Aug. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1805

Land in Taranaki for Sale under Section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 2nd July, 1902.

IT is hereby notified, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned Crown lands will be offered to the holder of the adjoining land, under section 117 of the said Act, on and after Friday, the 3rd day of October, 1902.

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SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 665, Patea District, Block VI., Hawera Survey District: Area, 1 acre and 6 perches.

JAS. MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Reserve in Hawke’s Bay for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 5th August, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of fourteen years, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday, the 24th day of September, 1902.

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SCHEDULE.

SECTION 13, Block V., Tautane District: 217 acres. Upset annual rental, £21 14s.

Weighted with £228 valuation for improvements, being 70 acres in grass, £140; and buildings, £88.

Terms of Lease.

The rent to be paid half-yearly in advance, on the 1st January and 1st July, after date of selection.

The lessee will not have the right of renewal, but existing improvements will be valued at the expiration of the lease, and, in the event of the land being leased to any person other than the lessee, the amount of such valuation will be paid by the incoming lessee.

Full particulars can be obtained at this office.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Village-homestead Allotments, Otago, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 29th July, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” at this office, on Monday, the 8th September, 1902.

In the event of more than one application being received for the same allotment on the same day, priority of selection shall be decided by ballot.

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SCHEDULE.

VILLAGE-HOMESTEAD LAND.

CLUTHA COUNTY.

Level land, of a light sandy nature; situated at the junction of the Catlin’s and Owaka Rivers, about one mile and a half from the Owaka Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, £35.

TUAPEKA COUNTY.

A steep section, covered with manuka scrub; soil fair, aspect good; situated about thirteen miles from Lawrence and about one mile from Rongahere School and Post-office.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Pastoral Run, Otago, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 29th July, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the 16th day of September, 1902, at 11 o’clock a.m., for the term of ten years, at the upset annual rental stated below.

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SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 3, Block V., Lower Wanaka District, and Sections 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, Block III., and 1 and 2, Block VI., Lower Hawea District, Vincent County: Area, 1,317 acres 2 roods 29 perches; upset annual rental, £6 5s.; valuation for improvements, £112 4s. Situated about two miles from Newcastle. Possession will be given on day of sale.

Valuation for improvements must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Dunedin, before the licensee will be let into possession.

The above run will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

The purchaser must deposit the statutory declaration required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the first half-year’s rent, together with license fee (£1 1s.), on fall of the hammer.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 30th July, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Saturday, the 30th August, 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.

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SCHEDULE.

KAIKOURA COUNTY.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

WHERNSIDE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 4,100 ft. About 60 acres river-flats. 5,000 acres mixed bush, consisting of manuka, mahoe, and kowhai, with a little pine and totara on the lower slopes, with birch on the higher spurs. About 1,200 acres easy forest slopes and terraces, capable of improvement; remainder broken country, covered with tussock, fern, and scrub. The high spurs are subject to snow in winter. Well watered. The improvements (which go with the land) consist of about 65 chains interior wire fencing and half value of about two miles and a half boundary fencing. Homestead-site at the McLean River, about nine miles from the Clarence Bridge by unformed road, thence twenty-five miles to Kaikoura by main coach-road.

WHERNSIDE AND PUHIPUHI SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Nearly all hills. About 2,000 acres bush, mostly manuka, mahoe, and kowhai, with a little pine and totara on the lower slopes, and birch on the higher spurs. About 600 acres stony manuka flats, terraces, and easy slopes, portions of which are ploughable; remainder tussock spurs and faces. Altitude, 100 ft. to 7,583 ft. Well watered. There is a homestead-site at the Harkaway Flat, where there is a hut valued at £15, which is to be paid for in seven years by fourteen half-yearly instalments of £1 5s. 11d. The other improvements (which go with the land) consist of about thirteen miles interior wire fencing and half value of about two miles and a half boundary fencing. Distant three miles from Clarence Bridge by unformed road, thence twenty-five miles to Kaikoura by main coach-road.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.