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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 103

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, and at the Survey Office, Kaikoura, 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.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—KAIKOURA COUNTY.
Second-class Land.

WHERNSIDE SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
113 | 5,660 0 0 | 0 5·3 | 61 18 1

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.

107 | 7,200 0 0 | 0 3·8 | 56 5 0

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 which go with this run consist of 60 chains interior fence and half value of 140 chains of boundary-fence, valued at £72.

PUHIPUHI SURVEY DISTRICT.

112 | {2,553 0 0 | 0 1·65 | 8 15 6
| { 247 0 0 | 1 1·5 | 6 18 11

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. The improvements which go with this run are 145 chains interior fence, and 400 chains boundary fence. The improvements which do not go with the run are a cottage valued at £40 and a woolshed at £120, total £160, to be repaid for in ten years by twenty half-yearly instalments of £2 11s. 10d. and £7 15s. 5d. There is also a good concrete dip. Distant twenty-three miles from Kaikoura by formed main road.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in the Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 22nd October, 1901.

WRITTEN tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 p.m. on Monday, the 23rd December, 1901, for the leases of the under-mentioned sections. If any sections are unapplied-for on the 23rd December, 1901, they will remain open for selection at the upset rentals and for the terms stated below.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
Subdivisions of Opunake Railway Reserve.

This reserve is contiguous to the Town of Opunake, between the Otahi and Waiata Streams.

CONDITIONS.

1. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.

2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. Residence is not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.

3. Possession will be given on the day of acceptance of tender.

4. The leases shall be for the term of years as specified above, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly, in advance.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

7. The land shall not be cropped nor broken up.

8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

9. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee should fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands in Ringway Settlement, Southland, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Friday, the 20th December, 1901, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and “The Land for Settlements Amendment Act, 1901.”

If more than one application is received for the same section on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—RINGWAY SETTLEMENT.

(Classified as Ordinary Farms.)

*Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £690, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £26 18s. 2d. Total half-yearly payments, £90 3s. 6d.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.