Sept. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2037

Run No. 248K, Upper Taieri and Loganburn Districts, Maniototo and Taieri Counties (Class 1): Area, 8,580 acres; upset annual rental, £71 10s.; valuation for improvements, £157 9s.

Run No. 248L, Upper Taieri, Loganburn, and Strath Taieri Districts, Maniototo and Taieri Counties (Class 1): Area, 7,670 acres; upset annual rental, £63 18s. 4d.; valuation for improvements, £109.

Run No. 248M, Loganburn and Strath Taieri Districts, Maniototo and Taieri Counties (Class 1): Area, 7,830 acres; upset annual rental, £81 11s. 3d.; valuation for improvements, £157 6s.

Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1904.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Methuen Hamlet, Auckland Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 25th July, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 30th 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 allotment on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—EDEN COUNTY.—TITIRANGI SURVEY DISTRICT.—METHUEN HAMLET.

Workman’s Home Allotment.

Agricultural land; good soil, clay subsoil; slightly undulating, and in English grasses. North boundary fenced with post-and-wire fence; value of fence, £1 15s., included in price of section.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Sale under Section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 28th July, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be offered to the holder of adjoining land, under section 114 of the said Act, on Monday, the 26th day of October, 1903.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown 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.

S.G.R. 85 | 2,714 0 0 | 0 4.05 | 22 18 0

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.

Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale under Section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 28th July, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned lands will be offered to the holder of adjoining land, under section 114 of the said Act, on Monday, the 26th day of October, 1903.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.