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country generally covered with tussock and other native grasses. The improvements consist of about twelve miles of subdivision fencing. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements will be £2,314.

RUN 28, MOUNT NESSING.

This run is situate on the Hunters Hills, between the Opawa and Hakataramea Rivers, about ten miles distant from Albury Railway-station, at an altitude of from 2,200 ft. to 5,200 ft. above sea-level. It comprises hilly country, the lower slopes carrying good pasture of tussock, blue-grass, and other native grasses. The improvements consist of about thirty miles of boundary and subdivision fencing. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements is £1,189.

RUN 208, PART ASHWICK.

This run is situate between the summit of the Two-thumb Range and the south branch of the Opuha River, about six miles distant north-west of the Fairlie Railway-station, at an altitude of from 2,200 ft. to 6,600 ft. above sea-level. It comprises mountainous country, mostly covered with tussock and other native grasses. The improvements consist of ten miles of part boundary and subdivision fencing. The maximum amount for which the incoming tenant will be liable on account of improvements will be £665.

RUN 209, PART ASHWICK.

This run is situate between the Two-thumb Range and Edwards River, about seven miles distant from the Fairlie Railway-station, at an altitude of from 4,400 ft. to 6,300 ft. above sea-level. It comprises mountainous country, mostly covered with tussock and other native grasses. The improvements consist of about 20 miles of fencing, internal and part boundary of run. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements will be £521.

RUN 41, MOUNT NIMROD.

This run is situate on the Hunters Hills, at the head of the Pareora River, about ten miles distant from Cave Railway-station, at an altitude of from 1,800 ft. to 5,219 ft. above sea-level. It comprises chiefly sloping spurs, with a northerly aspect, generally covered with blue-grass, snow-grass, and other native grasses. The improvements consist of about thirty miles and a half of boundary fencing. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements is £1,855.

RUN 44, BLUECLIFFS.

This run is situate on the western slopes of the Hunters Hills, between the summit and the River Waihao, about twenty-three miles distant from St. Andrews Railway-station, at an altitude of from 2,000 ft. to 5,000 ft. above sea-level. It comprises high spurs, falling steeply into the creeks, but becoming less rugged as they approach the Waihao River, mostly covered with tussock, snow-grass, and other native grasses. The improvements consist of about twenty-four miles and three-quarters of boundary and subdivision fencing, and two 12 ft. by 12 ft. wood and iron huts. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements is £1,277.

RUN 47, OTAIO.

This run is situate on the Hunters Hills, at the head of the Otaio River, about fourteen miles distant from Waimate Railway-station, at an altitude of from 1,450 ft. to 3,500 ft. above sea-level. It comprises spurs on either side of the range, with easy slopes to the lower country, generally covered with snow-grass, blue-grass, tussock, and other native grasses. The improvements consist of about twenty-three miles and a half of wire boundary fencing. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements is £1,993.

RUN 50, MOUNT STUDHOLME.

This run is situate on the western side of the Hunters Hills, and slopes down to the Waihao River, about six miles distant from the Waimate Railway-station, at an altitude of from 1,400 ft. to 3,560 ft. above sea-level. It comprises spurs falling towards the creeks and the Waihao River, mostly covered with tussock, snow-grass, and other native grasses. The improvements consist of about nine miles and a half of boundary and subdivision fencing, and an iron hut. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements is £690.

RUN 61, PART HAKATARAMEA.

This run is situate at the southern part of the Kirkliston Range, the southern boundary being the Waitaki River, about three miles above the Hakataramea Range, at an altitude of from 700 ft. to 5,000 ft. above sea-level. It comprises country mostly covered with tussock, snow-grass, blue-grass, together with a fair sprinkling of English and other grasses on the lower spurs. The improvements consist of about eighteen miles of boundary and internal fencing, and two iron huts. The fencing includes about eleven miles of Government rabbit-fence on the eastern boundary, not to be paid for by the incoming tenant, and two miles and a half of interior rabbit-proof fencing, for which full valuation will be payable by the incoming tenant. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements, irrespective of valuation for rabbit-proof fencing, is £2,149.

RUN 61A, PART HAKATARAMEA.

This run is situate on the western slopes of the Kirkliston Range, having a small frontage on the Waitaki River, about five miles and a half from Hakataramea Railway-station, at an altitude generally from 700 ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level, though about 6,000 ft. at the extreme southern point. It comprises generally fairly well-grassed country. The improvements consist of about fifteen miles of boundary and internal fencing, including about three miles and a half of rabbit-proof fencing. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements is £794, exclusive of the rabbit-proof fencing, for which full valuation is payable, in addition to the valuation for the other improvements.

RUN 62, PART HAKATARAMEA.

This run is situate on the lower eastern slopes of the Kirkliston Range, about twelve miles north of the Hakataramea Railway-station, at an altitude of from 1,700 ft. to 4,000 ft. above sea-level. It comprises country generally well covered with tussock, snow-grass, blue-grass, and other native grasses, with a fair sprinkling of English grasses in places. The improvements consist of about eight miles and a half of boundary and internal fencing, which includes about four miles and a half of Government rabbit-fence traversing the centre of the run, and which the incoming tenant is not required to pay for. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements is £558.

RUN 62A, PART HAKATARAMEA.

This run is situate on the eastern slopes of the Kirkliston Range at the head of Cattle Creek, about fifteen miles distant from Hakataramea Railway-station, at an altitude of from 2,400 ft. to 5,900 ft. above sea-level. It comprises country partly covered with tussock and snow-grasses. The improvements consist of about sixteen miles and a quarter of ordinary standard and wire fencing, including about three miles of rabbit-proof fence belonging to the Government. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements is £736.

RUN 64, PART OF HAKATARAMEA.

This run is situate on the eastern slopes of the Grampian Mountains, and extends about eleven miles and a half in a southerly direction from the Hakataramea Pass, at an altitude of from 2,000 ft. to 5,600 ft. above sea-level. The lower spurs of the range are easy and sloping, and are mostly covered with tussock, snow-grass, blue-grass, and other native grasses. The improvements consist of about twenty miles and a half of boundary and subdivision fencing, and cob hut with iron roof. Included in this length of fencing are about three miles of Government rabbit-fence on the southern boundary, that are not to be paid for by the incoming tenant. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements is £630.

RUN 66, WAITANGI.

This run is situate on the north bank of the Waitaki River, about eight miles north-westward from Hakataramea Railway-station; it has a frontage of about four miles to the Waitaki, and extends back about fourteen miles in a north-easterly direction. Altitude, from 800 ft. to 6,300 ft. above sea-level. It comprises about 1,000 acres of flat country fronting on the Waitaki River, the balance being mountainous and hilly country, the lower portions of which are generally fairly well grassed with tussock, snow-grass, blue-grass, and other native grasses. The improvements consist of about sixty-one miles of boundary and subdivision fencing. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements is £3,311.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.