Aug. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1949

Small Grazing-run in Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 19th July, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Thursday, the 8th day of September, 1904, for a term of twenty-one years (with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years), under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT. — WAIPAWA COUNTY. — MANGA-A-TORO SURVEY DISTRICT.

Manga-a-toro Settlement.

This small grazing-run, which is situated in the Manga-a-toro Settlement, is distant sixteen miles from Dannevirke by a good metalled road. The land is mixed agricultural and pastoral, varying in altitude from 550 ft. to 890 ft. above sea-level. Nearly the whole of the section is ploughable. About 200 acres are adapted for light agriculture. The whole section is well watered by the Mangapuka and other streams. The improvements (which are included in the price of the land) consist of 138 chains of western boundary fence, valued at £41 8s. 2d.; half value of 312 chains of northern, eastern, and southern boundary fencing, valued at £45 16s.; and sheep-yards, valued at £5: total, £92 4s. 2d.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 19th July, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Thursday, the 8th day of September, 1904, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

HAWKE’S BAY COUNTY.—HERETAUNGA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Mahora Settlement.

| 34 | XV. | A. R. P. 17 2 18 | £ s. d. 1 8 7 | £ s. d. 12 11 8 |

This section is situated about two miles from Hastings. It is laid down in English grasses, chiefly rape, and well watered. A few acres of shingle, but the balance suitable for cropping, market-gardening, or fruit-growing. Altitude, 40 ft. to 50 ft. above sea-level.

PATANGATA COUNTY.—ELSTHORPE VILLAGE.

Elsthorpe Settlement.

| 18 | .. | A. R. P. 0 2 16 | £ s. d. 0 16 8 | £ s. d. 0 5 0 |

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments in Otago Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 19th July, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 6th September, 1904, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—MANIATOTO COUNTY.

Village-homestead Allotments.

TOWN OF KOMAKO.

| 30 | .. | A. R. P. 12 1 20 | s. d. 1 0 | s. d. 6 0 |

This section is situated within a quarter of a mile of Waipiata Railway-station. It is dry, and there is no permanent water on it. The soil is of a sandy nature, and not very good.

NASEBY SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 14 | XI. | A. R. P. 24 1 12 | s. d. 0 9 6 | s. d. 9 7 |

Weighted with £18 14s. 3d. valuation for improvements. This section is situated within half a mile of Wedderburn Railway-station. It is permanently watered by the Wedderburn Creek. The soil is of a very fair quality. There are two strips of light shingly soil running across the section, but they are not of great extent.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Wednesday, the 14th day of September, 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.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—MASTERON COUNTY.—REWA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Weighted with £395 valuation for improvements. The run is situated at the head of the Waipapa and Te Maire Streams, and adjoins Stronvar. The access is from Masterton, which is about twenty-seven miles distant via Brancepeth and Fernyhurst Roads, which are mostly metalled. The run comprises hilly land, intersected with deep gullies. The soil is of a clayey nature, resting on rotten rock and papa formation. The forest is nearly all burned; the remainder comprises dry and green rimu, miro, matai, maire, hinau, rewarewa, with usual undergrowth. The run is well watered by springs and small creeks. The elevation ranges from about 600 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise about 27 acres felled, about 895 acres surface-sown, about 120 chains of fencing, and whare 8 ft. by 8 ft. by 5 ft.; the whole valued at £395.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.