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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

Pastoral Runs, Auckland Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 25th 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 1st day of May, 1903, at 11 a.m., for the term and at the upset annual rentals stated.

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SCHEDULE.
CLASS II.

Altitude about 1,200 ft. above sea-level. The land is mostly high flat tussock and fern ridges, with deep gullies between; contains about 300 acres of fair swamp land. The soil is very light, but fair for the district; about 2,000 acres ploughable; the gullies carry good grass. The run is well watered, and situated about sixteen miles from Rotorua.

81 | 6,450 | Horohoro and Ngongotaha | Rotorua and East Taupo | 12 18 0

Altitude about 1,300 ft. above sea-level. The run is very hilly, but there are some good wide valleys and terraces with fair feed; covered chiefly with fern, tutu, and manuka; from 300 to 400 acres ploughable; soil light, but fair for the district; well watered, and situated about twelve miles from Rotorua by Atiamuri Road.

82 | 11,000 | Ngongotaha .. | Rotorua and East Taupo | 11 0 0

Altitude about 1,500 ft. above sea-level. The run contains two small clumps of forest, balance fern, tutu, and manuka, with fair feed in some of the valleys. The run is very hilly, and does not contain much ploughable land; soil very light, but well watered. Fronts Atiamuri Road, about fifteen miles from Rotorua.

83 | 11,980 | Ngongotaha and Paeroa | Rotorua and East Taupo | 20 19 6

Altitude about 1,300 ft. above sea-level. Very hilly land, but there are wide valleys and terraces that carry good grass, and could be ploughed. Mostly covered with fern, tutu, and tussock, with patches of high manuka along streams; some good flax and clover along the Whirinaki Stream. The valleys near the old kainga, Waiwhakahihi, carry good feed throughout the year. The run is well watered throughout, and situated about sixteen miles from Rotorua.

84 | 9,100 | Ngongotaha .. | Rotorua and East Taupo | 11 7 6

Altitude about 1,300 ft. above sea-level. About 200 acres tawa, rimu, and scrubby forest; balance high fern and tea-tree, with tutu and tussock in the valleys; soil very light, and well watered. Situated about twenty-one miles from Rotorua.

85 | 8,181 | Ruawahia .. | Rotorua .. | 12 5 6

Contains about 500 acres mixed forest, balance fern, tea-tree, and tussock; broken land, soil light, and covered in places with deposits from Tarawera eruption. The run fronts Rerewhakaitu Lake, and is situated about twenty-eight miles from Rotorua and four miles and a half off the Rotorua–Galatea Road.

92 | 12,310 | Tuhingamata East and Tatuа | East Taupo .. | 24 12 6

Broken and undulating land; about 500 acres mixed forest at north end of run; balance fern and tea-tree and tussock; light soil. Fronts the old Taupo–Atiamuri Road, about five miles from Taupo.

93 | 12,310 | Tuhingamata East, Tatuа, and Tauhara | East Taupo .. | 24 12 6

The run contains two small clumps of mixed forest; balance fern, tea-tree, and tussock. The land is broken and undulating; light soil. Fronts Lake Taupo; access by track about four miles from Taupo.

94 | 10,144 | Kaingaroa .. | Rotorua .. | 20 6 0

Broken and undulating land, covered with fern, tea-tree, and tussock; soil light and partly overlaid with deposits from Tarawera eruption. This run fronts Rerewhakaitu Lake, and is otherwise watered by several streams. Situated about twenty-five miles from Rotorua by the Rotorua–Galatea Road, passing through the south end of the run.

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TERMS OF SALE.

These runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.” Term of leases, twenty-one years.

All hot springs, fumaroles, ngawas, geysers, mud volcanoes, and other centres of thermal action, with right of way thereto, are specially excluded from these pastoral leases.

Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration required by section 195 of the Land Act, and pay the sum of half-year’s rent and lease fee on fall of the hammer.

These runs are to be disposed of with right of resumption; and in the event of the Government deciding to resume possession of the whole or any part of the land comprised in a run, after twelve months’ notice, in terms of “The Land Act, 1892,” the lease in respect of the land comprised in such notice shall determine and be void.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Village-homestead Allotments, Southland Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 26th February, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 21st day of April, 1903.

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

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SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

SOUTH LAND COUNTY.—SEAWARD BUSH TOWNSHIP.

Situated about one mile from Tisbury Railway-station. Bush land; soil fair; well watered. Weighted with £7 10s. valuation for fencing and clearing. Limit of holding in Block III., Seaward Bush Township, 10 acres.

SOUTH LAND COUNTY.—INVERCARGILL HUNDRED.—TISBURY VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

73 | XXII. | 19 1 30 | 0 9·6 | 0 7 10

Situated about one mile and a half from Tisbury Railway-station. Land covered with mixed bush; nearly level; soil fair; portion of land liable to flood. Limit of holding, 50 acres.

WALLACE COUNTY.—LONGWOOD SURVEY DISTRICT.—LONGWOOD VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

9 | VII. | 43 0 35 | 0 9·6 | 0 17 4

Situated about one mile from Wakapatu Railway-station. Bush land; soil inferior. Weighted with £58, valuation for fencing and grassing. Limit of holding, 100 acres.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Crown Land in Wellington Land District for Sale under Section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

IT is hereby notified, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned Crown land will be offered to the holder of the adjoining land, under section 114 of the said Act, on and after Wednesday, the 29th day of April, 1903.

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SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Weighted with £21, valuation for improvements.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.