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between Haast and Waita Rivers. Fine cattle-feed; bush slopes and spurs, Matakikaki Range; good, dry, flat timbered lands between foot of range and Tawerikiti Swamp. Access by Haast River bed and Main South Road.

Run 77, Cascade Valley: Area, 9,500 acres; term, ten years; upset annual rental, £9 10s. Situated in the Upper Cascade River Valley. Access by Jackson’s River to Cascade Track. Bush feed; cattle country; principally on hill slopes and in river valley. Altitude, 400 ft.

Run 119, Makawhio River: Area, 5,000 acres; term, ten years; upset annual rental, £5. Situated in Upper Makawhio River Valley; includes all the lower slopes and terraces on both banks of river. Heavily timbered; cattle-feed underscrub. Access by Makawhio River bed.

TERMS OF SALE.

Possession will be given on 1st March, 1905.

Valuation for improvements (if any) must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Hokitika, before the licensee will be let into possession.

Such valuations shall, exclusive of the value of a rabbit-proof fence, in no case exceed three times the amount of the average annual rental paid under the expired or expiring license during the term thereof, and five times such amount in cases where the annual rental does not exceed £50.

The runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration as required by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the first half-year’s rent, together with the license fee (£1 1s.), on the fall of the hammer.

G. J. ROBERTS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 23rd January, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 26th day of February, 1904, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Class I.

Run No. 154a, Southland County: Area, 1,008 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £4 4s.

Run No. 302, Southland County: Area, 7,050 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £15.

Run No. 391, Southland County: Area, 38,220 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £35.

Run No. 423a, Southland County: Area, 6,000 acres; term, sixteen years; upset annual rental, £5.

Runs Nos. 1, 2a, 3, 4, and 7 (grouped), Lake County: Area, 39,100 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £50.

Run No. 424, Southland County: Area, 2,410 acres; term, seven years; upset annual rental, £4 6s.

DESCRIPTIONS OF RUNS.

Run No. 154a: Area, 1,008 acres; situated in Taringatura District, Southland County, about six miles by good road from Dipton Railway-station. Country hilly and broken, ranging in altitude from 600 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level. Fairly well grassed in places with white tussock, but the larger area is cold and grassed with snow-tussock.

Run No. 302: Area, 7,050 acres; situated in Eyre District, Southland County, about seven miles by fair road from Five Rivers Railway-station. Country rough, hilly, and broken, ranging in altitude from 1,500 ft. to 4,000 ft. above sea-level; poorly grassed, principally with rough snow-tussock. Considerable areas are covered with manuka scrub and stunted birch.

Run No. 391: Area, 38,220 acres; situated in Lincoln District, Southland County, about twelve miles by good road from Mossburn Railway-station. Hilly to mountainous country, very rough and broken, ranging in altitude from 1,300 ft. to 6,500 ft. above sea-level; the portion along the banks of the Oreti River is fairly well grassed in places with white tussock. The vegetation is poor on the high ground, consisting principally of coarse snow-tussock; on large areas the vegetation is completely gone, loose running shingle having taken its place, and in the gullies considerable areas of stunted birch are to be found.

Run No. 423a: Area, 6,000 acres; situated in Nokomai District, Southland County, about seventeen miles from Waikaia Township, twelve miles of which is only a mountain riding-track—or twelve miles from Parawa Railway-station, eight of which is a fair road, the balance only a mountain track. The country is very inaccessible, mostly high, ranging from 1,500 ft. to 4,800 ft. above sea-level; poorly grassed with snow-tussock, and covered in many places with stunted boxwood.

Runs Nos. 1, 2a, 3, 4, and 7 (grouped): Area, 39,100 acres; situated in Coneburn, Mid Wakatipu, North Eyre, and South Wakatipu Districts, Lake County, ten miles by water from Kingston; high, rough, and mountainous country, ranging in altitude from 1,100 ft. to 6,500 ft. above sea-level. The country, although high and broken, has a sunny aspect, and is fairly well grassed with white and snow tussock; but on the highest top there is little vegetation, and on the steep faces there is loose running shingle.

Run No. 424: Area, 2,410 acres; situated in New River Hundred, Southland County, eight miles from Invercargill, immediately on the coast between New River and Waimatuku Stream. The country is a waste of sand, with a little white tussock, interspersed on the more damp and sheltered spots with flax. Altitude, from sea-level to about 50 ft.

TERMS OF SALE.

Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1905.

Valuations for improvements must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Invercargill, before the licensees will be let into possession.

The runs will be sold generally in accordance with Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration as required by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the first half-year’s rent, together with the license fee (£1 1s.), on the fall of the hammer.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Westland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 14th December, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Tuesday, the 16th day of February, 1904, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Possession of Runs 476 and 477 will be given on date of sale, and possession of Run No. 100 on 1st March, 1904.

Description and Locality of Runs.

Run No. 100 comprises the open country on summits of Gribben Spur. Good summer sheep country. Access by Waitaha River.

Run No. 476.—Average altitude is 1,500 ft. Mountain flanks, terraced slopes, and river-bed, Upper Waiatoto Valley. Access by open river-bed. Cattle-feed only.

Run No. 477 comprises watershed of Stafford River, bush-clad hill-sides and shallow valleys. Cattle-feed. Access by bridle-road from Jackson’s Bay.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE.

Valuation for improvements (if any) in respect of Run No. 100 must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Hokitika, before the licensee will be let into possession. Such valuation shall, exclusive of the value of a rabbit-proof fence, not exceed five times the amount of the annual rental paid under the expiring license.

Six months’ rent, at the rate offered, and license fee of £1 1s., to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration required by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

G. J. ROBERTS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.