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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 106

Small Grazing-runs, Marlborough, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 11th December, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Tuesday, 4th February, 1902, under the provisions of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892,” for a term of twenty-one years, at the rentals stated.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT. — SOUNDS COUNTY. — ORIERI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Pastoral Land.

Broken pastoral country, well watered; soil ranges from fair to inferior; all bush, principally birch. About fourteen miles from Havelock.

Pastoral country, moderately well watered; soil ranges from fair to inferior; all bush, principally birch. About fourteen miles from Havelock.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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.

“The Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics Act, 1895.”—Interim Return of Corn Crops.—Notice No. 681, 1901.

Department of Agriculture, 18th December, 1901.

THE work of collecting the statistics began on the 14th October. The figures now to hand enable me to give an interim return of the acreage under corn crops and the amount of grain on hand.

The cold dry weather experienced over the major portion of the colony during spring and early summer has had an injurious effect upon the growth of the crops. The welcome rains, however, experienced during the last ten days have acted beneficially, and will do much to counteract the results of the drought. It is possible that a deduction may have to be made in the area given under the heading “For threshing” in certain districts, as the stock have been turned upon the young crops where feed was scarce.

WHEAT.

The area under wheat still shows a further decrease. This is no doubt attributable to the low prices prevailing, and to the fact that the demand is mainly a local one. The decrease this year amounts to over 40,000 acres, the area for threshing this season being 165,012 acres. The quantity of wheat on hand is a million and a quarter bushels less than at this time last year.

OATS.

Last year an increase of over 50,000 acres was shown. This season’s crops show a decrease of 78,569 acres for threshing and 2,746 for chaffing. “Feeding down” shows an increase of 4,767 acres. The quantity of oats on hand has decreased by over a million and a half bushels.

BARLEY.

The area under barley for threshing is 27,800 acres, showing a decrease of over 3,000 acres.

OTHER CROPS.

Rye, maize, and hops show decreases. The fact that the acreage in hops has fallen off is no doubt due to the very low prices prevailing, and to the fact that many farmers in the Nelson District are turning their attention to fruit-growing on a much larger scale than formerly.

Peas and beans show increases. Linseed shows an abnormal increase—viz., of over 2,000 acres. This crop seems to have found favour with the farmers in the Poverty Bay District, good prices being obtained for the seed.

YIELDS.

The crops are not sufficiently advanced to allow an estimate of the yield to be made, but this will be done as soon as it can be with any degree of accuracy.

The attached table shows the areas under grain crops, also the grain on hand.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Secretary for Agriculture.