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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 7

Lands in Northbank Settlement, Marlborough Land District,
open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 24th January, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at
this office, on Friday, the 27th February, 1903, under the
provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act,
1900,” and amendments.

In the event of more than one application being received
for the same section on the same day, priority of selection
shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.—
NORTHBANK SETTLEMENT.
Classified and grouped as Ordinary Farms.

MOUNT OLYMPUS SURVEY DISTRICT.
Subdivision A.

1 | III. | 1,364 0 0 | 0 8 | 22 14 8

This section consists of all open country, covered with
tussock, fern, and scrub; 200 acres of the area is flat
land, of which 100 acres is ploughable; the remainder
includes low hills, somewhat broken. The soil is fair, well
watered; altitude, 600 ft. to 2,000 ft. The improvements
(which are included in the price of the land) are: Half value
of two miles and a quarter of boundary-fencing, valued at
£90. This section is accessible by dray-road, twenty-four
miles from Blenheim.

PINE VALLEY SURVEY DISTRICT.

5 | XVIII. | 1,224 0 0 | 0 9 | 22 19 0

All open country, covered with native grass, fern, and
scrub; 350 acres good agricultural flats, remainder hills,
somewhat broken; fair soil, well watered; altitude, 600 ft.
to 1,570 ft. The improvements (which are included in the
price of the land) consist of half value of two miles and a
quarter of boundary-fencing, £45. This section is accessible
from Blenheim by dray-road, twenty-four miles.

MOUNT OLYMPUS SURVEY DISTRICT.
Subdivision B.

4 | III. | 1,523 0 0 | 1 6 | 57 2 3
| | | | | *15 3 0

This is the homestead block. All open country; 500 acres
have been ploughed and sown with English grass, remainder
low hills, somewhat broken; fair soil, well watered; alti-
tude, 560 ft. to 1,500 ft. The improvements which go with
the land consist of six miles of interior fencing, valued at
£180, and half value of four miles of boundary-fencing,
valued at £80: total value, £260. The improvements
which do not go with the land are: Dwellinghouse, valued
at £100; woolshed, £100; stable, £50; men’s house, £30;
cartshed, £20: making a total of £300, which is repayable
in fourteen years by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of
£15 3s. This section is accessible from Blenheim by dray-
road, twenty-four miles.

Subdivision C.

5 | III. | 604 0 0 | 1 3 | 18 17 6

All open country, covered with native grass, fern, and
scrub; 300 acres flat agricultural land, the remainder being
low hills, some of which are ploughable; good soil, well
watered; altitude, 600 ft. to 1,200 ft. The improvements
(which are included in the price of the land) are: 48 chains of
interior fencing, valued at £18, and half value of 127 chains
of boundary-fencing, at £31 15s. This section is accessible
from Blenheim by dray-road, twenty-four miles.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £300, repayable
  in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £15 3s.: total half-
  yearly, £72 5s. 3d.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs in Nelson Land District open for Lease
on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 26th January, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
small grazing-runs will be open for lease on appli-
cation, at this office, on Friday, the 27th February, 1903,
under the provisions of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892.”
In the event of more than one application being received
for the same run on the same day, priority of selection
shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

Runs 2 and 4 are all low hills, about one-half covered
with manuka, remainder fern, tutu, and some native grass.
Access by ridge-road from Rough’n’s Gully.

Run 3, all hills; from 400 to 500 acres of green bush,
chiefly brown and red birch, remainder open fern and
manuka land. Access by ridge-road to the east, about four
or five miles from Motupiko Railway-station.

Run 5 has about 34 acres flat, fair soil; remainder low
hills covered with manuka, fern, &c., and native grass.
Access by ridge-road from Rough’n’s Creek.

Run 6 has about 25 acres light birch bush, remainder low
hills covered with fern, tutu, scrub, and some native grass.
Access by spur-road from Rough’n’s Gully, distant about
ten miles from Motupiko Railway-station.

Run 7 has from 25 to 30 acres of flat along eastern side of
Section 11, and 40 to 50 acres flat in Rough’n’s Gully;
remainder low hills covered with fern and native grass, with
some clumps of light birch bush. The main road to Top-
house runs through a corner of the run, distant about eleven
miles from Motupiko Railway-station.

Run 8 consists of low open hills covered with fern, tutu,
and native grass. Access by ridge-road from main road on
top of Kerr’s Hill saddle, distant fifteen miles from Motu-
piko Railway-station.

W. G. MURRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs in Northbank Settlement, Marlborough
Land District, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 24th January, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small
grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at
this office, on Friday, the 27th day of February, 1903.

In the event of more than one application being received
for the same run on the same day, priority of selection shall
be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.—
PINE VALLEY SURVEY DISTRICT.—NORTHBANK SETTLEMENT.
Second-class Pastoral Country.—Classified and grouped as
Small Grazing-runs.

S.G.R. 151 | .. | 3,385 0 0 | 0 4 | 28 4 2

Nearly all hills; 900 acres birch bush, remainder mostly
fern and scrub, with a little native grass; very broken;
soil poor on hills, fair in gullies; well watered. Altitude,
800 ft. to 3,580 ft. The improvements (which are included
in the price of the land) consist of half value of three miles
of boundary fencing, £60. This run is accessible from
Blenheim by dray-road, twenty-five miles.

S.G.R. 152 | .. | 2,026 0 0 | 0 4 | 16 17 8

Nearly all hills; about 300 acres birch bush, the re-
mainder being fern and scrub, with a little native grass;
very broken country; soil poor on hills, fair in gullies;
well watered. Altitude, 800 ft. to 2,400 ft. The improve-
ments (which are included in the price of the land) are half
value of 130 chains of boundary-fencing, £32 10s. This run
is accessible from Blenheim by dray-road, twenty-five
miles.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.