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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12

Small Grazing-runs in Wellington Land District open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 4th February, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application under the provisions of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892,” at this office, on Tuesday, the 25th day of March, 1902.

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.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—PATEA COUNTY.—MOMAHAKI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Te Ngauē Block.

These runs are situated on the western bank of the Waitotara River, lying in a north-westerly direction from the Waitotara Township, the present access being from the Waitotara Township, from which the land is distant, via the Mangawhio Road, about twenty miles, which is formed as far as McConochie’s Bridge, over the Waitotara River, as a dray-road; from thence another mile is in course of construction to the northern boundary of Section 5. A more direct route from the land later on will probably be by road down the Waitotara River and by Puao Road through the University Reserve; thence by Mangawhio Road on to Waitotara Township. This route is, with the exception of three or four miles at the northern end, constructed either as a dray or horse road. The runs consist of undulating land, sloping towards the river, the soil varying from poor to good. There is a good homestead-site on each run, of moderate size, alongside the river. The land is well watered, and, with the exception of some old Native clearings on the river, the whole is heavily timbered, the timber consisting chiefly of birch on the ridges, and tawa, tawhero, rimu, hinau, kahikatea, and other mixed forest on the slopes and in the valleys.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs in Wellington Land District open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 4th February, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at this office and the Survey Office, Wanganui, under the provisions of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892,” on Wednesday, the 26th day of March, 1902.

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.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—WANGANUI COUNTY.

Wanganui River Trust Endowment Block.

This block, which has been subdivided into four sections, is situated in the Waimarino Block, on the eastern side of the Wanganui River, being about two miles and a quarter back therefrom, and about ten miles and a quarter above Pipiriki, and sixty-four miles from Wanganui. The access will be from the landing-place at the mouth of the Arawata Stream, from which point a road has been surveyed into and through the block; the nearest point of the latter is distant two miles and a quarter from the landing-place, the centre of the block being distant about thirteen miles. The area, taken as a whole, comprises broken hilly country, with fair soil resting on sandstone formation. There is a homestead-site on each of the runs, but there is no extent of flat land anywhere. The forest is of a mixed character, the larger trees comprising tawa, rata, rimu, hinau, with tawhero on the ridges where the soil is poor, with a thick mixed undergrowth, and is light in places, with here and there patches of large manuka and scrub. Most of the land is well sheltered by the dividing ridges and surrounding hills, and is well watered throughout by permanent streams. The elevation ranges from 600 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level. The climate is healthy and bracing, with copious rainfall. Fruit grows well in the neighbourhood, and when the land is cleared and sown down in English grasses it should form good sheep and cattle country, being probably on the whole better adapted for the former than it is for the latter.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th February, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that all the kauri clump situated in Block XVI., Tutamoe Survey District, on a head branch of the Tangowahine River, and adjoining the Te Karaka Block on its south-western boundary, containing by admeasurement about 626,040 superficial feet, will be sold by public auction at this office on Thursday, the 27th day of March, 1902, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Upset price, £391 6s.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half purchase-money in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer, the balance within six months thereafter. Timber to be removed within two years from day of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th February, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned green and singed kauri-trees in Block X., Mangakahia Survey District (Oue State Forest), Hobson County, will be submitted for sale by public auction, at this office, on Thursday, the 27th day of March, 1902, at 11 a.m.

Hobson County; Oue State Forest; Block X., Mangakahia Survey District.—The green and singed kauri-trees, estimated to contain 1,987,436 superficial feet, and comprising 532 green trees, or about 1,854,164 superficial feet, and 30 singed trees, or about 133,272 superficial feet: total upset price, £1,739.

Terms of Sale.—One-third cash on fall of the hammer, one-third within six months, and the balance within twelve months of date of sale. Timber to be cut and removed within three years from date of sale. All payments to be made in cash or by marked cheque.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th February, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned green and dry kauri timber in the Oue State Forest, Block X., Mangakahia Survey District, Whangarei County, will be offered for sale by public auction at this office on Thursday, the 27th day of March, 1902, at 11 o’clock a.m.

357 green kauri-trees, containing about 938,834 superficial feet; 47 dry kauri-trees, containing about 91,000 superficial feet: upset price, £772 8s.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half of the purchase-money to be paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer, and the remaining half within six months from date of sale. All the timber to be removed within two years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.