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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

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 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 follows: 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.

NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES.

Application under Section 39 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” dismissed.

Native Land Court (Chief Judge’s Office), Wellington, 17th February, 1904.

IT is hereby notified that the application of Te Ratutonu Taimai, under section 39 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the inclusion of his own and other names in the title to Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 64 Block, has been dismissed.

GEO. B. DAVY, Chief Judge.

Adjournment of Sitting of the Native Land Court at Rawene, Hokianga.

Native Land Court Office, Auckland, 29th February, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sitting of the Native Land Court which was notified to be held at Rawene, Hokianga, on the 30th day of March, 1904, has been adjourned to the 7th day of April, 1904.

[Auckland, 1904–17.]

JAS. W. BROWNE, Registrar.

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Tapuaeharuru, Taupo.

Registrar’s Office, Auckland, 1st March, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Tapuaeharuru, Taupo, on the 16th day of March, 1904, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

[Auckland, 1904–18.]

JAS. W. BROWNE, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATIONS FOR CONFIRMATION OF ALIENATIONS.