1132 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 33

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Akitio County.—Pongaroa Village Settlement.

28 | .. | 19 3 0 | 1 7.2 | 0 15 10

Weighted with £73 13s. 9d., valuation for improvements.
The section is situated on the Huia Road. The access is
from Pongaroa Township, which is about one mile and a
quarter distant, of which one half-mile is metalled road, the
remainder is 6 ft. track. The section comprises flat and low
undulating land, grassed and ring-fenced; the soil is of good
quality resting on papa formation. The section is watered
by a creek. The improvements comprise 19½ acres felling
and grassing, 37 chains of fencing, and a whare of sawn
timber, 12 ft. by 10 ft. by 7 ft.

Mauriceville County.—Mangaone Survey District.—Hastwell Village Settlement.

44 | .. | 4 3 30 | 6 4.8 | 0 15 10

Weighted with £79, valuation for improvements.
The section adjoins a public school and a creamery. The
access is from Mangamahoe Railway-station, which is about
three miles distant by main coach-road. The section com-
prises low-lying flat land; the bush is felled and burned,
and the land grassed; rushes appear in places; the soil is
of fair quality, resting on shingle formation. The elevation
is about 750 ft. above sea-level. The improvements, which
are not in good repair, comprise the felling and grassing of
the whole section, 20 chains of fencing, and a four-roomed
house.

Wanganui County.—Mataroa Village Settlement.

34 | .. | 7 1 15 | 2 9.8 | 0 10 4

This section is situated close to the Township of Mataroa,
which is one of the rising towns on the Main Trunk Rail-
way-line. There is a school, post and telegraph office, and
store within about half a mile of the section, and also a saw-
mill close to it. The access is from Mataroa Township,
which adjoins the section, to which a dray can be taken,
although there is no formed road. The section comprises
all hilly land, except in the western portion, where there is
a small area of easy ground sufficient for a homestead-site.
The land is all open, mostly covered with flax and rough
grass; the soil is of good quality, resting on a clay-and-papa
formation. The section is watered by a small stream which
is dry in the summer. The elevation ranges from 1,700 ft.
to 1,800 ft. above sea-level.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Grants ready for Delivery.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 18th April, 1904.

CROWN grants in favour of the persons named here-
under have been duly executed, and are now ready for
delivery at the office of the Registrar of Deeds, Auckland,
under "The Crown Grants Act, 1883," and "The Crown
Grants Act Amendment Act, 1903."

A fee of 3d. is chargeable on the said Crown grants
for every month they shall remain in the office of the Regis-
trar of Deeds after the expiration of three months from
this date.

G. MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 18th April, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
small grazing-runs will be open for lease on appli-
cation, at this office, on Wednesday, the 8th day of June,
1904, under the provisions of Part V. of "The Land Act,
1892," and "The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settle-
ment Act, 1903."

For the purposes of "The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands
Settlement Act, 1903," the runs in the First Schedule are
classed as "light-bush land," and the run in the Second
Schedule is classed as "scrub land."

No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local
authority from the said runs for the period of three years in
the case of light-bush land and two years in the case of
scrub land from the date from which in each case respect-
ively they 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 selec-
tor the further instalments of rent payable by him for a
period of three years in the case of light-bush land and two
years in the case of scrub land shall not be demanded; pro-
vided 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 pay-
able by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate
the amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as
the Board shall think fit.

SCHEDULES.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Light-bush Land.

3 | 4 | I. | Gordon | | |
| | 2 | V. | " | | |
| | 11 | IX. | " | 3,415 2 16 | 13 10 6 |
| | 5 and 16 | IV. | Tadmor | | |
| | 24 | VIII. | " | | |

All hills; from 400 to 500 acres of green bush, chiefly
brown and red birch, remainder open fern and manuka land.
Access by ridge road to the east, about four or five miles
from Motupiko Railway-station.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Scrub Land.

4 | 2 | I. | Gordon | 618 0 0 | 1 18 9

All low hills; about one-half covered with manuka, re-
mainder fern, tutu, and some native grass. Access by
ridge road from Rough'n's Gully.

W. G. MURRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 18th April, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
pastoral run will be offered for lease by public
auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 8th day of June,
1904, at 11 o'clock a.m., under the provisions of Part VI. of
"The Land Act, 1892."

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Runs Nos. 324A and 324B (grouped), Lake, Wallace, and
Southland Counties: Area, 58,950 acres; upset annual
rental, £60; term of lease, twenty-one years; weighted
with £339, valuation for improvements.

Possession will be given on the day of sale.

The purchaser must deposit the statutory declaration as
required by section 195 of "The Land Act, 1892," and
deposit the amount of the half-year's rent at the rate
offered, the license fee, and the valuation for improvements,
on the fall of the hammer.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.