Feb. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 615

Lands in Mills Settlement, Canterbury Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 8th January, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Monday, the 26th day of February, 1906, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMATE COUNTY.—WAIMATE SURVEY DISTRICT.—MILLS SETTLEMENT.

Dairy Farms.

Subdivision 1.

1 | XI. | A. R. P. 59 2 1 | 14 6 | 21 11 5
2 | " | 42 3 34 | 15 0 | 16 2 3
3 | " | 49 3 6 | 15 0 | 18 13 5
4 | " | 50 0 0 | 15 6 | 19 7 6

Subdivision 2.

7 | XI. | 65 1 2 | 14 9 | { 24 1 4
| | | | | (1) 5 1 0
| | | | | (2)11 12 4

Subdivision 3.

8 | XI. | 124 0 34 | 14 9 | { 45 16 1
| | | | | (3)15 3 0
| | | | | (4)11 13 4

Subdivision 4.

6 | XI. | 52 0 20 | 14 9 | 19 4 5
10 | " | 50 0 0 | 15 6 | 19 7 6
11 | " | 50 0 0 | 15 6 | 19 7 6

Subdivision 5.

12 | XI. | 25 3 0 | 14 0 | { 9 0 3
13 | " | 41 1 0 | 14 3 | (5) 2 3 3
| | | | | 14 13 11

Subdivision 6.

5 | XI. | 14 3 27 | 15 6 | 5 15 8
9 | " | 10 0 0 | 15 0 | 3 15 0

Subdivision 7.

14 | VIII. | 48 1 23 | 28 6 | 34 9 8
15 | " | 44 2 39 | 28 6 | 31 17 7
18 | " | 25 1 21 | 27 0 | 35 17 3
22 | " | 24 3 35 | 30 0 | (6)11 6 8

Subdivision 8.

16 | VIII. | 21 0 31 | 30 0 | 15 17 11
17 | " | 30 2 16 | 28 6 | 21 16 1
19 | " | 15 0 0 | 30 0 | 11 5 0
20 | " | 15 0 0 | 30 0 | 11 5 0
21 | " | 20 3 37 | 28 6 | 14 19 0

(1)Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £100, repayable in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £5 1s. Total half-yearly payment of Section 7, £40 14s. 8d.

(2)Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £230, repayable in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £11 12s. 4d. Total half-yearly payment of Section 7, £40 14s. 8d.

(3)Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £300, repayable in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £15 3s. Total half-yearly payment of Section 8, £72 12s. 5d.

(4)Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £135, repayable in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £11 13s. 4d. Total half-yearly payment of Section 8, £72 12s. 5d.

(5)Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £25, repayable in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £2 3s. 3d. Total half yearly payment, £11 3s. 6d.

(6)Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £175, repayable in ten years by half-yearly instalments of £11 6s. 8d. Total half-yearly payment, £47 3s. 1d.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Pastoral Run in Marlborough Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 12th February, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 28th day of March, 1906, under the provisions of Part VI of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.—CLOUDY BAY AND LINKWATER SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Run No. 65: 1,580 acres. Term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £10.

All steep, broken country; inferior soil; covered with bush, mostly birch. Fire has been through the Crown portion of the spurs, which are now covered with fern, with a little grass and blackberry. About seventeen miles from Blenheim, and about two miles from main road from Blenheim to Picton.

HENRY TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Otago Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 6th January, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 28th day of February, 1906, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—WAIHEMO COUNTY.

SECTIONS NOS. 47, Block VII., and 5, Block XI., Rock and Pillar Survey District: Area 254 acres 1 rood 23 perches; term of lease, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £6 10s. Weighted with £29 1s. 6d., valuation for improvements.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 22nd January, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 28th day of February, 1906, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” and Part VI of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.

QUARANTINE RESERVE at Te Waewae Point, Bluff Harbour, known as Pastoral Run No. 420, Campbelltown Hundred: 5,640 acres; upset annual rental, £52 17s. 6d.; term, fourteen years.

Locality and Description of Run.

Run 420 is situated in Campbelltown Hundred, Southland County, immediately across the harbour from the Bluff, and extends eastward for about nine miles between the ocean and Awarua Bay. The whole block is level, about 30 ft. above the sea, and is of a dry gravelly formation with the exception of a small area of swamp land towards the east boundary. In some places it is fairly well grassed, principally with snow-tussock; in other places considerable areas of moss are in evidence, as well as a few patches of stunted scrub towards the sea. Stock can be driven to and from this run round Awarua Bay from Woodend, some twelve miles.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1907.

Valuation for improvements must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Invercargill, before the licensees will be let into possession.

The purchaser must deposit a statutory declaration as required by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the first half-year’s rent and license fee of £1 1s. on the fall of the hammer.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.