Nov. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2743

Village - homestead Allotment in Southland Land District
open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st September, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
village-homestead allotment will be open for selec-
tion on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday,
the 28th day of November, 1905, under the provisions of
“The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT. — SOUTHLAND COUNTY. — SEAWARD
BUSH TOWNSHIP.

Village-homestead Allotment.

Weighted with £10, valuation for improvements—hut and
fencing. Situated about half a mile from Tisbury Railway
station, and four miles and a half from Invercargill by good
road. Soil good; well watered; mostly covered with very
light bush, fit only for firewood. The limit of holding in
this settlement, 20 acres.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Merrivale Settlement, Southland Land District, open
for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 6th November, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land
will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at
this office, on Wednesday, the 20th day of December, 1905,
under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Con-
solidation 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.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT. — WALLACE COUNTY. — WAIAU
SURVEY DISTRICT. — MERRIVALE SETTLEMENT.

Weighted with £25, valuation for timber.

Situated about fifteen miles from Otautau, and two miles
from dairy-factory reserve and school-site. All bush, ex-
cepting about 3 acres; undulating; mixed bush, princi-
pally white-pine, with a considerable area of manuka scrub.
The soil is fair, excepting the manuka land; papa forma-
tion.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 25th September, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land
will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at
this office, on Tuesday, the 28th day of November, 1905,
under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Con-
solidation 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. — CLUTHA COUNTY. — POMAHAKA
SURVEY DISTRICT.

Pomahaka Downs Settlement.

Weighted with £245, valuation for improvements, con-
sisting of 127 chains of boundary-fencing, 184 chains of
subdivisional fencing, four-roomed house, stable, barn, and
cart-shed, and trees.

Open undulating land, all ploughable; 16 acres rich
alluvial soil; balance deep, black soil, with subsoil of sandy
clay; well watered by running creek; easterly aspect;
22 chains frontage to Pomahaka River. Distant from Clin-
ton, twelve miles and a quarter; and from the Clutha
River, seven miles and a half.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs in Auckland Land District open for
Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 2nd October, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the small grazing-
runs described in the Schedule hereto will be open
for lease on application, at this office, in terms of Part V.
of “The Land Act, 1892,” and section 2 of “The Bush and
Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” on Tuesday,
the 12th day of December, 1905.

For the purposes of “The Bush and Swamp Crown
Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” the runs in the said Schedule
hereto are classed as “scrub land.”

No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local
authority from the said runs for the period of two years
from the date from which in each case respectively they
are disposed of, and no local authority shall have power
to levy or collect any such rate from such runs during
such period.

After the first half-year’s rent has been paid by the
selector the further instalments of rent payable by him for a
period of two years shall not be demanded: provided that
if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy
the selector disposes of his interest in the run the rent so
conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the
Land Board may remit such instalments of rent payable by
the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the
amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the
Board shall think fit.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT. — WHAKATANE COUNTY. — WAIHI
SOUTH SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Pastoral Country. — Scrub Land.

Altitude, about 800 ft. above sea-level. Situated on the
Roto-ehu–Pikowai Road, about seven miles from Matata.
Comprises fern, tutu, and koromiko country, with light and
sandy soil; low hills, but broken in parts, with good swampy
valleys and grass patches. The general quality of the run
is good, and it is well watered.

Altitude, about 500 ft. above sea-level. Situated seven
miles from Matata. Comprises open manuka and koro-
miko and tutu and fern country; small patches of bush;
fair low hills, with good flat valleys; some grass patches;
light sandy soil; well watered. The general quality of the
run is good.

Altitude, 600 ft. above sea-level. About five miles from
Matata. Open manuka, koromiko, tutu, and fern country,
with small patches of bush; broken about Pikowai, with
fair flat valleys; some grass patches; light sandy soil. The
general quality of the run is fair; very well watered.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.