APRIL 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 841

Rural Land in the Wellington Land District open for Sale or Selection.

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

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Tuesday, the 30th April, 1901.

If more than one application be received on the same day, then priority of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—MASTERTON REFORM BLOCK.
First-class Surveyed Land.

Weighted with £81 10s. for improvements.

This section is situated on the North Range Road; the access is from Makuri, which is about seventeen miles distant, nine miles being dray-road and eight miles bridle-track. The section comprises easy spurs on road-frontage, rising steeply to 2,500 ft. on back line. The soil is of medium quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is of a mixed character, comprising rimu, rata, tawhero, and birch on ridges, with an undergrowth of supplejack, mahoe, rangiora, &c. The section is watered by a small creek at present. The elevation ranges from about 1,800 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise felling and grassing, 70 acres; fencing, 20 chains: total, £81 10s.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
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-wooled 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.

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.

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.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.