Sept. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2317

Land in Maerewhenua Settlement, Otago Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 22nd August, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Monday, the 10th 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 section on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—WAITAKI COUNTY.—AWAMOKO SURVEY DISTRICT.

Maerewhenua Settlement.

Level land; soil somewhat shingly; water may be obtained by sinking. Adjacent to Blank Point Railway-station, and three miles and a quarter from Georgetown Post-office.

D. BARRON,
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.

Lands in Kokatahi Village Settlement, Westland Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 20th September, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Tuesday, the 15th day of November, 1904, at 12 o’clock noon, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—KOKATAHI VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Kotatahi Village is situated within seven miles of Kanieri Township, which is connected with Hokitika by daily tram and coach service.

G. J. ROBERTS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 20th September, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of twenty-one years, at this office, on Tuesday, the 8th day of November, 1904, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—HAWKE’S BAY COUNTY.—KURIPAPANGA SURVEY DISTRICT.

This run is situated near Kuripapanga, and is about forty miles distant from Napier. It occupies the eastern slopes of the Kaweka Range, and consists of high broken pastoral country, varying in altitude from 2,000 ft. to 5,000 ft. above sea-level. The soil is light in places, and the steeper portions of the land are covered with stones. The run comprises open country, with scrub and black-birch timber in the gullies, and during the summer months will carry about five thousand sheep. About 4,000 acres is in native tussock grass.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

MAORI LAND ADMINISTRATION NOTICES.

Grazing-run offered for Lease under the Provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and its Amendments.

Waiariki District Maori Land Council,
Auckland, 20th September, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following section will be offered for lease by public auction, under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and its amendments, at the Courthouse, Rotorua, on Tuesday, the 1st day of November, 1904, at 10 a.m.:

Small Grazing-run No. 4, containing 100 acres, being the northern part of the block known as Te Kotuku-o-Tamawhakaara. Upset rental, £10 per annum. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with the right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years.

Maps giving full particulars of terms and conditions can be obtained upon application at the Native Land Court Office, Auckland, and at the Hot Lakes Chronicle Office, Rotorua.

H. F. EDGER, President,
Waiariki District Maori Land Council.