Oct. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2247

Village-homestead Allotment, Wellington Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 6th October, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity as a village-homestead allotment, at this office, on and after Tuesday, the 25th November, 1902.

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

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT. — PAHIATUA COUNTY. — UPPER MAKURI VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Weighted with £13 16s., valuation for improvements.

Access to this section is obtained from Makuri Township, which is about three miles and a half distant by metalled road. The land is flat, with alluvial soil resting on gravel formation. The forest comprises rimu, kahikatea, rewa-rewa, with the usual undergrowth. The section is well watered by the Makuri-iti Stream. The elevation ranges about 1,000 ft. above sea-level. The improvements, which have been neglected, comprise felling and grassing, and a two-roomed whare (out of repair).

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Hawke’s Bay Land District, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 2nd September, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, under Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892,” at this office, on Wednesday, the 29th October, 1902.

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

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT. — COOK COUNTY — HANGAROA AND PATUTAHI SURVEY DISTRICTS.

First-class Pastoral Country.

An area of about 1,100 acres of this run is open land, covered with fern, grass, and scrub, with small patches of light bush. The balance consists of hilly country, covered with tawa, rata, rimu, kahikatea, totara, &c. The open country is principally light clay, with some very poor pumice patches. The soil on the portion of the bush land west of the Rangiora Stream is partly light, and a good deal of land poor, whereas that to the east of the stream is very good. The run is well watered, and lies at an elevation of from 600 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level. Situated on the main road from Gisborne to Wairoa, about thirty-eight miles from the former town.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 30th September, 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 24th day of November, 1902.

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

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT. — INVERCARGILL HUNDRED. — TISBURY VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

• Weighted with £4 12s., valuation for fencing.

Situated in Seaward Bush, near Tisbury Railway-station. Bush land; soil fair; land nearly level, and well watered.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 18th August, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Crown land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 22nd October, 1902, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.

KAWHIA COUNTY. — MAUNGAMANGERO SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Altitude, 1,000 ft.; heavy tawa bush; part limestone, part sandstone; well watered; superior grazing country; about twenty-three miles by formed road and six miles by pack-track from Te Kuiti Railway-station.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Kaimahi Settlement, Canterbury, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 23rd September, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 12th November, 1902, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT. — SELWYN COUNTY. — CHRISTCHURCH SURVEY DISTRICT. — KAIMAHI SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

This section is situated near the southern corner of the Kaimahi Settlement, fronting upon the Harewood Road, about one mile and a quarter north-westerly from Papanui Railway-station, and about four miles from the Christchurch Post-office: it comprises flat agricultural land, with from 10 in. to 15 in. of black soil, on a sandy-clay subsoil. The successful applicant will be liable, under the provisions of “The Fencing Act, 1895,” to pay to the adjoining occupiers the half value of boundary fencing erected by them.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.