JULY 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1785

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.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 6th June, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 27th day of July, 1904, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.—ONAMALUTU AND CLOUDY BAY SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Run No. 155: Area, 1,143 acres; term of lease, ten years; upset annual rental, £5. Altitude, from 300 ft. to 1,400 ft. 250 acres of birch bush, with a few rimu and small totara trees; remainder covered with fern and scrub. Broken pastoral country; well watered. About fifteen miles from Blenheim.

HENRY TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Sale under Section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 11th July, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be offered to the holder of adjoining land, under section 114 of the said Act, on and after Friday, the 14th day of October, 1904.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 5th July, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at this office, and at the Land Office, Kaikoura, on Wednesday, the 24th 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.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—KAIKOURA COUNTY.—WHERNSIDE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Small Grazing-run 107, 18,212 acres. Rent per acre per annum, 2·75d.; half-yearly rent, £104 6s. 10d.

Altitude, 200ft. to 4,100ft. About 60 acres river-flats; 5,000 acres mixed bush, consisting of manuka, mahoe, and kowhai, with a little pine and totara on the lower slopes, and birch on the higher spurs; about 1,200 acres easy forest slopes and terraces capable of improvement; remainder rough broken country, covered with tussock, fern, and scrub. The high spurs are rock and shingle, and are subject to snow in winter. Well watered.

The improvements, which go with the land, consist of about 65 chains interior fence (wire), and half-value of about two miles and a half boundary fencing; homestead-site at the McLean River, about nine miles from the Clarence Bridge. A dray-road has been formed for seven miles and three-quarters from main road, and the balance of the road to the homestead-site is in process of formation. The distance from the homestead-site to the main road at Clarence Bridge is about nine miles; thence twenty-five miles to Kaikoura by main coach-road.

HENRY TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.