238 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 7

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 Runs in Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 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.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Class I., suitable exclusively for Pasturage.

Runs Nos. 413 and 463, Wallace County: Area, 10,950 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £70.

Run No. 423B, Southland County: Area, 10,000 acres; term, fifteen years; upset annual rental, £65.

Run No. 500, Stewart Island County, Codfish Island: Area, 3,450 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £5 5s.

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

Descriptions of Runs.

Run No. 423B: Situated in the Nokomai, Rockyside, Gap, Garvey, and Wakaiā Survey Districts, Southland County, about ten miles from Wakaiā Township, six miles of which can only be packed upon; the balance is unformed, but could be used for dray traffic with a little expenditure. All high stony country, hilly and broken, ranging in altitude from 1,500 ft. to 4,000 ft. above sea-level. Although high, the country is fairly warm and sheltered, and carries fair grass, consisting principally of snow and blue tussock.

Runs Nos. 413 and 463: Known as Sunnyside, situated in Monowai and Titiroa Survey Districts, Wallace County, and on west bank of Waiau River, about forty-five miles from Otatau Railway-station by good road. The country south of Monowai River is hilly and broken, well sheltered, and in some places fairly well grassed with white tussock and other finer grasses, but a considerable portion is heavily covered with fern and patches of manuka scrub; the country north of the Monowai River is all a level stony flat, very poorly grassed, and carrying patches of manuka scrub. The whole area varies from 600 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level.

Run No. 500: This run, known as “Codfish Island,” lies to the west of Stewart Island about two miles and a half, some twelve miles to the north of Mason Bay, or about forty miles from Bluff Harbour, and in Stewart Island County. The island is all bush-clad, varying from scrub to heavy bush, with the exception of a small patch of open land on the east side, facing Stewart Island. The country is undulating, varying in height from sea-level to about 300 ft.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.