MAY 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1083

Land in Wellington Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, 3rd April, 1901.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands 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 Wednesday, the 22nd May, 1901.

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

SCHEDULE.
SECOND-CLASS SURVEYED LAND.

Weighted with £400 for improvements.

This allotment is situated on the Rocky Hill Road, about six miles from its junction with the Gladstone-East Coast Road. The access is from Carterton, which is about twenty-eight miles distant, by twenty-two miles of dray-road, eleven miles of which is metalled, four miles of formed bridle-track; remainder is proposed road, part of which is felled and burned. The lot comprises hilly and undulating land, the soil being poor to medium, on a rotten-rock formation. The forest is of a mixed nature, comprising rimu, matai, tawa, totara, with dense undergrowth of rangiora, whitewood, supplejack, &c. The land is well watered by streams. The elevation ranges from about 1,000 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise 200 acres felled and grassed, fencing 72 chains, whare, sheep-yard and fence, valued at £400. 20 acres of bush on Part 1, 287, have been felled and burned, but grass has disappeared. This area is not included in improvements.

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

Small Grazing-runs, Wellington, for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 27th March, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for application, at this office, on Tuesday, the 28th day of May, 1901, at the rentals stated. In the event of more than one application being received for the same run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
PATEA COUNTY.—NUKUMARU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Locality and Description of Runs.

This land is situated on the Waitotara River. Section 1 contains 2,200 acres, and Section 1B 1,780 acres, consisting of good birch ridges but narrow valleys. The timber is tawa, rata, rimu, &c., with the usual undergrowth, and the land will make good sheep-country, estimated to carry two sheep to the acre. On Section 1 there is a good homestead-site north of the road dividing the lots, where there is a clearing of from 5 to 7 acres. On Section 1B there are two good flats on the Waitotara River, estimated to contain 15 to 20 acres each, one of which has from 8 to 10 acres cleared and in grass, which would enable a homestead to be erected immediately. There is a dray-road already made for seven miles from Waitotara Township, and a 6 ft. bridle-track formed on to the Waitotara River, dividing the two blocks. The nearest part of the land is about ten miles from Waitotara by the formed road.

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

Native Land Court Notices.

Applications for Confirmation Certificates under Section 55.

Registrar Office, Auckland, 9th May, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that applications have been made for certificates under section 55 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” confirming the alienations hereunder specified. All objections to the granting of such certificates must be lodged with me within fourteen days from the publication of this notice.

Auckland, Sec. 55, 1901–6.

JAS. W. BROWNE, Registrar.

THE ALIENATIONS ABOVE REFERRED TO.