Nov. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2289

Small Grazing-runs, Marlborough, open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 20th November, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for selection on application at this office on and after Tuesday, the 7th day of January, 1902, at the half-yearly rental stated.

In the event of more than one application being received for the same run on the same day, priority of selection shall be decided by ballot.

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SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—KAIKOURA COUNTY.

Second-class Land.

WHERNSIDE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Altitude varies from 200 ft. to 4,100 ft. About one-fourth forest, parts of which have been burnt and sown with grass, the remainder tussock spurs and faces, from good to poor, with rock and scrub. The bush consists of manuka, mahoe, kowhai, with a little totara and pines on the lower slopes; near the top it is chiefly birch. About 1,200 acres of easy forest slopes and terraces capable of improvement; well watered; homestead-site at the south corner of the run, near the Clarence River, where there is about 30 acres of open sandy flat, which was subject to the flood of 1868, and a flat terrace of larger area, about 60 ft. above the level of the river. The homestead-site is distant about eleven miles from the Clarence Bridge by unformed road.

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Altitude varies from 200 ft. to 4,000 ft. About half bush, consisting of manuka, mahoe, and kowhai, with a little totara and pine on the lower slopes; near the top it is mostly birch; the remainder is tussock land, varying from good to poor, with stony faces, mixed with fern and scrub. There are about 30 acres of terraces near the Clarence. There is a homestead-site at the McLean, about nine miles from the Clarence Bridge by unformed road. The improvements on this run consist of 60 chains interior fence and half value of 140 chains of boundary-fence, valued at £72.

PUHIPUHI SURVEY DISTRICT.

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About 10 acres good flat land, remainder steep hills, mostly bush, with some fair tussock spurs and tops. The bush land, when cleared, would carry grass well; well watered. Altitude from sea-level, 3,945 ft. Homestead at Taylor’s paddock. 145 chains interior fence, 400 chains boundary fence, a cottage valued at £40 and a woolshed at £120, are to be paid for in ten years by twenty half-yearly instalments of £2 11s. 10d. and £7 15s. 5d.; and there is also a good concrete dip. Distant twenty-three miles from Kaikoura by formed main road.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Pastoral Runs in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 20th November, 1901.

IT is hereby notified that the leases of the under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted for sale by public auction at this office on Friday, the 24th day of January, 1902, at 11 a.m.

EAST TAUPŌ COUNTY.

Pastoral Agricultural Lands within the Ngongotaha, Tatua, Paeroa, and Takapau Survey Districts.

Run No. 64 (Class II.), comprising 11,700 acres; upset annual rent, £23.

Run No. 65 (Class II.), comprising 5,400 acres; upset annual rent, £12.

These lands are situated between Orakei Korako Hot Springs Reserve and the bridge over the Waikato River on the Waiotapu Wairakei-Taupo coach-road. They are generally covered with fern and tussock.

The leases will be submitted under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Term of lease, twenty-one years from 1st March, 1902. Full particulars, plans, and forms of declaration may be obtained on application at this office.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Reserve in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 16th October, 1901.

WRITTEN tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 18th December, 1901, for a lease of the under-mentioned reserve, for a term of fourteen years, at the upset annual rental stated.

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SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Kauri and Totara Timber Land in Auckland District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 29th October, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned green, dry, and singed kauri and totara timber, standing upon Blocks IV. and VIII., Hukerenui Survey District, in the Puhipuhi State Forest, Bay of Islands and Whangarei Counties, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 3rd day of January, 1902, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Lot No. 5: 278 green kauri-trees, containing about 987,245 superficial feet; 264 dry kauri-trees, containing about 550,683 superficial feet; 1,438 singed kauri-trees, containing about 4,320,581 superficial feet; 142 totara-trees, containing about 118,222 superficial feet. Total quantity of kauri timber, about 5,858,509 superficial feet, £3,661 12s.; total quantity of totara timber, about 118,222 superficial feet, £101. Total upset price of timber, £3,762 12s.

Conditions of Sale.

One-third of the purchase-money to be paid in cash, or by marked cheque, on the fall of the hammer; one third within two years, and the remaining third within four years, from date of sale.

The timber to be removed within eight years from date of sale.

All timber to be shipped by railway from the Whakapara Station.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Crown Land in Taranaki Land District for Sale under Section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 3rd September, 1901.

IT is hereby notified, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be offered to the holder of the adjoining land, under section 117 of the said Act, on and after the 28th December, 1901.

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SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Section 27, Block VIII., Waimate Survey District: 8 acres.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.