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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 89

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 30th September, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at this office, on and after Monday, the 17th day of November, 1902, under the provisions of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Pastoral Land.

This land is of fair quality, but is rather exposed to the south-west winds. It is hilly, well watered, and has a southerly aspect. Weighted with £100, valuation for improvements, consisting of house and fencing.

CLUTHA COUNTY.—KURIWAO SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 6, 7, 8 | IX. | 861 3, 6 | 0 4½ | 8 1 8 |

Open, undulating land, with a good aspect; soil somewhat light and sour, contains patches of almost undrainable bog; well watered. Situated on a good road, about eight miles from Clinton Railway-station and about four miles from a school. Weighted with £201 3s., valuation for improvements.

D. BARRON,
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.

Lands in the Canterbury Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 7th October, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity as workmen’s homes allotments, at this office and at the local Land Office, Timaru, on Tuesday, the 2nd December, 1902, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

If more than one application is received for the same allotment on the same day the order of selection shall be decided by ballot, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

Section 31 is weighted with £1 10s., valuation for part of boundary-fencing.

These sections are situated in the Tamai Hamlet, Borough of Woolston, about two miles and a quarter south-eastward from Christchurch Post-office, via Ferry Road, and comprise all flat agricultural land, with about 8 in. to 9 in. of black soil on clay subsoil.

PUHUKA HAMLET.—LEVELS COUNTY.—AROWHENUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 11 | X. | 5 0 0 | 1 14 1½ | 4 5 4 |

This section is situated at the south-eastern corner of the Puhuka Hamlet, fronting upon the Main North Road, about two miles and a quarter northwards from the business portion of Timaru and half a mile from the Smithfield Freezing-works, and comprises open undulating agricultural land of good quality, on a clay subsoil. The improvements (which are included in the price of the section) consist of gorse hedge along the south and eastern boundaries.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run, Marlborough Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction at this office, on Tuesday, the 18th day of November, 1902, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—BAREFELL AND ACHERON SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Run No. 130, Dillon, 74,300 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £400.

Description.

This run is situated at the south-western corner of Marlborough, between the Guide, Acheron, and Clarence Rivers. A large proportion of the run is composed of high ranges of travelling shingle; the lower slopes and river-flats are well grassed, the southern portion, known as “Bullen Hills,” is particularly so. The country has good natural boundaries, for the most part sheep-proof, and there is a good homestead-site on the left bank of the Clarence, near its confluence with the Dillon Stream, accessible by wagons. The run is distant about thirty-five miles from Culverden.

Conditions.

1. Possession of the run will be given to the purchaser of the license on the 1st March, 1903.

2. No person or company may become the holder of more than one run under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892”: Provided that the holder of any run under the said Act of a carrying-capacity of less than ten thousand sheep or two thousand head of cattle may become the lessee of an aggregate area sufficient to carry such a number of sheep or cattle. The holder of any small grazing-run under Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892,” shall not be the holder of any run under Part VI. of the said Act.

3. The license shall be subject to the following conditions, amongst others:—

(1.) That, if the licensee or any person claiming an interest through or under him shall make or cause to be made any agreement or contract, or shall give or cause to be given or taken any negotiable security, for the purpose of defeating or evading the provisions of, or shall in any way whatsoever directly or indirectly commit or be privy to a fraud upon, “The Land Act, 1892,” the license shall be liable to be forfeited and revoked;