Oct. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2373

the 28th day of November, 1905, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—SEAWARD BUSH TOWNSHIP.

Village-homestead Allotment.

Weighted with £10, valuation for improvements—hut and fencing. Situated about half a mile from Tisbury Railway-station, and four miles and a half from Invercargill by good road. Soil good; well watered; mostly covered with very light bush, fit only for firewood. The limit of holding in this settlement, 20 acres.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Pomahaka Downs Settlement, Otago Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 25th September, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 28th day of November, 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.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—CLUTHA COUNTY.—POMAHAKA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Pomahaka Downs Settlement.

Weighted with £245, valuation for improvements, consisting of 127 chains of boundary-fencing, 184 chains of subdivisional fencing, four-roomed house, stable, barn, and cart-shed, and trees.

Open undulating land, all ploughable; 16 acres rich alluvial soil; balance deep, black soil, with subsoil of sandy clay; well watered by running creek; easterly aspect; 22 chains frontage to Pomahaka River. Distant from Clinton, twelve miles and a quarter; and from the Clutha River, seven miles and a half.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotment in Canterbury Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 25th September, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotment will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 22nd day of November, 1905, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—CHRISTCHURCH SURVEY DISTRICT.

Sockburn Village Settlement.

Sockburn Village Settlement is situated on the Main South Road, about half a mile north-east of Sockburn Railway-station, and four miles and a half from the Christchurch Post-office. The section comprises open, level, agricultural land of excellent quality.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
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.