Nov. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2087

Small Grazing-runs, Otago Land District, open for Lease on Application.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 13th November, 1900.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application at this office on and after the 16th January, 1901.
If more than one application be received for the same run on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Pastoral Country.
| Section. | Block. | Area. | Rent per Acre. | Half-yearly Rent. |
|----------|---------|-------|----------------|-------------------|
| WAITEMO COUNTY. | WAIHEMO SURVEY DISTRICT. | A. R. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 1 | X. | 1,378 0 0 | 0 0 9 | 25 16 9 |
This run is situated about three miles from Macrae's, and runs down to the Shag River. The land is warm and sunny. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £413 1s. 6d.
MANIOTOTO COUNTY. NASEBY SURVEY DISTRICT.
37 and 43 | I. | 196 1 32 | 0 0 10 | 4 1 8
Open grazing-land, of medium quality; dry; situated about one mile from the Town of Naseby. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £501 7s. 6d.
TAIERI COUNTY. SUTTON SURVEY DISTRICT.
1 and 2 | VI. | 2,176 1 16 | 0 0 6 | 27 4 0
Open tussock land, very good grazing ; watered by Sutton Stream; situated about nine miles from Middlemarch. Valuations for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £171 12s. 2d.
TAIERI COUNTY. NENTHORN AND STRATH TAIERI SURVEY DISTRICTS.
*1, 2, 3, | II. | 4,299 3 18 | 0 0 7 | 62 14 2
8 to 12 | XIII. |
+16 | |
+3 and 9 | XII. |
Open agricultural and pastoral land of fair quality; watered; situated about five miles from Middlemarch. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £1,421 14s.

• Nenthorn Survey District. †Strath Taieri Survey District.
  WAITAKI COUNTY. MARUWENUA SURVEY DISTRICT.
  Runs 17c | ... | 1,019 0 0 | 0 0 5 | 10 12 4
  & 17g |
  This country is part of the old Ben Lomond Run, and consists of open pastoral land; well watered; situated about four miles from Livingstone. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £318 5s.
  TAIERI COUNTY. MOUNT HYDE SURVEY DISTRICT.
  Run 185 | ... | 4,500 0 0 | 0 0 6 | 56 5 0
  Good grazing-land, well watered; situated about sixteen miles from Outram. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £132 5s.
  1, 10, & 12 | VII. | 1,253 3 33 | 0 0 4½ | 11 15 2
  Open ridgy country of medium quality; well watered; situated thirteen miles from Outram. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £280 5s.
  J. P. MAITLAND,
  Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Land, Southland, open for Selection on Perpetual Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 13th November, 1900.
THE under-mentioned Crown land, having been surrendered in terms of section 156 of "The Land Act, 1885," will be open for selection on perpetual lease on and after Tuesday, the 8th January, 1901. If more than one application be received for the section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT. SOUTHLAND COUNTY. OTARA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.
| Section. | Block. | Area. | Rent per Acre. | Half-yearly Rent. |
|----------|--------|-------|----------------|------------------|
| 22 | I. | 212 2 0 | 0 5 | 2 4 3 |
Soil inferior, no bush; situation and access fair. Distance from Fortrose, seven miles. Burdened with £248, valuation for improvements.
D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Otago Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 13th November, 1900.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted to public auction for lease on Wednesday, the 16th January, 1901, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, at 11 o'clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
(Pastoral Lands under Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892.")
RUNS 179, 163, and 163A (grouped, Class I.), Tuapeka County: Area, 16,200 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £100. Situated on Clutha River, three miles below Dunkeld, and including northern slopes of Tapanui Mountains.
Run 96 (Class I.), Clutha County: Area, 2,900 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £30. Situated between Kaihiku Range on the north and Kaihiku Stream on the south, about four miles south of Warepa Railway-station.
Sections 13, 14, 15, and 17, Block VII., and Sections 18 and 21, Block V., Table Hill District, Bruce County : Area, 1,127 acres 3 roods 9 perches; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £14.
Possession will be given on 1st March, 1901.
Valuations for improvements 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.

Grazing-lease of Forest Reserve, Mangahao Survey District, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 12th November, 1900.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned forest reserve will be submitted to public auction, for lease for grazing purposes, at the Olympic Theatre, Pahiatua, on Wednesday, 16th January, 1901.
If not sold on 16th January, 1901, the lease of this reserve will remain open for application at upset annual rental.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT. PAHIATUA COUNTY. MANGAAHOU SURVEY DISTRICT.
SECTION 129, Block III., 180 acres; upset annual rental, £35.
Term of lease, five years.
This reserve is situated east of Ballance, on the right bank of the Mangahao River, and comprises flat, low-lying land of good quality, with good alluvial soil, on a shingle formation; part is subject to floods.
About 90 acres were sown in grass about two years ago; the remaining area is covered with green and partly scorched, bush, scrub, swamp, &c. The milling timber has been removed.