Nov. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2789

Locality of Run: Situated on the shores of Lake Wanaka, about twenty-two miles from Pembroke.

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.

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

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

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Auckland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 28th September, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 23rd day of November, 1904, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—EDEN COUNTY.—TITIRANGI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Workmen’s Homes Allotments.

Nearly level agricultural land; loamy soil; drained by small watercourses; in English grass; west boundary fenced with gorse and post-and-rail. Value of fencing, 12s. 6d., which is included in the price of the section. Methuen Hamlet is situated at Avondale, six miles from Auckland.

KITCHENER HAMLET.

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Slightly undulating; in English grass; good soil, clay subsoil; drain on road frontage, and has frontage to Victoria Road; fenced on south boundary with post-and-wire and gorse fence. Value of fencing, 19s., which is included in the price of section. Kitchener Hamlet is situated at Avondale, six miles from Auckland.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Waimarie Settlement, Hawke’s Bay Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 3rd October, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 23rd day of November, 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.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—COOK COUNTY.—WAIMATA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Waimarie Settlement.

Waimarie Settlement is situated ten miles from Gisborne, on the main road from that town to Motu and Opotiki, the upper end reaching to within half a mile of Ormond Village.

Section No. 3, Block VIII., above referred to, is good agricultural land, and has been ploughed and sown since it was originally taken up.

The improvements which are included in the price of the land consist of about 20 chains of fencing, valued at £5. The improvements effected by the late occupier are as follows, namely: Three-roomed cottage, fowlhouse, corn-crib, cow-shed, iron tank, concrete tank, garden and orchard, 10 chains of cross fencing, and half-share side fencing, the whole valued at £65 2s. 6d., which sum must be lodged with the application for the land.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Edendale Township, Southland Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 3rd October, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 23rd day of November, 1904, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Edendale Township.—Blocks I. and III., Mataura Hundred.—Edendale Settlement.

• Interest and sinking fund on building (four-roomed wooden cottage, in bad repair), valued at £25, repayable in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £2 3s. 3d. Total half-yearly, £2 13s. 3d.

† Interest and sinking fund on building (four-roomed wooden cottage, in bad repair), valued at £25, repayable in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £2 3s. 3d. Total half-yearly, £2 13s. 3d.

This thriving township is situated about twenty-three miles from Invercargill, on the Edendale-Wyndham Railway-line, near its junction with the Invercargill-Dunedin main railway-line, and about the centre of the Edendale Settlement.

On two of the allotments now offered there are wooden cottages more or less out of repair. The soil is good for gardening, and the allotments are all situated within a quarter of a mile of Edendale Railway-station, a dairy factory, and a school, and the principal roads are formed and gravelled.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 17th October, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 14th day of December, 1904, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.—ONAMALUTU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Run No. 56: Area, 550 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £5.

Description of run: Altitude, 200 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level. 100 acres birch bush, remainder open, covered with fern, scrub, and grass; 16 acres grassed; 11 acres burnt bush, grassed; 27 acres flat, balance broken country; well watered. Situated about fifteen miles from Blenheim.

HENRY TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.