Mar. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 723

Land in Otago open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 13th March, 1901.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be opened for application upon lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, 8th May, 1901, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

MAEREWHENUA SETTLEMENT.

Waitaki County.—Awamoko Survey District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
79 | II. | 1 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 0 2 6

Level land, with fair soil, though somewhat shingly. Situated about a quarter of a mile from Borton’s Siding, and four miles and a half from Duntroun.

JANEFIELD SETTLEMENT.

Taieri County.—Taieri Survey District.

5A | V. | 4 0 37 | 1 13 0 | 3 9 10
6A | " | 4 2 0 | 1 13 0 | 3 14 3
19A | " | 2 2 32 | 2 0 0 | 2 14 0

First-class agricultural land, open and level. Situated in the well-known Taieri Plain, about 60 chains from the Borough of Mosgiel, and about the same distance from Wingatui Junction Railway-station. Section 5A is weighted with £4 as valuation for improvements.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Otago, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 2nd March, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral runs will be submitted to public auction, for lease, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the 16th day of April, 1901, at 11 o’clock a.m.:

VINCENT COUNTY.—EARNSCLEUGH STATION.

Pastoral Runs under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

1. RUN No. 249, comprising Original Runs 249 and 325B: Area, 18,825 acres; term, ten years; upset annual rental, £78 8s. 10d.

The purchaser of this run will require to take a license (expiring at the same time as the run license) under section 55 of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” over Section 1, Block XI., Section 1, Block XIV., and part of Section 3, Block X., Leaning Rock District; area, 864 acres; annual rental, £73 9s. The capital value of the land is £1,152, and the value of the improvements £316 17s. The improvements consist of fencing, woolshed, yards, and wool-scouring plant.

2. Run No. 249A, comprising Original Runs 249A, 249B, and 437: Area, 46,617 acres; term, ten years; upset annual rental, £242 16s.

The purchaser of this run will require to take a license (expiring at the same time as the run license) under section 55 of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” over Homestead Freeholds P. R. “A,” “B,” and “C”; area, 115 acres; annual rental, £52 4s. The capital value of the land is £605 3s. 9d., and the value of the improvements £438 15s. 9d. The improvements consist of fencing, stone walls, stables, iron hut, dwellinghouse, outhouses, orchard, &c.

Description.

These runs are situated in the vicinity of Clyde and Alexandra, Vincent County, Central Otago. Run 249 is locally known as the Cairnmuir, Shepherd’s Flat, and Sugarloaf Run. Run 249A is locally known as the Butcher’s and Conroy’s Run. A portion of the homestead freehold, purchased by the Government, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, goes with each run, as above indicated. The country is warm, low-lying, healthy, and well adapted for breeding either merino or long-woolled sheep. It is well subdivided, and can be stocked without much further expenditure.

Conditions.

Possession will be given on day of sale.

The term is for ten years from 1st March, 1902, and also includes the period between the day of sale and that date.

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The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892,” and with a special condition providing for the maintenance in a reasonable and workable state of repair of all improvements on both runs and homestead freeholds.

Purchasers must deposit statutory declarations required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the first half-year’s rent, together with license-fees, £1 1s. for each license, on fall of the hammer; such rent being for the six months from 1st September next to 1st March, 1902.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

First-class Land in Tamai Hamlet, near Christchurch, open for Selection as a Workmen’s-home Allotment, for Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 5th March, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown land will be opened for selection on lease in perpetuity, as a workmen’s-home allotment, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Monday, 15th April, 1901, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and the regulations made thereunder, and the general conditions set forth in the pamphlet for the disposal of the Tamai Hamlet in 1899.

If more than one application be received for the section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

If the section be not applied for on the 15th April, it will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT. — SELWYN COUNTY. — TAMAI HAMLET.

First-class Land.

This section is situated in the Tamai Hamlet, Borough of Woolston, about two miles and a half south-easterly from Christchurch Post-office, via Ferry Road and Mackworth Street, and comprises all flat agricultural land, with from 6 in. to 8 in. of loamy soil on clay subsoil.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Hawke’s Bay Land District, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 13th March, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application at this office on and after Wednesday, 1st May, 1901.

If more than one application be received for the same run on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT. — COOK COUNTY. — NGATAPA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

These runs are mostly open fern and scrub lands; 200 to 400 acres mixed bush; with light soil, well watered, and frontage to the Hangaroa River. Altitude, from 700 ft. to 1,900 ft.

The Gisborne-Rotorua Stock Track and the Hangaroa-Tahora Road pass through the runs.

E. C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.