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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 10

Lands in the Town of Westport, Nelson Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 9th February, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections in the Town of Westport will be offered for lease by auction for a term of forty-two years under “The Westland and Nelson Coalfields Administration Act, 1877,” and its amendments, and “The Westland and Nelson Coalfields Administration Act, 1901,” at the Courthouse, Westport, on Thursday, the 2nd April, 1903, at noon.

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF WESTPORT.

The improvements on the above sections consist of cottages, outbuildings, gardens, and fencing.

Terms of Sale.

A deposit of half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease fee must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and, in addition, the amount of valuation of improvements, should the purchaser not be the person by whom the improvements have been effected.

Full particulars, plans, &c., may be obtained at the District Land Offices, Nelson, Westport, and Reefton.

W. G. MURRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs in Auckland Land District open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 9th February, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Wednesday, 8th April, 1903, under the provisions of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.
SECOND-CLASS PASTORAL COUNTRY.

Broken and undulating land fronting Tarawera Lake; about 3,500 acres mixed forest, balance fern and scrub; soil light and of moderate quality, partly covered with mud from Tarawera eruption. Situated sixteen miles from Rotorua.

Broken land, covered with fern and tea-tree; light soil of inferior quality. Twenty-five miles from Matata.

Broken and undulating land; one-third mixed forest, balance fern and tea-tree; light soil. Situated about twenty miles from Matata.

Open land, level and undulating, covered with tussock, fern, and tea-tree; soil light, poor to medium. Situated from two to eight miles from Taupo Township, fronting Waikato River.

Undulating land of moderate quality; about 700 acres light mixed forest, balance fern and tea-tree; soil light. Access by Taupo-Orakei-Korako Road. Sixteen to nineteen miles from Taupo.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 9th February, 1903.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction, at the Courthouse, Ashburton, on Thursday, 26th March, 1903, at 2 o’clock p.m.

In the event of the lots not being disposed of at auction, they will immediately thereafter be open for lease on application, upon the same terms, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—ASHBURTON COUNTY.

Locality and Description of Reserve.

Reserve 2012 is situated adjacent to Mr. John Studholme’s Coldstream Estate, at a distance of about eight miles and a half in a south-westerly direction from the Hinds Railway-station, and near to the north bank of the Rangitata River, and comprises open plain land, light soil, in native pasture. The reserve as a whole has been fenced in, and there is a subdivision fence running parallel to the south-western boundary. The lessees will be required to maintain the fences and other improvements to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands. A county water-race intersects the reserve.