Oct. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2381

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 10th October, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction at this office on Tuesday, the 29th November, 1904, for a term of fourteen years, at the upset annual rentals stated, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, Block V., Lower Wanaka District, Vincent County: Area, 2,798 acres 3 roods 15 perches; upset annual rental, £11 13s. 3d.; valuation for improvements, £14 4s. The improvements consist of half of 49 chains of fencing on the north-east boundary of Section 13, at 6s. per chain, £7 7s.; half of 13 chains of fencing between Sections 8 and 13, at 4s. per chain, £1 6s.; 37 chains of fencing between Sections 8 and 13, at 3s. per chain, £5 11s. This run is situated on the shores of Lake Wanaka, from two to four miles from Albert Town.

Sections 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, road and bridge reserves, Block XI., Mount Hyde District, and Sections 3, 4, and 6, Block XVI., Maungatua District, Taieri County: Area, 1,942 acres 3 roods; upset annual rental, £10. These sections form a peninsula bounded on the east and partly on the south side by Lee Stream. The land generally is rough and broken. Very little fencing is required, as the Taieri River and Lee Stream form good natural boundaries on three sides. Situated about six miles from Outram.

Run 261x, Maniototo County (Class 1): Area, 1,005 acres; upset annual rental, £12 10s.; valuation for improvements, £14. The improvements consist of 70 chains of fencing on west and north-west boundary at 4s. per chain. This run has a southerly aspect, and being all hill-top is somewhat sour and cold. Situated about five miles from Ida Valley Railway-station.

The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.” Possession will be given on day of sale.

Purchasers must deposit statutory declaration required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the first half-year’s rent, together with license fee, £1 1s., on fall of the hammer.

Valuations for improvements must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Dunedin, before possession will be given.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 20th September, 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 15th day of November, 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.—CLUTHA COUNTY.—GLENOMARU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Village-homestead Allotments.

Weighted with £25, valuation for improvements.

A level bush section; good soil; well watered. Situated about two miles from Owaka Railway-station.

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Weighted with £60, valuation for improvements.

A bush section, with soil of good quality; general aspect good. Situated about a mile and a half from Owaka Railway-station.

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.

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

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application at this office on Wednesday, the 2nd day of November, 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.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMEA COUNTY.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

All open fern country, with the exception of about 200 acres of birch bush on the Rainy River. About 150 acres of flats 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.