568 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 14

Land in Barne go Settlement, Otago Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 15th February, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 29th day of March, 1904.

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

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—BRUCE COUNTY.—HILLEND SURVEY DISTRICT.

Barne go Settlement.

Weighted with £76 16s. valuation for improvements.

Mixed agricultural and pastoral land, at an altitude varying from 50 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Ridges and steep gullies. This section is distant from Balclutha Railway-station about four miles along a formed road. The improvements which go with the land consist of half-value of 54 chains of gorse and briar hedge on the northern boundary fronting Section 13A, full value of 26 chains of gorse and briar hedge along the road frontage (part of north boundary), half-value of 56 chains of wire fencing on the eastern boundary, half-value of 88 chains of wire fencing on the south-eastern boundary fronting Section 17A, and the gate at the north-eastern corner, all valued at £32 12s. The improvements which do not go with the land, and which must be paid for by the applicant, consist of stable and cow-shed, dip and yards, two-roomed house with brick chimney, 39 chains of fencing on road-line boundary, 20 chains of subdivision fencing, the whole valued at £76 16s.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 16th February, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 30th day of March, 1904, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMARINO COUNTY.

Rangipo-Waiau-Murimotu Blocks.

Locality and Description of Run.

This run is situated in the Rangipo-Waiau-Murimotu Blocks, in the vicinities of Karioi and Waiouru, and is intersected by the main coach-road from Pipiriki to Tokaanu and the proposed main trunk railway-line. The access is from Pipiriki, which is about thirty-five miles distant by coach-road. The run comprises for the most part flat and undulating tussock country, with swamps in places. The soil is of semi-volcanic character, resting on pumiceous formation. The run is well watered. The improvements, which are included in the rental, are as follow: Manager’s house, 32 ft. by 30 ft., seven rooms and scullery; shearers’ house, 14 ft. by 47 ft.; shearers’ cookhouse, 14½ ft. by 25 ft.; wool-pressing shed, 32 ft. by 45½ ft.; wool-store, 23 ft. by 50 ft.; shearing-shed, 31 ft. by 90 ft.; potaka, 18½ ft. by 12½ ft.; men’s house, 17½ ft. by 27½ ft.; sheep-yards, wool-scouring plant, fencing: total value, £415.

Plans and full particulars as to terms and conditions of lease may be obtained at this office.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 23rd January, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 26th day of February, 1904, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Class I.

Run No. 154A, Southland County: Area, 1,008 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £4 4s.

Run No. 302, Southland County: Area, 7,050 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £15.

Run No. 391, Southland County: Area, 38,220 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £35.

Run No. 423A, Southland County: Area, 6,000 acres; term, sixteen years; upset annual rental, £5.

Runs Nos. 1, 2A, 3, 4, and 7 (grouped), Lake County: Area, 39,100 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £50.

Run No. 424, Southland County: Area, 2,410 acres; term, seven years; upset annual rental, £4 6s.

DESCRIPTIONS OF RUNS.

Run No. 154A: Area, 1,008 acres; situated in Taringatura District, Southland County, about six miles by good road from Dipton Railway-station. Country hilly and broken, ranging in altitude from 600 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level. Fairly well grassed in places with white tussock, but the larger area is cold and grassed with snow-tussock.

Run No. 302: Area, 7,050 acres; situated in Eyre District, Southland County, about seven miles by fair road from Five Rivers Railway-station. Country rough, hilly, and broken, ranging in altitude from 1,500 ft. to 4,000 ft. above sea-level; poorly grassed, principally with rough snow-tussock. Considerable areas are covered with manuka scrub and stunted birch.

Run No. 391: Area, 38,220 acres; situated in Lincoln District, Southland County, about twelve miles by good road from Mosshurn Railway-station. Hilly to mountainous country, very rough and broken, ranging in altitude from 1,300 ft. to 6,500 ft. above sea-level; the portion along the banks of the Oreti River is fairly well grassed in places with white tussock. The vegetation is poor on the high ground, consisting principally of coarse snow-tussock; on large areas the vegetation is completely gone, loose running shingle having taken its place, and in the gullies considerable areas of stunted birch are to be found.

Run No. 423A: Area, 6,000 acres; situated in Nokomai District, Southland County, about seventeen miles from Waikaiia Township, twelve miles of which is only a mountain riding-track—or twelve miles from Parawa Railway-station, eight of which is a fair road, the balance only a mountain track. The country is very inaccessible, mostly high, ranging from 1,500 ft. to 4,800 ft. above sea-level; poorly grassed with snow-tussock, and covered in many places with stunted boxwood.

Runs Nos. 1, 2A, 3, 4, and 7 (grouped): Area, 39,100 acres; situated in Coneburn, Mid Wakatipu, North Eyre, and South Wakatipu Districts, Lake County, ten miles by water from Kingston; high, rough, and mountainous country, ranging in altitude from 1,100 ft. to 6,500 ft. above sea-level. The country, although high and broken, has a sunny aspect, and is fairly well grassed with white and snow tussock; but on the highest top there is little vegetation, and on the steep faces there is loose running shingle.

Run No. 424: Area, 2,410 acres; situated in New River Hundred, Southland County, eight miles from Invercargill, immediately on the coast between New River and Waimatuku Stream. The country is a waste of sand, with a little white tussock, interspersed on the more damp and sheltered spots with flax. Altitude, from sea-level to about 50 ft.

TERMS OF SALE.

Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1905.

Valuations for improvements must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Invercargill, before the licensees will be let into possession.

The runs will be sold generally in accordance with Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration as required by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the first half-year’s rent, together with the license fee (£1 1s.), on the fall of the hammer.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.