APRIL 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 915

Lands in Kokatahi Settlement, Westland Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 20th March, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 26th day of May, 1903, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WESTLAND COUNTY.—KOKATAHI SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

KANIERI SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
4 | XIV. | 191 0 7 | 4 1½ | 19 14 0
Weighted with £12, valuation for fencing.

Altitude above sea-level, 100 ft. 15 acres white-pine and scrub; 18 acres mixed scrub, ribbonwood, and cabbage-tree; remainder grass, rushes, and scattered cabbage-trees. Level agricultural and pastoral land; most of cleared portion ploughable. Light sandy soil, 2 ft. to 3 ft. in depth. Water in hollows for considerable time after rain. Small patches of gorse from old hedges. Access by Bladier’s and Base-line Roads and Kokatahi River bed. Fenced on northern and eastern boundaries with barbed wire. Situated three miles from Kokatahi Dairy Factory, and thirteen miles from Hokitika Railway-station.

TOAROA SURVEY DISTRICT.

1 | I. | 351 0 32 | 2 3 | 19 15 1
Altitude above sea-level, 150 ft. 18 acres scrub, 12 acres black- and white-pine bush; remainder in grass, and covered with a scattered second growth. Level agricultural and pastoral land. Sandy soil, 2 ft. to 3 ft. deep, with gravel subsoil. Water in hollows for considerable time after rain. 65 chains of fencing—posts, standards, and barbed wire—with two iron gates on Whitcombe Valley Road boundary. Access by Whitcombe Valley Road and Hokitika River bed. Three miles from Koi-ti-rangi Creamery; sixteen miles and a half from Hokitika Railway-station.

2 | I. | 351 3 8 | 2 7½ | 23 1 9
Altitude above sea-level, 150 ft. 100 acres thick scrub, with scattered white-pine; remainder grass and rushes and scattered second growth. Level agricultural and pastoral land. Sandy soil, with gravel subsoil. Water may be obtained in hollows. A few chains of interior fencing. Situated three miles from Koi-ti-rangi Creamery; sixteen miles and a half from Hokitika Railway-station.

3 | I. | 352 1 23 | 2 4½ | 20 48 6
Altitude above sea-level, 150 ft. 90 acres thick scrub and patches of white-pine; remainder grass, rushes, and scattered second growth. Level agricultural and pastoral land. Sandy soil, with gravel subsoil. Access by Whitcombe Valley Road. Water may be obtained in hollows after rain. Three miles and a half from Koi-ti-rangi Creamery; seventeen miles from Hokitika Railway-station. 38 chains of interior fencing on this section.

G. J. ROBERTS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Langdale Settlement, Wellington Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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

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

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

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—CASTLE POINT COUNTY.
Langdale Settlement.

REWA SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Agricultural Land.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
9 | III. | 49 3 0 | 0 6 0 | 7 9 3
Weighted with £23 2s. for improvements, consisting of 30 chains of fencing.

This section comprises all flat low-lying land, 80 ft. above sea-level, wet in winter, with swampy places here and there, which can be cheaply and successfully drained, excepting when the Whareama River is in high flood, at which time its level is not much under this holding. It has been partially drained, but the drains require clearing out and extending to make them thoroughly effective. It is under English and native grasses and rough vegetation, including a good deal of rushes. The soil is of a clayey nature, which cakes in summer. This fault will be lessened when the land is properly drained. There is no permanent water excepting the Whareama River, the other side of the chain reserve along the river-bank. Water is probably obtainable by sinking wells. The improvements (which go with the land) are: Half-value of 13 chains of fencing between Sections 9 and 8 (seven plain wires, posts 8 ft. apart), 51½ chains along Langdale Road (seven plain wires, posts 8 ft. apart), and 23 chains along the river, off the holding; 49 acres of grassing; 10 chains of drain 3 ft. by 3 ft., and 14 chains of drain 2 ft. by 1 ft.: the whole valued at £84 13s. 9d. The access is by the Langdale Road, south of the junction with the main Blairlogie coach-road, three-quarters of a mile; and thence about twenty-three miles and three-quarters to Masterton. An alternative route is by the Langdale Road, three miles to the junction with the Masterton–Tinui main coach-road; thence twenty-five miles to Masterton, and five miles to Tinui.

MANGAPAKEHA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Agricultural Land.

2 | XV. | 323 0 0 | 0 2 8 | 21 10 8
This section comprises 300 acres of hilly and 23 acres of flat land. The flats are about 100 ft. and the hills run up to 500 ft. above sea-level. The flat land is along the creek running easterly through the section, and is generally swampy in winter. With the exception of about 23 acres of poor land, the section may be classed fair pastoral country, the vegetation consisting of a mixture of English and native grasses. There are numerous patches of large and small manuka here and there, affording good shelter for stock. Altogether there is about 30 acres of manuka. The soil is generally of a clayey nature, with rocky places on the ridges and higher lands. The section is intersected by gullies, in which run small streams, which, however, are dry in summer months, with the exception of the Mangapakeha. The formation affords facilities for the construction of dams, and water can probably be obtained by sinking wells. The small piece of land between the present Langdale Road and the proposed deviation, containing 19 acres, is to be leased with this section till the new road is made. The improvements (which go with the land) are: Half-value of 36 chains of fencing between Sections 2 and 3 (six plain and one barbed 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