Dec. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2837

Land in Wellington Land District for Sale under Section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 8th November, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be disposed of to the holder of adjoining land under section 114 of the said Act, on or after Wednesday, the 14th day of February, 1906.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Sale under Section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be disposed of to the holder of adjoining land, under section 114 of the said Act, on or after Wednesday, the 21st day of February, 1906.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
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 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.
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, excepting about 3 acres; undulating; mixed bush, principally white-pine, with a considerable area of manuka scrub. The soil is fair, excepting the manuka land; papa formation.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Sale under Section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be disposed of to the holder of adjoining land, under section 114 of the said Act, on or after Wednesday, the 7th day of February, 1906.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
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.

| 77 | VIII. and XII. | 3,054 0 0 | 0 3·15 | 20 0 10 |
Altitude, about 500 ft. above sea-level. Situated seven miles from Matata. Comprises open manuka and koromiko 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.

| 78 | XI. and XII. | 2,393 0 0 | 0 2·4 | 11 19 4 |
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.