992
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Village-homestead Allotment, Otago Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotment will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, 27th May, 1903, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”
If more than one application is received for the section on the same day the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT. — CLUTHA COUNTY. — GLENOMARU SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Weighted with £83, valuation for improvements. A bush section, with soil of good quality; general aspect good. Situated about one mile and a half from Owaka Railway-station.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Forest Gate Settlement, Hawke’s Bay Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 15th April, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land 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 section on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT. — WAIPAWA COUNTY. — RUA-TANIWHA SURVEY DISTRICT.—FOREST GATE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

All flat agricultural land. Ten acres near road frontage consists of old river-bed, and is of inferior quality; the remainder of the section is good, and well adapted for cropping. Water can be obtained during the summer months from wells. The improvements which are included in the price of the section are—half-value of 17 chains of boundary-fence, valued at £1, and 10 chains of fence on road frontage, valued at £1 5s.: total, £2 5s. Situated nine miles and a half from Waipawa by a good metalled road. Improvements to be paid for by the incoming tenants are—house and sheds (not completed), £40; repairs, 8 chains of fence bounding township, £4; 40 chains subdivisional fencing, £30; 22½ chains boundary-fencing (not completed), £11 5s.: total, £85 5s.

E. C. GOLD SMITH,
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 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.

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.