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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 103

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

District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, 10th December, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, at this office, 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 10th February, 1903.

If more than one application is received for the section on the same day, priority of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Surveyed Land.

Weighted with £205 5s. 5d. for improvements.

This section is situated in the Wellington Fruitgrowers’ Block, in the Waikanae Valley. The access is from Waikanae Railway-station, which is about four miles and a half distant; two miles and a half are metalled dray-road, and the rest is formed sufficiently wide to enable a dray to be taken over it. The section comprises some nice flat and undulating land on the front, rising and becoming rather broken at the back. The whole lies well to the sun. The soil is of good quality in front, and fair at the back, resting on clay-and-rock formation. The forest is fairly heavy, comprising mainly rimu, matai, hinau, rata, tawa, birch (on ridges), &c., with a thick undergrowth of supplejack, keakea, horopito, ponga, &c. The section is well watered by springs and small streams. The improvements, which are out of repair, comprise 160 acres grassed, stumping, fencing, orchard, two-roomed cottage, old whare: total, £205 5s. 5d.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Westland for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 8th December, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the licenses of the pastoral runs set out below will be offered by public auction at the Land Office, Hokitika, on Tuesday, the 17th day of February, 1903, at the hour of 2 o’clock in the afternoon, at the prices and for the terms given, and subject to any rights of renewal or resumption as may be provided by the Land Acts or other constituted authority, and subject to the necessary declarations being taken.

Maps may be seen at the Land Office, Hokitika, where other full particulars as to conditions of sale and license, &c., may be ascertained.

Payments to be made on the fall of the hammer, and consist, with regard to the said licenses, of six months’ rent in advance and license fee of £1 1s.

Possession of runs Nos. 14 and 68 will be given on date of sale, and of No. 94 on 1st March, 1903. Possession of all the others on 1st March, 1904.

Description of Runs.

Run No. 14 comprises the whole of the watershed of the Hope River. All bush feed, only suitable for cattle. A few narrow flats in valleys, the bulk of run being steep spurs. Access by Cascade to Barn Bay bridle-road.

Run No. 68 takes in the watershed of the Stafford River. Cattle-feed only. Low undulating hills wholly covered with dense forest. Access by bridle-road (much out of repair) from Jackson’s Bay.

Run No. 74 occupies northern bush clad faces of Square-top Range, between Thomas and Clark Rivers, in Haast Valley. Principally rugged face, with narrow terraces at foot, and a few scrubby flats on river-bank. Access by Haast Valley bridle road.

Run No. 75, situated on southern bank of Haast River, and extending from Cattle-resting Reserve No. 177 to abreast of Thomas River. All cattle country, bush-clad hillsides. Access by Haast Valley bridle-road.

Run No. 94 takes in all the open tussock country on top of Bannock Brae Range. Rough summer feed for sheep only. Access from Mahitahi River bed.

Run No. 95 extends over the upper valley of the Axis River. All covered with forest. A few open river-flats. Only suitable for cattle. Access by Waiatoto and Axis River bed.

Run No. 99 covers the open mountain-faces of the Main Range in Upper Whitcombe Valley. Summer feed only for sheep. Very rough. Access by bush track from Hokitika Valley, and via Louper Stream from Rakaia Valley.

Run No. 100 comprises the open country on summits of Gribben Spur. Good summer sheep-country. Access from Waitaha River bed.

Run No. 102 occupies the forest lands around and sloping from Conical Hill, at Kanieri Lake. All cattle-feed only. Access by Kanieri Lake dray-road and Butcher Gully bridle-road.

Run No. 102A covers the high bush-clad terraces immediately abreast of Kokatahi Settlement, and sloping from Mount Graham. Only suitable for cattle. Access by branch roads from Kokatahi Main Road.

G. J. ROBERTS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Town of Ashburton, Canterbury Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 24th November, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale for cash, by public auction, at the Courthouse, Ashburton, on Tuesday, the 13th day of January, 1903, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF ASHBURTON.

Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee, within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.