Nov. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2435

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

District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, 1st November, 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 Monday, the 22nd day of December, 1902.

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

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

SALISBURY BLOCK.

Pohangina | Apiti .. | 7 | XVI. | 200 0 0 | 1 3 0 | 230 0 0 | 1 1·8 | 5 15 0 | 0 11·04 | 4 12 0
Weighted with £20, valuation for improvements.

The access to this section is from Ashhurst, which is about twenty-one and a half miles distant by a good metalled road. The section comprises broken country, with good building-site on Pohangina River. The soil is of fair quality, resting on papa-and-sandstone formation. The forest is fairly heavy, comprising matai, rimu, white-pine, rata, totara, maire, tawa, honeysuckle, hinau, with usual thick undergrowth. The section is well watered by Pohangina River and other small streams. The improvements comprise 10 acres felled and partly grassed (now overgrown), and slab whare, 18 ft by 15 ft. (out of repair), valued at £20. The section is offered subject to the right of the Crown to take a road through it if required.

DELAWARE BLOCK.

Pohangina | Pohangina .. | 17 | IV. | 200 0 0 | 1 3 0 | 230 0 0 | 1 1·8 | 5 15 0 | 0 11·04 | 4 12 0
Weighted with £9 7s. 6d., valuation for improvements.

This section is situated in the Delaware Block, the access being from Ashhurst, which is about twenty-four miles distant, by twenty-one miles of good metalled road, two and three-quarter miles of unmetalled dray-road, and quarter-mile of horse-track. The section comprises broken country. The soil is of fair quality, resting on papa-and-sandstone formation. The forest is fairly heavy, comprising rimu, matai, miro, rata, maire, with thick undergrowth of mako, rangiora, &c. The section is well watered by numerous small streams. The improvements comprise 7½ acres felled and badly burned, valued at £9 7s. 6d.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 13th October, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application at this office on and after Tuesday, the 2nd day of December, 1902.

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

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Pastoral Land.

MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.—ONAMALUTU SURVEY DISTRICT.

S.G.R. 82 | 844 0 0 | 0 1·8 | 3 3 4
Weighted with £164 15s., valuation for improvements.
Poor soil, well watered; 360 acres birch bush, remainder open; very broken pastoral country; altitude, 400 ft. to 2,400 ft.; accessible by road. About sixteen miles from Blenheim.

S.G.R. 85 | 538 0 0 | 0 1·8 | 2 0 4
Weighted with £120 5s., valuation for improvements.
Poor soil, well watered; 340 acres birch bush, remainder open; very broken pastoral country only; altitude, 400 ft. to 2,000 ft.; accessible by road. About sixteen miles from Blenheim.

SOUNDS COUNTY.—ARAPAWA SURVEY DISTRICT.

S.G.R. 162 | 582 0 0 | 0 2·25 | 2 14 7
All broken pastoral country, light soil, fairly well watered; 80 acres native grass, fern, and scrub, balance birch bush. About nineteen miles from Picton by bridle-track, and about twenty-four miles from Blenheim by road and bridle-track.

S.G.R. 163 | 645 0 0 | 0 3 | 4 0 8
About 40 acres flat, good soil, balance rough hills, well watered; 15 acres cleared and in English grass, 50 acres native grass, fern, and tauhinu, 40 acres tawa, and balance birch. About twenty-three miles from Blenheim by road and bridle-track.

CLOUDY BAY SURVEY DISTRICT.

S.G.R. 164 | 266 0 0 | 0 1·5 | 0 16 8
Broken pastoral country, poor clay soil, covered with native grass, fern, and scrub; fairly well watered. About twenty-two miles from Blenheim by road and bridle-track.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.