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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 10

Lands in Northbank Settlement, Marlborough Land District,
open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 24th January, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at
this office, on Friday, the 27th February, 1903, under the
provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act,
1900,” and amendments.

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.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.—
NORTHBANK SETTLEMENT.

Classified and grouped as Ordinary Farms.

MOUNT OLYMPUS SURVEY DISTRICT.

Subdivision A.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
1 | III. | 1,364 0 0 | 0 8 | 22 14 8

This section consists of all open country, covered with
tussock, fern, and scrub; 200 acres of the area is flat
land, of which 100 acres is ploughable; the remainder
includes low hills, somewhat broken. The soil is fair, well
watered; altitude, 600 ft. to 2,000 ft. The improvements
(which are included in the price of the land) are: Half value
of two miles and a quarter of boundary-fencing, valued at
£90. This section is accessible by dray-road, twenty-four
miles from Blenheim.

PINE VALLEY SURVEY DISTRICT.

5 | XVIII. | 1,224 0 0 | 0 9 | 22 19 0

All open country, covered with native grass, fern, and
scrub; 350 acres good agricultural flats, remainder hills,
somewhat broken; fair soil, well watered; altitude, 600 ft.
to 1,570 ft. The improvements (which are included in the
price of the land) consist of half value of two miles and a
quarter of boundary-fencing, £45. This section is accessible
from Blenheim by dray-road, twenty-four miles.

MOUNT OLYMPUS SURVEY DISTRICT.

Subdivision B.

4 | III. | 1,523 0 0 | 1 6 | 57 2 3
| *15 3 0

This is the homestead block. All open country; 500 acres
have been ploughed and sown with English grass, remainder
low hills, somewhat broken; fair soil, well watered; altitude, 560 ft. to 1,500 ft. The improvements which go with
the land consist of six miles of interior fencing, valued at
£180, and half value of four miles of boundary-fencing,
valued at £80: total value, £260. The improvements
which do not go with the land are: Dwellinghouse, valued
at £100; woolshed, £100; stable, £50; men’s house, £30;
cartshed, £20: making a total of £300, which is repayable
in fourteen years by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of
£15 3s. This section is accessible from Blenheim by dray-road, twenty-four miles.

Subdivision C.

5 | III. | 604 0 0 | 1 3 | 18 17 6

All open country, covered with native grass, fern, and
scrub; 300 acres flat agricultural land, the remainder being
low hills, some of which are ploughable; good soil, well
watered; altitude, 600 ft. to 1,200 ft. The improvements
(which are included in the price of the land) are: 48 chains of
interior fencing, valued at £18, and half value of 127 chains
of boundary-fencing, at £31 15s. This section is accessible
from Blenheim by dray-road, twenty-four miles.

*Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £300, repayable
in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £15 3s.: total half-yearly, £72 5s. 3d.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Chamberlain Settlement, Canterbury Land District,
open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 3rd February, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
will be open for selection at this office, and at the
Land Office, Timaru, on Monday, the 9th day of March,
1903, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” “The
Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—MACKENZIE COUNTY.—CHAMBERLAIN SETTLEMENT.

Classified as Ordinary Farms for Lease in Perpetuity, and
as Small Grazing-runs.

GROUP 1.—ORDINARY FARMS.

Subdivision A.

1 | XIII. | Tengawai | 919 0 0 | 2 0 | 45 19 0
1 | I. | Opawa .. | 905 0 0 | 2 3 | 50 18 2
2 | " | " .. | 584 0 0 | 3 9 | 54 15 0
3 | " | " .. | 717 0 0 | 3 0 | 53 15 6

Subdivision B.

2 | II. | " .. | 388 0 0 | 4 9 | 46 1 6
4 | " | " .. | 297 0 0 | 5 0 | 37 2 6
5 | " | " .. | 285 2 0 | 5 3 | 37 9 5
8 | " | " .. | 289 0 0 | 5 6 | 39 14 9

Subdivision C.

1 | VI. | " .. | 525 0 0 | 7 0 | 91 17 6
| | | | | | 19 10 0*

Subdivision D.

7 | I. | Opawa .. | 435 0 0 | 4 0 | 43 10 0
3 | V. | " .. | 536 0 0 | 4 9 | 63 13 0
5 | " | " .. | 364 0 0 | 6 3 | 56 17 6

Subdivision E.

3 | II. | " .. | 211 0 0 | 4 3 | 22 8 5
6 | " | " .. | 145 2 0 | 7 3 | 26 7 5

Subdivision F.

2 | VI. | " .. | 106 2 24 | 7 2 | 18 19 11
| | | | | | 6 1 0†
3 | " | " .. | 120 2 17 | 7 0 | 21 2 1
4 | " | " .. | 121 3 0 | 6 9 | 20 10 11

GROUP 2.—SMALL GRAZING-RUNS.

Subdivision G.

5 | I. } | Opawa .. | 1,818 0 0 | 2 4 | 104 10 8
1 | V. }

Subdivision H.

2 | { V. | Opawa .. | 560 0 0 | 2 7½ | 36 15 0 }
1 | { IV. | Mackenzie | 4,084 0 0 | 0 7½ | 63 16 3 } ‡
1 | { VIII. | " | | | |
7 | { V. | Opawa | 200 0 0 | 6 4½ | 31 17 6 }
4 | { V. | " | | | |
2 | { VIII. | Mackenzie | 5,500 0 0 | 0 7½ | 85 18 9 } §
6 | { V. | Opawa | | | |

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £500, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £19 10s.: total half-yearly payment, £111 7s. 6d.

† Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £70, repayable in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £6 1s.: total half-yearly payment, £25 0s. 11d.

‡ Total half-yearly rental, £100 11s. 3d.

§ Total half-yearly rental, £117 16s. 3d.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Totara and Kauri Timber in Auckland Land District for
Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 19th January, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned totara
and kauri timber, standing on Section 2, Block XI.,
Kaeo Survey District, Bay of Islands County, will be offered
for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 13th
day of March, 1903, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

483 kauri-trees, containing about 564,111 superficial feet;
675 totara-trees, containing about 605,735 superficial feet:
upset price, £927.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half of the purchase-money to be
paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer,
and the remaining half within six months thereafter, supported by promissory note. All timber to be removed within two years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.