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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 62

Land in Taranaki Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 1st August, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the lease of the under-mentioned land having been forfeited by resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Small Grazing-runs in Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 3rd August, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Wednesday, the 30th day of September, 1903, under the provisions of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT. — COOK COUNTY. — TUAHU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Covered throughout by heavy forest, of which about 600 acres in the eastern portion is birch, the remainder being mixed bush with a good deal of tawa and rimu. The run is steep and broken, the only flat land being a narrow strip along the Ruakituri River. Light pumice land; soil medium to poor; well watered. About fifty-two miles to Gisborne and forty miles to Wairoa. Altitude, 500 ft. to 2,600 ft. above sea-level.

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Forest land. In the western portion there is about 400 acres of fairly easy country, with some small flats on the Ruakituri River; the remainder of the section is very rough. The greater part of the bush is mixed, with a good deal of tawa and rimu, but on the watershed between the Mangapapa and Mangatupou Streams it consists chiefly of manuka. Pumice land; soil fair to poor; well watered. About fifty-two miles to Gisborne and thirty-nine miles to Wairoa. Altitude, 500 ft. to 2,200 ft. above sea-level.

S.G.R. 86 | 3,752 0 0 | 0 3·75 | 29 6 3

About 1,500 acres of this section is covered with fern and manuka scrub, the soil on this part being poor. The remainder is covered with mixed bush. The portion lying to the west of the main watershed contains a good deal of manuka, but the eastern portion is chiefly tawa and rimu, with a dense undergrowth of supplejacks and ferns. In the south, adjoining the Ruakituri River, there is 200 acres of flat land. Pumice land throughout; soil fair to poor; well watered. About thirty-five miles to Wairoa. Altitude, 300 ft. to 1,900 ft. above sea-level.

Improvements, to be paid by the incoming tenant, £610 10s., made up as follows: 150 acres grassed at £1 5s. per acre, £187 10s.; 550 acres grassed at 10s. per acre, £275; 170 chains fence at 10s., £85; house, orchard, and garden, £50; stockyards, &c., £10; 3 acres ploughed, £3.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run in Otago Land District open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 3rd August, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Tuesday, the 22nd day of September, 1903, under the provisions of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT. — TAIERI COUNTY. — NENTHORN SURVEY DISTRICT.

This run is situated seventeen miles from Middlemarch Railway-station by a fairly good road. The altitude above sea-level varies from 1,378 ft. to 2,087 ft. The country is bleak in winter, and the snow lies a considerable time. The soil is rather poor and light. Valuation for improvements, £856 17s. These consist of house, hut, loose-box, wool-shed, dip and yards, drafting-yards, dam and water-race, plantation, 53 acres in English grass, and 818 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Glenham Settlement, Southland Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 3rd August, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 23rd day of September, 1903, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT. — SOUTHLAND COUNTY. — WYNDHAM SURVEY DISTRICT. — GLENHAM SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

These sections are grouped and offered as one allotment, and comprise open agricultural land, undulating, and well watered by several streams. On Section 4A the soil is good on the tops of the ridges, but not so good on the slopes towards the Mataura River. On Section 5A the soil is very good; 310 acres have been ploughed and sown in English grass, which requires renewing; the balance is tussock. The height above sea-level is from 100 ft. to 460 ft. Glenham Railway-station is about half a mile distant by a formed dray-road. The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, are as follows: On Section 4A, half value of 45 chains of post-and-wire fence on west boundary, and half value of 62 chains of gorse-and-wire fence on south boundary; total, £19. On Section 5A, half value of 47 chains gorse-and-wire fence on south and west boundaries; half value of 56 chains of post-and-wire fence on south boundary, which requires to be removed to the correct boundary-line; and full value of 38 chains gorse subdivisional fence: total, £24. Total value of improvements, £43.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.