Sept. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2297

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

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Wednesday, the 27th day of September, 1905, under the provisions of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.

First-class Pastoral Country.

Small Grazing-run No. 183, Whernside Survey District; area, 4,740 acres: and Section No. 1, Block XVIII., Cape Campbell Survey District; area, 260 acres (approximate). Total area, 5,000 acres. Half-yearly rental, £94 10s. 3d.

About 2,840 acres open, covered with tussock; remainder mixed bush, consisting of birch, broadleaf, matipo, and some matai on slopes of Woodside Creek; limestone country; good soil; well watered. Accessible by road 16½ miles from Seddon. Homestead-site on Main South Road, and access to run by stock-driving track up Woodside Creek.

Small Grazing-run No. 184, Whernside Survey District; area, 2,000 acres. Half-yearly rental, £50.

About 1,400 acres open, covered with tussock; remainder mixed bush, consisting of birch, manuka, matipo, broadleaf, and some matai and kowai on slopes of Woodside Creek; limestone country; good soil; well watered. Loaded with half-share of give-and-take boundary-fence (5 miles 15 chains), valued at £168 11s. 10d. Accessible by road thirty-one miles from Seddon; thence up Kekerangu River about two miles to junction of Ben More Stream.

HENRY TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 11th September, 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 15th day of November, 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.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—COOK COUNTY.—TINIROTO VILLAGE.

Village-homestead Allotments.

Situated close to Gisborne-Wairoa Main Road, about forty-two miles south-west from the former place. Undulating open fern country and fair soil.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taneatua Village, Opouriao 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 18th 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.—WHAKATANE COUNTY.—OPOURIAO SETTLEMENT.—VILLAGE OF TANEATUA.

Situated about ten miles from Whakatane, by good formed road.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Hawke’s Bay District for Lease by Public Auction.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Thursday, the 12th day of October, 1905, for a term of twenty-one years, at the upset annual rentals stated, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIROA COUNTY.—WAITARA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Open fern country, fronting Mohaka River; light pumiceous soil. Elevation, 500 ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level. Portions of the land are carrying native and self-sown English grasses.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Kokatahi Village Settlement, Westland Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Tuesday, the 17th day of October, 1905, at 12 o’clock noon, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—KOKATAHI VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Kokatahi Village Settlement is situated within seven miles of Kanieri Township, which is connected with Hokitika by daily tram and coach service.

G. J. ROBERTS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.