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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 45

battens); half value of 12 chains between Sections 1 and 244 (six plain and one barbed wire, posts 8 ft. apart); 10 chains along Langdale Road (five plain and two barbed wires, posts 8 ft. apart); 74 chains along main road (six plain and one barbed wire, posts 8 ft. apart); and 79¼ acres of grassing: the whole valued at £187 5s. 3d. The improvements which do not go with the land are: House (four rooms), wool-shed, and stable, office or cottage, and stockyards, referred to above; the whole valued at £323. The access is by the main Masterton–Te Nui coach-road, distant 25¼ miles from Masterton, and four miles and three-quarters from Te Nui. Fences and drains are somewhat out of repair. Gorse appears along river-banks, also along part of Te Nui Road frontage, and to a lesser extent in other places.

The Castlepoint County Council has a claim against this section of £5 15s. 4d. for arrears of rates.

NOTE.—In the event of the new surveyed road along the western boundary of Section 1c being made, the lessee of this section will be required to select Section 1c, containing 2 acres 2 roods, at a half-yearly rental of 3s. 10d.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Puhuka Hamlet, Canterbury Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 16th May, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 5th day of July, 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.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—PUHUKA HAMLET.
Workman’s Home.

Weighted with £28, valuation for improvements, consisting of small wooden cottage, 12 ft. by 10 ft., iron roof, match-lined, no chimney; well and windlass; and fencing on the east, north, and west boundaries. This section is situated on the south side of the Puhuka Road at Washdyke, about two miles and three-quarters north of the centre of Timaru and three-quarters of a mile from the Smithfield Freezing-works. It comprises open land, sloping from both the north and south ends to a ridge in the middle, the elevation ranging from 15 ft. to 50 ft. above sea-level. The soil is of good quality, on clay subsoil.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Auckland Land District liable to Forfeiture.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th May, 1905.

PURSUANT to section 215 of “The Land Act, 1892,” notice is hereby given that the license of the pastoral run mentioned in the Schedule hereto is liable to forfeiture, and that if the rent overdue thereon, together with the full amount of the penalty for non-payment at due date, be not paid within three months from the date hereof, the license will be declared forfeited.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—ROTORUA COUNTY.

Run No. 85, Ruawahia Survey District: Area, 8,181 acres; licensee, D. W. Steele.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 17th May, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction at the Land Office, Timaru, at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, the 28th day of June, 1905, for the term and at the upset annual rental stated, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

In the event of the run not being disposed of at auction it will immediately thereafter be open for lease on application at this office and the Land Office, Timaru.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMATE COUNTY.

Run No. 44, Bluecliffs (Class I.): Area, 17,000 acres; upset annual rental, £200. Term of lease, twelve years.

This run is situated on the western slopes of the Hunters Hills, between the summit and the River Waihao, about twenty-three miles distant from St. Andrew’s Railway-station, at an altitude of from 2,000 ft. to 5,000 ft. above sea-level. It comprises high spurs, falling steeply into the creeks, but becoming less rugged as they approach the Waihao River, mostly covered with tussock, snow-grass, and other native grasses. The run is weighted with a sum of £200 as valuation for improvements: this comprises the half value of about thirteen miles of boundary fence, full value of about three miles and a quarter of fencing which lies entirely within the run although used as a boundary fence, full value of nearly three miles of subdivisional fencing, and two huts, each 12 ft. by 12 ft., built of wood and roofed with iron. The amount of this valuation must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Christchurch, before possession is given.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, 10th April, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for sale or selection, at this office, either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on Wednesday, the 31st day of May, 1905, under the provisions of Part III. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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.
Second-class Land.

Hilly forest land, covered with tawa, rimu, kahikatea, matai, totara, rewarewa, hinau, miro, black-birch, &c.; well watered, and soil good. Altitude, 800 ft. to 2,000 ft. Distant from Wairoa by road twenty-eight miles.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.