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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 17

Land in Barnego 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.

Barnego 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 18A, 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.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 15th February, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application at this office, on Wednesday, the 23rd day of March, 1904, under the provisions of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903.”

For the purposes of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” the runs are classed as “heavy-bush land.”

No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said runs for the period of four years from the date from which in each case respectively the runs are disposed of, and no local authority shall have power to levy or collect any such rate from such runs during such period.

After the first half-year’s rent has been paid by the selector, the further instalments of rent payable by him for a period of four years shall not be demanded; provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy a selector disposes of his interest in the run, the rent so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the Board shall think fit.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Pastoral Country.—Heavy-bush Land.

Rough pastoral land, wholly covered with bush, and being from 300 ft. to 1,580 ft. above sea-level; formation, papa with sandstone and shell-rock; well watered; the timber is chiefly tawa, rimu, rata, and black-birch; a small area of fairly level land north-east of Trig. Station K. Access by Waitotara Valley and Rawhitiroa Roads, the former being a dray-road to within two miles of section; thence by a bridle-road which continues via Rawhitiroa Road out to Eltham Railway-station. Distance from Waitotara Railway-station, about thirty-seven miles. (Litho.120.)

STRATFORD AND PATEA COUNTIES.—TAURAKAWA SURVEY DISTRICT.

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Rough and broken country, heavily timbered with tawai, rata, rimu, tawa, &c., with dense undergrowth. All pastoral country, the soil being poor, resting upon a formation of papa, and well watered; the streams lie mostly in gorges. The height of hills above streams is about 1,000 ft. Distant from Waitotara about fifty miles, by way of the Waitotara Valley Road, which is formed as a dray-road to within about eleven miles of the block. Access may also be had from Eltham, via the Rawhitiroa Road, distant about fifty-two miles, twenty of which has been opened for dray traffic, eleven miles being metalled; the remainder of the Rawhitiroa Road has been opened for horse traffic to its junction with the Waitotara Valley Road. (Litho. 132.)

CLIFTON COUNTY.

Rough, broken country, suitable for grazing; all covered with moderately heavy forest, consisting of tawa, tawhero, rimu, rata, &c., with the usual undergrowth of karamu, mahoe, karewa, kiekie, &c. Altitude, from 500 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. Soil of fair quality, resting upon papa formation; well watered by permanent streams. Access by Ohura Road, which is formed as a dray-road. The section is situated about two miles from the Ohura Road via Tawhiwhi Road, which is formed for horse traffic for about one mile. (Litho. 156.)

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.