Mar. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 797

Village-homestead Allotments in Wellington Land District
open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 5th day of April, 1905, under the provisions of Part IV. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
Village-homestead Allotments.

Weighted with £58, valuation for improvements.

This section is situated in Hastwell Village Settlement, and adjoins a public school and creamery. The access is from Mangamahoe Railway-station, which is about three miles distant by main coach-road. The section comprises low-lying flat land; the bush is felled, burned, and the land grassed; rushes and other weeds appear in places. The soil is of fair quality, resting on shingle formation. The improvements, which have deteriorated, comprise 4¾ acres felled and grassed, about 20 chains of fencing, orchard, &c. House, four rooms, 26 ft. by 24 ft. by 10 ft., iron roof, brick chimney.

MATAROA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

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Weighted with £62, valuation for improvements.

This section is situated close to the rising Township of Mataroa, on the Main Trunk Railway-line. There are a school, post-office, telephone-office, stores, and sawmill within less than a mile of the section. The access is from Mataroa Township, which almost adjoins the section. There is no formed road to it, but as the country is all open the access is easy. The section comprises flat and easy-sloping hills. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. There is a small clump of native bush in the north-west corner, the rest of the section is open land in native grass. It is watered by a small stream. The improvements comprise a house valued at £50, and a whare valued at £12.

MARSHALL VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

| 16,17,28, | .. | 4 3 11 | 2 4·8 | 0 5 10 |
| 29,30 | | | | |

These sections are situated in the Marshall Village Settlement, adjoining the Kiwitea Stream, on the main Ohingaiti-Rangiwahia Road. The access is from Ohingaiti Township and railway-station, which are about eight miles distant by Ohingaiti-Rangiwahia Road, which is formed for dray traffic and partly metalled. The Township of Rangiwahia is also within three miles of the allotment, which comprises very easy-undulating and level land, all of which is an old natural clearing roughly grassed with English grasses. The soil is of fair quality, resting on clay and papa formation.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
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. Valuation for improvements, £358 18s.

Run No. 304, Wallace County: Area, 38,600 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £361 17s. 6d. Valuation 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 Survey 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 declaration 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 Makuri Township, Wellington Land District, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 29th day of March, 1905, for an occupation license of the undermentioned land in terms of section 116 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—PAHIATUA COUNTY.—MAKURI TOWNSHIP.

Sections Nos. 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, and 62, Block XI., and 73, Block XIII. (grouped): Area, 3 acres 3 roods 38 perches; upset rental, £6 per annum; term of license, year to year.

These sections comprise part of the area that is known locally as the “Government Paddock.” They are cleared and grassed, but patches of secondary growth are appearing in places.

Sale plans, giving terms and conditions of license, may be obtained at this office.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction, at the Courthouse, Kaikoura, on Monday, the 27th day of March, 1905, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—KAIKOURA COUNTY.—MOUNT FYFFE AND KAITARAU SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Run No. 128 (Snowflake): Area, 9,530 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset rental, £25 per annum. One half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the usual declaration furnished. Possession will be given on day of sale.

The lower portion of this run contains some well-grassed spurs, with patches of light, inferior mixed bush and scrub; the remainder comprises broken, mountainous country. Situated about eight miles from Kaikoura.

HENRY TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.