122 • THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 5

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT. — MARLBOROUGH COUNTY. — HODDER SURVEY DISTRICT.
First-class Pastoral Country.

Broken pastoral country; altitude, from 1,100 ft. to 4,700 ft.; 1,500 acres open, covered with tussock and native grasses, about 800 acres scrub, remainder shingle and steep mountain-sides; well watered; light soil; about three miles iron-and-wire fencing in good order. Situated 27½ miles from Seddon Railway-station.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Marlborough, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 11th December, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Tuesday, 4th February, 1902, under the provisions of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892,” for a term of twenty-one years, at the rentals stated.

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT. — SOUNDS COUNTY. — ORIERI SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Pastoral Land.

Broken pastoral country, well watered; soil ranges from fair to inferior; all bush, principally birch. About fourteen miles from Havelock.

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Pastoral country, moderately well watered; soil ranges from fair to inferior; all bush, principally birch. About fourteen miles from Havelock.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run, Waimate County, Canterbury, for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 20th January, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be open for lease by public auction at the Land Office, Timaru, on Thursday, the 27th February, 1902, at the annual rental noted below.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT. — WAIMATE COUNTY. — WAIHAO SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Pastoral Country.

This run is situated on the slopes of the Station Peak Range, which flanks the eastern side of the Hakateramea Valley, South Canterbury. It lies on the north side of the Meyer’s Pass Road, near the source of the South Waihao River, about twenty-three miles from Waimate and fourteen miles from Hakateramea. It comprises high open hill country, the spurs being intersected by deep rough gullies, making the block difficult of access. The country is of purely pastoral character, the vegetation consisting of native and English grasses, with snow-grass only on the higher altitudes. It is fairly well watered by springs and streams, but is liable to burn up in a dry summer, and, as the elevation ranges from about 1,500 ft. up to about 3,500 ft. above sea-level, it is liable to heavy falls of snow in winter.

The run is weighted with a valuation of £635 10s. for improvements, consisting of two huts, and boundary and subdivision fencing; this sum must be paid by the successful lessee before being admitted to possession of the run.

Possession of the run will be given on the 1st March, 1902.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Timber in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the timber on the under-mentioned Crown land (about 4,688 trees, containing 2,713,700 superficial feet), situated in Hautapu Survey District, will be offered for sale by public auction in one lot, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Tuesday, the 4th March, 1902, at 2.30 p.m.

SCHEDULE.
SECTION 41, BLOCK IV., HAUTAPU SURVEY DISTRICT.
(Area, 135 Acres.)

Totara: About 2,442 trees, containing about 1,896,700 superficial feet.

Matai: About 1,541 trees, containing about 311,500 superficial feet.

Rimu: About 111 trees, containing about 73,800 superficial feet.

Kahikatea: About 594 trees, containing about 431,700 superficial feet.

Upset price, £1,880.

Terms of Sale.

The timber is offered subject to the provisions of “The State Forests Act, 1885,” and of the regulations made thereunder, which will be strictly enforced.

The purchaser of the timber specified in Schedule shall pay the purchase-money in four equal instalments, one-fourth and £1 1s. license-fee being deposited on the fall of the hammer, one-fourth at the end of one year from date of sale, one-fourth at the end of two years from date of sale, and the remaining one-fourth at the end of three years from date of sale.

The first payment shall be made by cash or marked cheque. Three approved promissory notes, payable on demand, shall be given forthwith on the day of sale for the remaining three-fourths of the purchase-money, when the license to enter upon the land will be issued. They will be presented for payment at the ends of the periods stated above, but the Commissioner of State Forests reserves the right of presenting them for payment at earlier dates if at any time the Crown Lands Ranger reports that more than one-fourth, one-half, or three-fourths of the timber respectively has been cut out previous to the ends of the periods above mentioned.

The purchaser shall have the right to cut and remove the timber on the land specified in the above Schedule during a period of six years from date of sale.

Plans containing full particulars may be obtained at the principal post-offices in the district and at this office.

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

Kauri Timber in Auckland for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 7th January, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that a sale by public auction of the undermentioned kauri timber will be held at this office on Friday, the 28th day of February, 1902, at 11 o’clock a.m.:

Clump of kauri trees, 231 in number, and containing about 691,367 superficial feet. Upset price, £519. Timber is near Trig. Station 16, Block II., Whangaroa Survey District.

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 before 31st March, 1903.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.