Nov. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2673

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

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Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st 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 Tuesday, 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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 2nd October, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the small grazing-runs described in the Schedule hereto will be open for lease on application, at this office, in terms of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892,” and section 2 of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” on Tuesday, the 12th day of December, 1905.

For the purposes of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” the runs in the said Schedule hereto are classed as “scrub land.”

No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said runs for the period of two years from the date from which in each case respectively they 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 two 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.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT. — WHAKATANE COUNTY. — WAIHI SOUTH SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Pastoral Country.—Scrub Land.

Altitude, about 800 ft. above sea-level. Situated on the Roto-ehu–Pikowai Road, about seven miles from Matata. Comprises fern, tutu, and koromiko country, with light and sandy soil; low hills, but broken in parts, with good swampy valleys and grass patches. The general quality of the run is good, and it is well watered.

77 | VIII. and XII. | 3,054 0 0 | 0 3·15 | 20 0 10
Altitude, about 500 ft. above sea-level. Situated seven miles from Matata. Comprises open manuka and koromiko and tutu and fern country; small patches of bush; fair low hills, with good flat valleys; some grass patches; light sandy soil; well watered. The general quality of the run is good.

78 | XI. and XII. | 2,393 0 0 | 0 2·4 | 11 19 4
Altitude, 600 ft. above sea-level. About five miles from Matata. Open manuka, koromiko, tutu, and fern country, with small patches of bush; broken about Pikowai, with fair flat valleys; some grass patches; light sandy soil. The general quality of the run is fair; very well watered.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.