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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 72

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 27th July, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Tuesday, the 15th 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.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—VINCENT COUNTY.—LEANING ROCK SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

These runs are composed of level dry terraces. The soil is light and poor, with a gravel subsoil. There are some small areas of fair land in the intersecting gullies, where homestead-sites might be chosen. Surface water is not available during the summer months, but there are many indications of springs where permanent water might be obtained by sinking. Elevation up to 810 ft. above sea-level. Situated about two miles from the Town of Clyde, and adjacent to the proposed Otago Central Railway.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office.
Auckland, 27th July, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for lease by public auction, for grazing purposes only, at this office, on Monday, the 21st day of September, 1903, for a term of fourteen years, at the upset annual rentals stated.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OTAMATEA COUNTY.—MARERETU-WAIPU STATE FOREST RESERVE.

Lot 9, 506 acres; upset annual rental, £5. Lot 10, 429 acres; upset annual rental, £4. Situated at the south end of Waipu-Mareretu State Forest, from four to six miles from Maungaturoto.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The land comprised in the lease shall continue under “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” subject only to the right of the lessee to use the land for grazing purposes.

2. The lessee shall have no right to fell or remove from the land any live or dead trees or timber, whether standing or lying on the ground.

3. All persons duly authorised in that behalf shall have free right of ingress, egress, and regress for any of the purposes of the Act mentioned, or for felling or removing from the land any trees or timber.

4. The lessee at the expiration of the term of his lease may remove all fencing and buildings erected by him on the land.

GERHARD MUELLER,
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.