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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 26

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 de-
cided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

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

First-class Land.

KANIERI SURVEY DISTRICT.

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.

TOAROHA 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 18 6 |

Altitude above sea-level, 150 ft. 90 acres thick scrub and
patches of white-pine; remainder grass, rushes, and scat-
tered 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; seven-
teen miles from Hokitika Railway-station. 38 chains of
interior fencing on this section.

G. J. ROBERTS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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 practi-
cally 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.

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 ap-
plication at the upset annual rentals stated.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF BALCLUTHA.

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

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,