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8. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 5th January, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Tuesday, the 21st day of February, 1905, 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.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—WAIHEMO COUNTY.—HIGHLAY SURVEY DISTRICT.

Small Grazing-run.

Weighted with £1,001 7s. 6d., valuation for improvements. A valuation of the growing crops will be made about fourteen days before the date for receiving applications for this run. Such valuation will be equal to two-thirds the value of the crops, and shall not exceed £100. The amount shall be payable in addition to the sum of £1,001 7s. 6d. stated above.

Description and Locality of Run.

Section 3, on which the homestead stands, rises to a height of 2,692 ft. above sea-level. There is an area of about 100 acres round the homestead, which is all the land that can be cultivated. The remainder rises abruptly to the trig. station on Mount Highlay, and in winter is very cold and sometimes under snow. The soil is light, and is covered with snow-tussock. Section 6 is better land. Section 5 is poor, the larger portion on the south side of Deepdell Creek especially so. The soil is light, and just covers the schist rock. This run is situated alongside the Township of Macrae’s. The improvements consist of seven-roomed house, men’s hut, dairy, woolshed and stable, cowshed, pigsty, dip, sheep-yards, plantation, water-power plant and fittings, 70 acres in grass, and 1,018 chains of boundary and subdivisional fencing.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 19th December, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotment will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 28th day of February, 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 will be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—INVERCARGILL HUNDRED.—ACKERS VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

SECTION 107, Block XX.: Area, 17 acres 2 roods 10 perches; rent per acre per annum, 1s. 7½d.; half-yearly rent, 14s. 1d. Situation good. Distance from Invercargill eight miles by good summer road. Soil sandy loam; bush of no commercial value, fit only for firewood. Weighted with £11 10s., valuation for 10 chains fencing and 6 acres clearing. Limit of holding, 65 acres.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Matamata Settlement, Auckland Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 22nd November, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 18th day of January, 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.—PIAKO COUNTY.—TAPAPA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Matamata Settlement.—Dairy Farm.

Agricultural and pastoral land of good, light, loamy nature, and nearly all ploughable. About 152 acres in grass, rather old and running out; balance in manuka. Eastern portion of section rather sour, and wants more draining. There is water on this section, but the selector will require wells in addition. There are several drains in the section which the tenant must keep open. The improvements included in the price of the land comprise half-share in about 40 chains boundary-fence and drain, valued at £15; the whole of 26 chains boundary-fence on road-frontage, value £13. Distant three-quarters of a mile from Matamata.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Sale under Section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 17th October, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned Crown land will be offered to the holder of adjoining land, under section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on and after Wednesday, the 18th day of January, 1905.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION No. 48, Block IX., Ongo Survey District: Area 2¼ acres.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 14th December, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be open for lease on application, for a term of twenty-one years, at this office, on and after Friday, the 3rd day of February, 1905, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—HAWKE’S BAY COUNTY.—KURIPAPANGA SURVEY DISTRICT.

RUN No. 13: Area, 19,500 acres; annual rental, £20 16s. 4d.

This run is situated near Kuripapanga and about forty miles from Napier, occupying the eastern slopes of the Kaweka Range. High broken pastoral country; altitude, from 2,000 ft. to 5,000 ft. above sea-level. Soil light in places and stony on steeper portions. Open country, with scrub and black-birch timber in gullies. About 4,000 acres in native tussock-grass. Present carrying-capacity, about 5,000 sheep in summer months.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.