Mar. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 867

Pastoral Lands in Marlborough Land District for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 5th March, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Tuesday, the 21st April, 1903.

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

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.
Second-class Pastoral Country.

Rough, broken country, ranging in altitude from 1,500 ft. to 7,000 ft. About 30,000 acres covered with inferior birch bush, remainder open, with patches of scrub, fern, and tussock. On the lower ridges, and along the river, there is fairly good tussock and grass, but a considerable part of the run consists of rocky, mountainous country, much subject to snow in winter, and birch bush that is practically worthless; well watered throughout by permanent streams. Distant about fifty miles from Blenheim, forty miles of which is by main coach-road, and remainder by bridle-track and river-beds.

150 | Leatham and Molesworth | 35,224 0 0 | 10 0 0 | 21 years.

Rough, broken country, ranging in altitude from 2,000 ft. to 7,000 ft. About one-fifth covered with inferior birch bush. Along the Leatham River, and in the Barber and Gordon basins, there is very good tussock and other grass, and the land could be improved by burning and sowing. A large proportion of this run consists of worthless mountain-tops, much subject to snow in winter. Distant about fifty-seven miles from Blenheim, forty miles of which is along main coach-road, and remainder by bridle-track and river-beds.

TERMS OF SALE.

The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Possession will be given on day of selection.

Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration as required by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the sum of the half-year’s rent and license fee (£1 1s.), on fall of the hammer.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in the Township of Parata, Wellington Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section will be offered for lease by public auction, under the provisions of “The Native Townships Act, 1895,” at this office, on Monday, the 30th day of March, 1903, for a term of twenty-one years, with the right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years.

If the section is not disposed of at auction it will be open thereafter for lease on application at the upset annual rental stated.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—HOROWHENUA COUNTY.—TOWNSHIP OF PARATA.

Weighted with £170 for improvements.

Parata Township is situated on the Manawatu Railway-line, and adjoins the Waikanae Railway-station. The above section contains a nine-roomed house, and comprises all flat land in English grasses. The soil is of good quality, resting on gravel formation.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 5th March, 1903.

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 the local Land Office, Timaru, on Monday, the 27th April, 1903, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

SCHEDULE.

CHRISTCHURCH LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

This section is situated near the south-western corner of the Tarawahi Hamlet, adjacent to the north bank of the Heathcote River, about 30 chains westward from Colombo Road South, and about two miles and a quarter southward from the Christchurch Post-office; it comprises flat agricultural land, black loamy soil on sandy subsoil. The improvements on the land consist of boundary fencing, valued at £6 6s., which must be paid for by the incoming tenant before being admitted to possession of the land; there are also a fowl-house with run, pigsty, windmill, tanks, &c., and walls of a brick building, all of which are included in the price of the section.

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

5 | X. | 3 0 0 | 1 10 8 | 2 6 0

This section is situated near the western end of the Puhuka Hamlet, about two miles and a half northerly from Timaru, and three-quarters of a mile from the Smithfield Freezing-works, and comprises open sloping land of good quality on clay subsoil. There are old gorse fences on the southern and north-western boundaries, and the incoming tenant will be liable to the lessee of the adjoining Lot 4 for half the value of the boundary fence between Lots 4 and 5.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Town of Balclutha, Otago Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 14th March, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at this office, on Tuesday, the 21st April, 1903, under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

In the event of any of the sections not being disposed of at auction, they will remain open thereafter for lease on application at the upset annual rentals stated.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF BALCLUTHA.

• Weighted with £47 10s., valuation for improvements, consisting of four-roomed house, dairy, and garden.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.