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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 61

Pastoral Run in Otago Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 29th June, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction at this office on Monday, the 31st day of August, 1903, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 29, Block VII., and 72, Block IV., Table Hill District, Bruce County: Area, 145 acres 1 rood 27 perches; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £3 12s. 6d. Valuation for improvements, £18.

Rough hilly country, well watered; fair pastoral land. Situated about three miles from Round Hill Siding, on the branch railway-line to Lawrence.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Southland Land District for Sale under Section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 6th July, 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 adjoining land, under section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on and after Wednesday, the 7th day of October, 1903.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 33, Block VI., Campbelltown Hundred; 30 acres.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 12th day of August, 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.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—HUTT COUNTY.—BELMONT SURVEY DISTRICT.—MAUNGARAKI SETTLEMENT.

Ordinary Farm.

This section is in the Maungaraki Settlement, which is situated on the hills to the north-west of Petone and joins the Korokoro Village Settlement. The access is from Petone Railway-station, which is about two miles distant by good formed dray-road. The section comprises hilly and undulating country; about 16 acres are under light native bush, and the remainder in English grasses. The soil is of fair quality, resting on rocky formation. The forest is light, comprising tawa, mahoe, hinau, and a few ratas, with a thick undergrowth of the usual variety. The section is not permanently watered, but water can be had by sinking. The elevation ranges from about 400 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. The original cost of felling the bush and sowing grass-seed on the cleared portion is estimated at £6 15s., and is included in the price of the section.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES.

Application under Section 39 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” dismissed.

Native Land Court (Chief Judge’s Office), Wellington, 22nd July, 1903.

IT is hereby notified that the application of Hata te Kani and others, under section 39 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” to have their names included in the title to Mohaka No. 2 Block, has been dismissed.

GEO. B. DAVY, Chief Judge.

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Te Kuiti, Auckland.

Registrar’s Office, Auckland, 25th July, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Te Kuiti on the 18th day of August, 1903, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

[Auckland, 1903-41.]

JAS. W. BROWNE, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATIONS FOR PARTITION.