1646
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

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 are not included in price of the land, and which must be paid for by the selector, consist of stable and cowshed, dip and yards, two-roomed house with brick chimney, 39 chains of fencing on road-line boundary, and 20 chains of subdivisional fencing, the whole being valued at £50.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 20th June, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Tuesday, the 9th day of August, 1904, 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* AND HUMMOCK† SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Weighted with £150 16s. 6d., valuation for improvements. This run comprises rather cold and poor land, the back portion being intersected by deep, swampy gullies; situated about sixteen miles from Middlemarch Railway-station. The improvements consist of hut, sheep-yards, and 352 chains of boundary-fencing.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotment, Wellington Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 14th June, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotment will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Wednesday, the 27th day of July, 1904, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—HUTT COUNTY.—BELMONT SURVEY DISTRICT.—KOROKORO VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

This allotment is situated on the hills to the north of Petone Railway-station, from which there is access to the section by about one mile and a half of the Maungaraki Road, which is metalled. The section comprises hilly land, falling from the front towards the back. There is a fair building-site near the front. There is about 2 acres of clearing, mostly overgrown with gorse; the remainder is covered by light native bush. The soil is of fair quality and depth, resting on clay-and-rock formation. The bush is light, and comprises tawa, mahoe, kohekohe, karaka, hinau, and rewarewa, with some rimu and maire, and light undergrowth of karamu, makomako, supplejack, &c. The section is fairly well watered by a small stream.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Potaka Township, Wellington Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 14th June, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for lease by public auction at the Assembly Rooms, Mangaweka, on Wednesday, the 10th day of August, 1904, for a term of twenty-one years, with the right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years, under the provisions of “The Native Townships Act, 1895,” and amendments, and the regulations made thereunder.

Sections not disposed of at auction may be taken up at any time within six months from the date of such auction, at the upset annual rentals stated below.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—RANGITIKEI COUNTY.—POTAKA TOWNSHIP.

• Weighted with £17, valuation for improvements.

| 15 | III. | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | " | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | " | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 19 | " | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | " | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 21 | " | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 22 | " | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 |
| 23 | " | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| 29 | " | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| 30 | " | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| *31 | " | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 15 | 0 |

• Weighted with £15, valuation for improvements.

| 2 | IV. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | " | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | " | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | " | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | " | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 8 | " | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| *9 | " | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 0 |

• Weighted with £15, valuation for improvements.

| 11 | IV. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | " | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | " | 0 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | " | 0 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | V. | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | " | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | " | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | " | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | " | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | VI. | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | " | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | " | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | " | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | " | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | " | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | " | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |

Potaka Township is situated on the main coach-road and on the North Island Main Trunk Railway, which both pass through it. Mangaweka, which is the present railway terminus, is about eleven miles distant to the south; and Taihape, to which the railway will shortly be completed, is situated about six miles to the north. The sections offered comprise open, flat, and undulating land laid down in English grasses. Remnants of the forest stumps and logs still remain. The soil is of good quality, capable of producing garden and farm produce freely. The township has a few stores, accommodation-houses, public school, post and telegraph office, and a daily coach and mail service. The climate is healthy, the district is being rapidly settled, and the township affords an opportunity to business-people, labourers, and small settlers to establish homes on reasonable and advantageous terms.

Plans and full particulars may be obtained at this office.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.