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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.

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.

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.

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 cot-
tage valued at £40 and a woolshed at £120, total £160,
to be repaid for in ten years by twenty half-yearly instal-
ments of £2 11s. 10d. and £7 15s. 5d. There is also a
good concrete dip. Distant twenty-three miles from Kai-
koura 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, be-
tween the Otahi and Waiaua 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 improve-
   ments 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 Govern-
   ment.

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.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—RINGWAY
SETTLEMENT.
(Classified as Ordinary Farms.)

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £690, repay-
  able 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.