APRIL 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1051

Lands in Kokataki 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.—KOKATAKI SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

KANIERI SURVEY DISTRICT.

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 Kokataki River bed. Fenced on northern and eastern boundaries with barbed wire. Situated three miles from Kokataki 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 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.

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.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Weighted with £21, valuation for improvements.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES.

Applications for Confirmation Certificates under Section 55.

Registrar’s Office, Gisborne, 8th April, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that applications have been made to a Judge of the Court for certificates under section 55 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” confirming the alienations hereunder specified. All objections to the granting of such certificates must be lodged with me within fourteen days from the publication of this notice.

JOHN BROOKING, Registrar.

[Gisborne, 1903-8.]

THE ALIENATIONS ABOVE REFERRED TO.