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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

Totara and Rimu Timber, Tararua Survey District, for Sale
by Public Auction for Cash.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 10th January, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that timber on the under-
mentioned Crown lands, containing about 750,000
superficial feet, in Tararua Survey District, will be offered
for sale by public auction, in one lot, at the Public Hall,
Eketahuna, on Thursday, the 7th March, 1901, at 2.30 p.m.

SCHEDULE.

Section 1, Block IV., Tararua District; 201 acres 2 roods.
Totara (first class): About 237 trees, containing about
167,000 superficial feet.
Totara (second class): About 148 trees, containing about
83,000 superficial feet.
Rimu: About 500,000 superficial feet.
Upset price, £333 10s.

TERMS OF SALE.

The timber is offered subject to the provisions of “The
State Forests Act, 1885,” and of the regulations made
thereunder.

The purchaser shall pay the purchase-money in cash or
by marked cheque in three equal instalments—one-third,
and £1 1s. license-fee, being deposited on the fall of the
hammer, one-third within six months thereafter, and the
remaining one-third within twelve months from date of
sale.

The purchaser shall have the sole use of the land con-
tained in license, and the right to cut and remove the
timber thereon noted in above Schedule, during a period of
two years from the date of sale.

Plans containing full particulars may be obtained at the
principal post-offices in the district, and at this office.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Taranaki, open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 23rd January, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
small grazing-run will be open for lease on applica-
tion on Tuesday, the 26th February, 1901, at the half-
yearly rental stated. In the event of more than one appli-
cation being received on the same day, the right to selection
will be decided by ballot on the following day at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—STRATFORD AND PATEA COUNTIES.—
TAURAKAWA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

Rough and broken country, heavily timbered with tawai,
rata, rimu, tawa, &c., with dense undergrowth. All pastoral
country, the soil being poor, resting upon a formation of
papa, and well watered; the streams lie mostly in gorges.
The height of hills above streams is about 1,000 ft. Distant
from Waitotara about fifty miles, by way of the Waitotara
Valley Road, which is formed as a dray-road to within
about eleven miles of the block. Access may also be had
from Eltham, via the Rawhitiroa Road, distant about fifty-
two miles, twenty of which have been opened for dray
traffic, eleven miles being metalled; the remainder of the
Rawhitiroa Road has been opened for horse traffic to its junc-
tion with the Waitotara Valley Road.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Marlborough, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 5th December, 1900.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned pastoral
runs will be offered by public auction, at the District
Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Tuesday, the 12th
day of February, 1901.

SCHEDULE.

PASTORAL LICENSES UNDER PART VI., “LAND ACT, 1892.”
Blue Mountain Survey District.

Run No. 147 (Class II.): 1,100 acres; term, twenty-one
years; upset annual rental, £15. Weighted with £37,
valuation for improvements, consisting of fencing. Pos-
session will be given on 1st March, 1901.

Avon, Taylor Pass, Blue Mountain, and Hodder Survey
Districts.

Run No. 148 (Class I.): 10,650 acres; term, twenty-one
years; upset annual rental, £70. Weighted with £188,
valuation for improvements, consisting of fencing. Posses-
sion will be given on 1st March, 1901.

One half-year’s rent, and £1 1s. lease-fee, must be paid on
the fall of the hammer, and the usual declaration furnished.

Description of Land.

Run No. 147: High, mountainous, rocky country; bare
of vegetation on summit of ranges. Lower hills and slopes
covered with tussock, manuka, fern, and a little grass. Soil
fair; well watered. Open pastoral country. About twelve
miles from Dungree Railway-station. Altitude from 500 ft.
to 4,500 ft.

Run No. 148: High, rough, rocky, and mountainous.
Summit of ranges bare of vegetation. Slopes covered with
tussock and a little grass. Soil stony and poor; well
watered. About 100 acres stunted birch bush. About
twelve miles from Dungree Railway-station. Altitude,
500 ft. to 4,900 ft.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run in the County of Mackenzie, Canterbury
Land District, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 4th December, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
small grazing-run will be open for lease on applica-
tion, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch,
and the Land Office, Timaru, on Wednesday, the 6th Feb-
ruary, 1901, at the annual rental noted below. If the run
be not applied for on the 6th February, 1901, it will be open
for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey
Office, Christchurch. In case of more than one application
for the run on the same day, priority of selection will be
decided by ballot, on the following day, at the Land Office,
Christchurch, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—MACKENZIE COUNTY.—MAC-
KENZIE AND OPAWA SURVEY DISTRICTS.—SMALL GRAZING-
RUN No. 87.

First-class Pastoral Country.

This run, which forms part of the original Opawa Station
leasehold, is situated on the south of the Mackenzie Pass,
distant about nine miles in a southerly direction from
Burke’s Pass Township, and about twelve miles westerly by
the Mackenzie Pass Road from the Albury Township and
Railway-station. It comprises generally mountainous and
hilly, open, tussock country, ranging in elevation from about
1,760 ft. to about 3,700 ft. above sea-level, and being there-
fore subject to heavy falls of snow in winter. The country
is rocky and shingly on the main tops and spurs, with
patches of undulating land and small flats. The sunny
facings and front spurs are of very good pastoral quality,
but the tops and back facings are of inferior quality,
covered principally with snow-grass. The run is fairly well
watered by springs and streams.

The run is weighted with a valuation of £98 for improve-
ments, consisting of fencing upon a portion of the boundaries.
The use of the fencing upon the boundary adjacent to R.S.
36059, held by Mr. R. Fraser, will be matter of arrangement
between the respective lessees, as this fence, not being wholly
upon the boundary, is not included in the above valuation.

Possession of the run will be given to the successful ap-
plicant for the same as soon as the application has been
approved by the Land Board and the necessary deposit and
valuation paid.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The term of lease is twenty-one years, with the option
   of renewal for a further period of twenty-one years at a rent