Feb. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 501

Land in Hetana Hamlet, Auckland Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 30th January, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 22nd day of March, 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.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAITEMATA COUNTY.—TITIRANGI SURVEY DISTRICT.—HETANA HAMLET.
Ordinary Farm.

• Interest and sinking fund on building valued at £150, repayable in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £7 11s. 6d. Total half-yearly, £27 9s. 5d.

The soil is partly semi-volcanic on clay subsoil and partly of a clayey nature. The aspect is easterly and north easterly. There is 12 acres of orchard, enclosed by barbed-wire fence; about 20 acres of grass land; and the whole place is ploughable. The section has a frontage to the Muddy Creek Road (with hāakea hedge) and frontage to the main road through the hamlet; distant 56 chains from the New Lynn Railway-station, which is eight miles from Auckland. There are trains running at intervals during the day. There is an eight-roomed house on the property, valued at £150, repayable in fourteen years by half-yearly payments of £7 11s. 6d.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Tuesday, the 28th day of February, 1905, at 11 o’clock a.m., for the terms and at the upset annual rentals stated, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Runs Nos. 254, 254A, and 260 (grouped), Taieri and Maniototo Counties (Class I.): Area, 76,020 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £554 6s. 3d.

Runs Nos. 9 and 9A (grouped), Lake County (Class I.): Area, 12,790 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £32. The purchaser of these runs will require to take up a license for a term of three years over the Lake-frontage Reserve at a rental of £8 per annum: area of reserve, 1,910 acres.

Run No. 346A, Lake County (Class I.): Area, 8,100 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £24. The purchaser of this run will require to take up a license for a term of three years over the Lake-frontage Reserve at a rental of £4 per annum. Area of reserve, 800 acres.

Run No. 121L, Waikouaiti County (Class II.): Area, 420 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £15 15s.

Section 19, Block VI., Budle District (Class II.): Area, 190 acres 1 rood 33 perches; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £4 14s.

Sections 20 and 21, Block VI., Budle District (Class II.): Area, 335 acres 1 rood 36 perches; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £8 6s.

Possession of these runs will be given on 1st March, 1906.

Description of Runs.

Runs Nos. 254, 254A, 260: Known as Rocklands Station, and situated about twenty-five miles from Outram, on the old Dunstan Road. These runs comprise high pastoral country, the elevation ranging from 1,500 ft. to 3,700 ft. About 16,000 acres of good lambing country lie between Deep Stream, Deep Creek, Sutton Creek, and the east boundary of the run. The higher lands, situated on the Lammerlaw Range, are mostly summer country.

Runs Nos. 9, and 9A, 346A: These runs are situated on the east side of Lake Wakatipu, Nos. 9 and 9A being some twelve to eighteen miles, and No. 346A eighteen to twenty-four miles, from Queenstown. The lower portions are mostly covered with fern and the higher contain fair tussock. The country, though somewhat rough, is apparently good healthy sheep-country.

Run No. 121L: This run is situated about ten miles from Palmerston. It is well watered, and contains broken pastoral country of very fair quality.

Sections Nos. 19, 20, and 21, Block VI., Budle District: These sections are situated about five miles from Macrae’s. They comprise rough broken ridges, somewhat high, but contain fair pastoral country.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 23rd January, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction at this office on Tuesday, the 28th day of February, 1905, for the term and at the upset annual rental stated, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Runs Nos. 170, 170A, 170B, 170C, 170D, 170E, and 353B (grouped), Tuapeka and Maniototo Counties (Class I.): Area, 69,000 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £500.

The country is known as “Beaumont Station.” It is situated about thirteen miles from Lawrence, and is near the Beaumont Bridge over the Clutha River. The frontage extends about seven miles up-stream, thence it runs back over the Lammerlaw Range to the head-waters of the Teviot and Taieri Rivers, upwards of 33,000 acres being on the watershed of these streams, the balance sloping by easy ridges to the Clutha River. The front part may be described as well grassed throughout where the country is not covered with scrub. This scrub is estimated to cover about 4,000 acres, leaving upwards of 20,000 acres of first class grazing country.

Possession will be given on 1st March, 1905.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Town of Mackenzie, Canterbury Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 25th January, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch, for sale by public auction for cash at the Courthouse, Mackenzie, on Wednesday, the 8th day of March, 1905.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—CHEVIOT ESTATE.
Town of Mackenzie.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands