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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 21

Village-homestead Allotment in Hawke’s Bay Land District
open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 23rd January, 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 Wednesday,
the 15th day of March, 1905, under the provisions of “The
Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—WOODVILLE COUNTY.—WOOD-
VILLE SURVEY DISTRICT.
Village-homestead Allotment.

This section is situated about one mile from the Township
of Woodville on the main coach-road. The following im-
provements will have to be paid for by the incoming tenant:
Four-roomed house, with scullery and galvanised-iron tank,
£90; fencing, £10; total, £100. There are also a small
orchard and plantation on the section.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 20th February, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public
auction, at this office, on Monday, the 27th day of March,
1905, at 11 o’clock a.m., for the terms and at the upset
annual rentals stated, under the provisions of “The Otago
University Reserves Act, 1904,” and “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Otago University Endowment.

Run No. 300B, Wallace County: Area, 35,900 acres; term,
fourteen years; upset annual rental, £373 19s. 2d. Valua-
tion for improvements, £358 18s.

Run No. 304, Wallace County: Area, 38,600 acres; term,
fourteen years; upset annual rental, £361 17s. 6d. Valua-
tion for improvements, £971 15s. 10d.

Description and Locality of Runs.

Run No. 304 contains 38,600 acres, is known as
“Mararoa,” and is situated in Te Anau, Snowdon, Mararoa,
and Burwood Survey Districts, Wallace County, about
nineteen miles from Mossburn Railway-station, by Main
Lumsden – Te Anau Road. The lower country ranges in
altitude from 1,000 ft. to 3,300 ft. above sea-level. The flats
are fairly well grassed with white tussock. The undulating
and hilly portions are generally fairly well grassed with
white, blue, and snow tussock, and in some places there are
patches of fern. The run is easy of access, and has good
boundaries.

Run No. 300B contains 35,900 acres, is known as
“Burwood,” and is situated in Mararoa and Burwood Sur-
vey Districts, Wallace County, about nineteen miles from
Mossburn Railway-station, by main Lumsden – Te Anau
Road to Mararoa Valley, or thirteen miles from Mossburn
to Burwood Bush. The altitude on the river-flats, which
are extensive, is about 1,200 ft. above sea-level. The flats
are well grassed with white tussock to an altitude of some
2,300 ft. on the hilly portions, which are grassed principally
with snow-tussock and a little blue tussock. The south-
west portion, which is known as the “Haycocks,” is well
grassed with white tussock, but the area to the north of
Burwood Bush is rather wet and sour, grassed principally
with snow-tussock. The run is easy of access, and has good
boundaries.

Possession of the runs will be given on the 1st April,
1905.

Purchasers will be required to deposit a statutory de-
claration in accordance with section 195 of “The Land Act,
1892,” and to pay the sum of the half-year’s rent and license
fee, and also the valuation for improvements, on the fall of
the hammer.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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 per-
petuity, 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 haakea hedge) and frontage to the
main road through the hamlet; distant 56 chains from the
New Lynn Railway-station, which is eight miles from Auck-
land. 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.

Land in Forest Gate Settlement, Hawke’s Bay Land Dis-
trict, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 23rd 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 15th day of March, 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.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIPAWA COUNTY.—RUATANI-
WHA SURVEY DISTRICT.—FOREST GATE SETTLEMENT.

This section forms part of the Forest Gate Settlement,
being distant about ten miles from Waipawa by good
metalled road, and adjoining Onga Onga Township. Some-
what shingly on the road frontage; quality of soil of re-
mainder first-class, and suitable for general cropping;
water during summer months is only obtainable from wells.
The section is all in grass, ring-fenced, and subdivided into
two paddocks. The improvements which are included in
the price of the section are 11½ chains of fencing on road
frontage, and 9½ chains of subdivisional fencing: total
value, £4. Improvements which are not included in the
price of the section but which must be paid for by the in-
coming tenant consist of 53 chains fencing, valued at
£39 15s.; and one-roomed house, valued at £12; small
sheep-yards, valued at £1 5s.; and slaughter-yards, valued
at £5: total value, £58.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,