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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12

Run No. 447: Takes in the whole of the Wills River Valley, with the grass tops of the Bealey Range. Good open well-grassed river-flats, only fit for sheep; reported to have rabbits. Access from Haast Valley via Bealey Range.

Run No. 448: All mountainous country; open grass summits and thickly timbered lower faces; fitted for a few cattle, and also for sheep in summer. Access from Jackson Valley Road across open river-bed of Arawata River.

Run No. 449: Bush-clad country sloping to sea-beach immediately south of Hope River; cattle-feed only. Access by bridle-road, which is in course of construction, from Hope River along coast.

Run No. 450: This comprises all the bush country in the valleys of the George and Jerry Rivers; all cattle country. Access by sea-beach from Barn Bay difficult; also by Cascade bridle-road, now in bad repair.

Run No. 451: High, broken forest lands immediately north of Big Bay; only suitable for cattle. Access difficult, and via steamer, landing at Big Bay.

Run No. 452: Heavily timbered slopes and flats of the upper valley of Cascade River; cattle-feed only. Access by river-bed and terraces.

G. J. ROBERTS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in the Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 10th February, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 3rd day of April, 1903, at 11 a.m.

PASTORAL RUNS UNDER PART VI., “THE LAND ACT, 1892.”

Nearly all open land; fern, tea-tree, and tussock, with a few patches of light mixed forest; broken and undulating country; soil light, overlaid in parts with deposits from Tarawera eruption. Situated from three to nineteen miles from Rotorua by the Rotorua-Waiotapu and Rotorua-Wairoa Roads. [NOTE.—All centres of thermal action, together with right of way thereto, to be reserved from these areas.]

These runs are all high mountainous country, ranging to 3,500 ft. above sea-level; soil fairly good, but mostly covered with pumice; mixed forest, contains totara and rimu in small quantities. Situated from 15 to 38 miles from Poro-o-te-Rau Railway-station and from 13 to 37 miles from Taumaranui.

Pastoral Lands (Class I.).

Open land; fern, tea-tree, and tussock, with a small clump of mixed forest on each run; light pumice soil of inferior quality. Access by Taupo-Napier Road, from 11 to 18 miles from Taupo.

TERMS OF SALE.

These runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of the Land Act. Term of lease, twenty-one years from 1st September, 1903. Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration required by section 62 of the Land Act, and pay the sum of half a year’s rent and lease fee on fall of the hammer.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, 28th January, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, 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 Tuesday, the 24th March, 1903.

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.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—POHANGINA COUNTY.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

| Pohangina.. | Umutoi | 1 | VIII. | 320 0 0 | 0 11 6 | 184 0 0 | 0 6·9 | 4 12 0 | 0 5·5 | 3 13 7 |
| Weighted with £81 16s., valuation for improvements. |

Sections 36 and 37 are situated in the Umutoi Small-farm Block, on the Umutoi Road. The access is from Apiti Township, which is about nine miles distant, eight miles of which is formed and metalled, the remainder being formed only. The sections comprise hilly and undulating country, ranging in altitude from about 1,300 ft. to 1,700 ft.; well watered, with soil of fair quality, resting on papa-and-sandstone formation. The forest is fairly heavy, comprising rimu, maire, white-pine, tawa, birch, &c., with thick undergrowth of the usual kind. The improvements comprise: On Section 36—42 acres felling, 45 chains fencing, and slab whare with iron roof and chimney; on Section 37—17 acres of felling and grassing, and 4 chains of fencing.

Section 1 is situated in the Umutoi Small-farm Block, on the left bank of a branch of the Oroua River. The access is from Apiti, which is about nine miles distant, by a good metalled dray-road for about eight miles, thence by a 6 ft. bridle-track for the remainder of the distance. The section comprises broken, hilly, and undulating country, fairly well watered, with soil of rather light quality, resting on clay-and-papa formation. The forest is heavy, comprising birch, rimu, matai, maire, white-pine, &c., with a very thick undergrowth. The improvements consist of about 32 acres felled and grassed, 12 chains fencing, and house of sawn timber (one room), with iron roof and chimney.

Section 15 is situated in the Umutoi Small-farm Block, on the right bank of the Oroua River. The access is from Apiti, which is about eight miles distant—viz., by a good metalled road for about seven miles, thence by bridle-track for the remainder of the way. The section comprises undulating and broken country, with soil of rather light quality, resting on gravel-and-papa formation. The forest is heavy, comprising matai, rimu, birch, hinau, maire, white-pine, &c., with thick undergrowth. The section is fairly well watered.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.