situated on south side of Waipori River, one mile west of Waipori Township.

Run 51B (Class II.), Tuapeka County: Area, 1,400 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £25: situated between Run 51 on the north-east and Waitahuna River on the south-west.

Run 51C (Class II.), Tuapeka County: Area, 1,400 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £25: situated between Run 51B on the north and Waitahuna River on the south-west, three miles south of Waipori Township.

Runs 179, 163, and 163A (grouped), (Class I.), Tuapeka County: Area, 16,200 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £180: situated on Clutha River, three miles below Dunkeld, and including northern slopes of Tapanui Mountains.

Runs 479 and 480 (Class I.), Tuapeka County: Area, 8,000 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £45: situated three miles west of Roxburgh, and lying between northern spur of Mount Benger on the east and Pomahaka River on the west.

Sections 40 to 43, Block I., Crookston District, and Run 178 (Class I.), Tuapeka County: Area, 2,120 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £25: situated on the west bank of the Clutha River, two miles below Dunkeld.

Run 96 (Class I.), Clutha County: Area, 2,900 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £50: situated four miles south of Warepa Railway-station, and lying between Kaihiku Range on the north and Kaihiku Stream on the south.

Run 96A (Class I.), Clutha County: Area, 1,970 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £35: adjoining the above-mentioned Run 96 on the west.

Runs 308A, 261F, and 261G (grouped), (Class I.), Maniototo and Vincent Counties: Area, 21,360 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £400: situated seven miles west of Hamiltons, and lying between Upper Taieri River on the east and over Rough Ridge to Poolburn on the west.

Section 3, Block XVII., Greenvale District (Class II.), Tuapeka County: Area, 320 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £5: adjoining Run 212G on the east, before described.

Run 37, Wakatipu (Class I.), Lake County: Area, 261 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £5: situated immediately opposite Arrowtown Extension, across Arrow River.

Run 38, Wakatipu (Class I.), Lake County: Area, 274 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £10; adjacent to and south of Run 37, described above.

Section 7, Block III., Catlin’s District (Class I.), Clutha County: Area, 726 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £6: situated five miles north-west from Glenomaru Railway-station, at head of Glenomaru Stream.

Sections 47 and 48, Block I., Crookston District (Class I.), Tuapeka County: Area, 566 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £7: situated one mile and a half north-west from Dunkeld (Beaumont).

Sections 1 to 5, Block XVI., and 45 and 46, Block I., Crookston District (Class I.), Tuapeka County: Area, 1,529 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £19: situated one mile and a half west of Dunkeld (Beaumont).

Sections 3 and 4, Block XV., Crookston District (Class I.), Tuapeka County: Area, 393 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £5: situated five miles north of Dunkeld (Beaumont).

Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 15, Block XV., Crookston District (Class I.), Tuapeka County: Area, 1,051 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £13: situated two miles north of Beaumont (Dunkeld).

Section 1, Block VIII., Silver Peak District (Class II.), Taieri County: Area, 2,118 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £75: situated five miles up Three-o’clock Creek from Hindon Railway-station.

Sections 79 to 94, Block II., Earnslaw District (Class I.), Lake County: Area, 836 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £1: situated seven miles from Glenorchy, up Rees River.

Run 51A (Class II.), Tuapeka and Bruce Counties: Area, 10,460 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £150: situated about four miles west of Berwick, between Waipori River and the Meggat Burn.

Run 140A (Class I.), Tuapeka County: Area, 5,794 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £40: situated about two miles west of Pomahaka Railway-station.

Possession will be given on 1st of March, 1901.

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.

Land in Marlborough open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 8th January, 1900.

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, Blenheim, on Monday, the 12th day of March, 1900, 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 more than one application be received for the allotment on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim. If the section be not applied for on the 12th March, 1900, it will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—RICHMOND BROOK ESTATE.

Second-class Agricultural Land.

All in native grass; 200 acres of small flats, ploughable. Water part of the year. Altitude, 600 ft. to 1,100 ft. 35 chains wire fence; 100 chains netted fence. Nine miles and a half from Seddon Railway-station, by formed road three miles, and unformed six miles and a half.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.