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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 83

Land in Otago Land District for Sale under Section 114 of
"The Land Act, 1892."

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 4th September, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of
"The Land Act, 1892," that the undermentioned
lands will be disposed of to the holders of adjoining land,
under section 114 of the said Act, on or after Tuesday, the
5th day of December, 1905.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
Rural Land.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs in Wellington Land District open for
Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Monday, the 2nd day of October,
1905, under the provisions of Part V. of "The Land Act,
1892," and section 2 of "The Bush and Swamp Crown
Lands Settlement Act, 1903."

If more than one application is received for the same
run on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided
by ballot, at the Assembly Rooms, Mangaweka, on Friday,
the 6th day of October, 1905, at eleven o'clock a.m.

For the purposes of "The Bush and Swamp Crown
Lands Settlement Act, 1903," the runs enumerated in the
said Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be "heavy-bush
land."

No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local
authority from the said runs for the period of four years
from the date from which in each case respectively such
runs are disposed of, and no local authority shall have
power to levy or collect any such rate from such runs
during such period.

After the first half-year's rent has been paid by the
selector the further instalments of rent payable by him for a
period of four years shall not be demanded: provided that
if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy
the selector disposes of his interest in the run the rent so
conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the
Land Board may remit such instalments of rent payable by
the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the
amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the
Board shall think fit.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—RANGITIKEI COUNTY.
Second-class Pastoral Country.

Weighted with £40, valuation for improvements.

Ruahine Survey District.

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• Ruahine Survey District.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 28th August, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land
will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at
this office, on Wednesday, the 25th day of October, 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.—WAIRERE SURVEY
DISTRICT.—MATAMATA SETTLEMENT.
Dairy Farm.

Agricultural and pastoral land of light loamy nature, and
nearly all ploughable. Section level to undulating; altitude
from 80 ft. to 210 ft. above sea-level. About 240 acres fallow
after turnips, now largely in good useful rough feed; balance
in manuka, including some useful swamp. Good water can
be obtained by opening out springs in several places, also
access can be had to Waihou River through fishing reserve;
western boundary-road fenced. Section fronts the main
Te Aroha—Matamata Road, which is formed and situated
about five miles from Matamata Railway-station on the
Auckland—Rotorua Railway line, 122 miles from Auckland.
The improvements included in the price of the section
consist of 55 chains of mixed road-boundary and subdivisional fence, valued at £24; southern road boundary
unfenced. A creamery has just been erected on site about
2 chains from south-western corner of the section.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserve in Suburbs of Masterton, Wellington Land
District, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
primary education reserve will be offered for sale
by public auction, at the Crown Lands Ranger's Office,
Masterton, at 12 o'clock noon, on Wednesday, the 27th day
of September, 1905, under the provisions of section 243 of
"The Land Act, 1892."

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—SUBURBS OF MASTER TON.
Lots 5 and 6, and parts of Lots 4 and 7, of Section No. 101,
Otahoua Survey District: Area, 9 acres; upset price, £360.

These allotments, which are grouped as one allotment,
are situated about 10 chains off Te Ore-Ore Main Road, at
Landsdowne, a suburb of Masterton, access thereto being
from the Town of Masterton, about one mile distant,
10 chains of which distance is along a proposed road, the
remainder along metalled road. The allotment comprises
flat land; about 2 acres in the south-west corner lies about
12 ft. lower than the remainder. The land is grassed, and
the soil is of a light nature resting on shingle formation.
There are about 10 chains of old fencing of little value on
the allotment.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run in Argyll Settlement, Hawke's Bay Land
District, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 7th August, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small
grazing-run will be open for lease on application, for a
term of 21 years with right of renewal for a further term of 21