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wire, posts 18 ft. apart, and three battens), 75 chains along the main road (six plain wires, posts 8 ft. apart), 28 chains along Langdale Road (six plain and one barbed wire, posts 8 ft. apart), 40 chains of old fence through southern portion of section (six plain and one barbed wire, posts 16 ft. apart, battens here and there); and 271 acres of grassing: the whole valued at £271 19s. The access is by the main Masterton-Tinui coach-road, distant from Masterton twenty-five miles, and from Tinui five miles.

NOTE.—The successful applicant for this section will be required to take a temporary license of Sections 1b and 1c, Block XV., Mangapakeha, containing together 19 acres, at a half-yearly rental of £1 5s. 4d., and in the event of the new surveyed road being made, then the lessee of Section 1, Block XV., Mangapakeha, will be given a lease of Section 1c, containing 2 acres 2 roods, and the lessee of Section 1a, Block XV., Mangapakeha, will be given a lease of Section 1b, containing 16 acres 2 roods, at half-yearly rentals of 3s. 10d. and £1 2s. respectively. The temporary license of Sections 1b and 1c will be subject to termination at any time or when the proposed new road is made and the old one closed, and the licensee will not be entitled to any compensation for such resumption or for any improvements which he may effect on Sections 1b and 1c.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run in Marlborough Land District open for Lease on Application.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Tuesday, the 19th May, 1903, under the provisions of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

About 1,350 acres of flat, fenced in on north bank of Wairau River by well-conditioned fence; 85 acres of this is a flax swamp, partly drained, and of the remainder three-fourths is well grassed, partly with English, but principally native grasses. A woolshed with two-roomed hut, and small paddock and yards, is situated about the centre of this flat. Beyond this the country is steep and rough for the most part, though here and there, as in Birch Hill Creek, are small patches fairly grassed, and capable of improvement. About one-half the area of this run is taken up by birch bush, in patches, and scrub, the north side of the mountain lying into the Goulter River being especially broken and rough, and, as is the case on the south face, carring tutu and fern, with little grass. Altitude from 950 ft. to 5,400 ft. Well watered with permanent streams throughout. Distant about forty miles from Blenheim by dray-road, passing through Birch Hill Station, and crossing the river opposite latter homestead. Formed dray-track leading from this crossing into the bush at the back of old Section 102, whence posts and firewood can be drawn. Eastern boundary partly fenced (about one mile and a half) by good fence. Possession on day of ballot.

Small Grazing-run No. 141 is offered for lease subject to the following special condition: That the lessee has no right to the timber in the two clumps of bush shown on the sale-plan and numbered 1 and 2 respectively, except such as may be required for fencing or for his domestic use, and the Crown reserves the right to grant permission to any person to enter upon the run and cut and remove therefrom such timber as may be required for domestic or fencing purposes.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run in Southland Land District open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 23rd March, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Tuesday, the 26th May, 1903, under the provisions of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

If more than one application is received for the run on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

Weighted with £23 2s. valuation for improvements.

Open undulating country; pastoral; hilltops stony; clay soil; well watered; height above sea-level, from 1,230 ft. to 1,530 ft. Distance from Eyre Creek Railway-station, about 40 chains.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber for Sale by Auction at Auckland.

Department of Lands and Survey,
District Office, Auckland, 26th January, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned kauri timber, standing on the Tangihua State Forest, Blocks I., III., and VII., Tangihua Survey District, Hobson County, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 17th day of April, 1903, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Lot No. 1: 690 green trees, containing about 2,678,945 sup. ft.; 41 dry trees, containing about 60,934 sup. ft.: total, 2,739,879 sup. ft. Upset price, £2,739 18s.

Lot No. 2: 1,247 green trees, containing about 4,135,861 sup. ft.; 21 dry trees, containing about 62,284 sup. ft.: total, 4,198,145 sup. ft. Upset price, £4,198 3s.

Lot No. 3: 684 green trees, containing about 2,468,221 sup. ft.; 195 dry trees, containing about 389,279 sup. ft.: total, 2,857,500 sup. ft. Upset price, £2,857 10s.

Lot No. 4: 605 green trees, containing about 2,030,843 sup. ft.; 13 dry trees, containing about 39,428 sup. ft.: total, 2,070,271 sup. ft. Upset price, £2,070 5s.

Lot No. 5: 313 green trees, containing about 904,385 sup. ft.; 14 dry trees, containing about 18,670 sup. ft.; total, 923,055 sup. ft. Upset price, £807 14s.

Lot No. 6: 354 green trees, containing about 1,064,732 sup. ft. Upset price, £930 8s.

Lot No. 7: 91 green trees, containing about 242,375 sup. ft. Upset price, £212 2s.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

Lots Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4: One-third of the purchase-money to be paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer; one-third payable within six months; the balance payable within twelve months from date of sale.

Lots 5, 6, and 7: One-half of the purchase-money to be paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer; the balance payable within six months from date of sale. All balances outstanding at date of sale to be supported by promissory notes.

Time for Removal.—Lots 1, 3, and 4: All timber to be removed within three years from date of sale. Lot 2: Within four years. Lots 5 and 6: Within two years. Lot 7: Within one year. Subject also to any special conditions.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.