SEPT. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2225

on the Motupiko River, and 90 acres on the Rainy River; remainder hills, varying in height from 1,000 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level. Access by road, in course of construction, up the Motupiko River. The northern end of the run is about fourteen miles distant from the Motupiko Railway-station.

W. G. MURRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction, for the term and at the upset annual rental stated, on Wednesday, the 2nd day of November, 1904, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—WANGANUI COUNTY.

Raketapaua Block.

Upset annual rental, £75. Term, seven years.

This run comprises flat and undulating land, to the westward of the Hautapu River. The soil is rather poor, being chiefly volcanic and pumiceous. The land is well watered by small streams. The altitude is high, ranging from about 2,300 ft. to 3,000 ft., and consequently the winters are severe and snow-falls frequent. The main coach-road passes through the block. The vegetation comprises tussock and native grasses, and there is fair feed in spring and summer time.

Plans and information regarding the terms and conditions of lease may be obtained at this office.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Kapuatohe Hamlet, Canterbury Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 13th September, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 26th day of October, 1904, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—SELWYN COUNTY.—CHRISTCHURCH SURVEY DISTRICT.

Kapuatohe Hamlet.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £250, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £9 15s. Total half-yearly payments, £27 15s.

This allotment is situated on the Main North Road, in the Village of Belfast, about five miles and three-quarters from Christchurch. The Belfast public school adjoins the holding, and the railway-station is distant about a mile and a quarter. The land varies in quality from strong black soil on a clay subsoil to light loamy soil with a sandy subsoil; the low-lying portion near Kapuatohe Stream grows excellent grass, and the land as a whole is admirably adapted for general farming. The elevation of the land is about 30 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise a substantial well-built house, nine years old, on concrete foundations, 41 ft. by 33 ft. over all, iron roof, four rooms, with kitchen in lean-to; also dairy and laundry, with iron roof and concrete floor; workshop with iron roof; chaff-house, trap-shed, pig-sty, stockyard and byre. These buildings are valued at £250, and have to be paid for by forty-two half-yearly payments of £9 15s. each. The other improvements, which are included in the price of the section, consist of about 37 chains of boundary and subdivisional fencing, an orchard, garden, and ornamental and forest trees.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, 12th September, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for sale or selection at this office in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on Wednesday, the 2nd day of November, 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.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Rough, broken bush country; altitude, from 2,000 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level; bush principally black-birch and big manuka. There is a natural clearing of about 12 acres carrying grass. Situated at Pohui, and distant about five miles from the Napier-Taupo Road, to which it has access by one mile of dray-road and four miles of bridle-track.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.