Jan. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 217
Lands in Auckland Land District forfeited.
Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 24th January, 1906. NOTICE is hereby given that, the leases and license respectively of the undermentioned lands having been forfeited by resolution of the Auckland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892." SCHEDULE. AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT. Tenure. Lease or License No. Section. Block. District. Formerly held by Reason for Forfeiture. O.R.P. 1049 132 . Waikomiti Parish W. J. Little . Abandoned. L.P. 1637 8 X Otanake .. A. E. Wylds .. .. L.P. 1419 8 XIII Opuawhanga .. T. Pickins .. Non-fulfilment of conditions. T. Y. DUNCAN, Minister of Lands. Pastoral Runs 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 pastoral runs 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 Part VI of "The Land Act, 1892." SCHEDULE. SOUTH LAND LAND DISTRICT. Class I. County. Run No. Survey District. Area. Upset Annual Rental. Term of Lease. Acres. £ s. d. Southland .. 398 and 447 Kingston, Nokomai, and Rockyside 26,260 41 0 10 21 years. (grouped) " .. 251 Tuturau, Slopedown, and Mokoreta 18,250 152 1 8 14 " " .. 329 Hokonui .. 3,300 20 12 6 14 " " .. 149 Taringatura .. 8,575 107 3 10 14 " " .. 207 Hokonui .. 2,773 23 2 2 14 " " .. 207A 2,879 18 0 0 14 " Wallace .. 133 Wairio 2,465 25 13 8 11 " LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION OF RUNS. Runs Nos. 398 and 447 are situated in Nokomai, Kingston, and Rockyside Districts, Southland County, about seven miles from Parawa Railway-station by fair buggy-road, or four miles from Nokomai Railway-station by dray-road. The whole country is high and mountainous, ranging in altitude from 800 ft. to 4,700 ft. above sea-level. It is poorly grassed with snow and blue tussock on the higher parts, and with a little white tussock on the lower levels. The country is naturally rocky and shingly, and on the whole is what may be classed as suitable for summer grazing. Run No. 251 is situated in Slopedown, Tuturau, and Mokoreta Survey Districts, Southland County, about twelve miles by good road from Wyndham Township. The country generally speaking is rough, being broken by steep gullies, and varies in altitude from 600 ft. to 2,300 ft. above sea-level. The north and north-east portions are well grassed, principally with white and snow tussock ; the area lying to the south of the south branch of the Mimihau Stream is rough, scrubby country, containing fern, tutu, and certain mixed grasses, principally snow tussock; the higher parts of the run along the Slopedown Range are rather peaty and boggy. Run No. 329 is situated in Hokonui Survey District, Southland County, about twelve miles from Balfour, of which distance nine miles is a good formed buggy-road. The country is somewhat hilly and broken, ranging in altitude from 700 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level, and fairly well grassed with white and snow tussock intermixed with a few patches of scrub and fern. Run No. 149 is situated in Taringatura District, Southland County, about seven miles from Centre Bush Railway-station by good gravelled road. The country is somewhat hilly, and ranges in altitude from 500 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level. It cannot, however, be called broken, and consists principally of well-sheltered spurs running down from the higher tops to the abutting lowlands towards the south and east, and is generally well grassed with white, blue, and snow tussock. In some places a little tutu is visible, with patches of fern and scrub. Run No. 207 is situated in Hokonui District, Southland County, about two miles from Lumsden by riding-track. The country is hilly and broken, ranging in altitude from 1,200 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level, and is fairly well grassed with snow, white, and blue tussock. It also contains patches of fern and tutu, and in many places the surface is covered with a considerable growth of moss, indicating a cold bottom, although the country is of a stony nature. Run No. 207A is situated in Hokonui District, Southland County, about four miles from Lumsden by riding-track. The country is hilly, stony, and broken, varying in altitude above sea-level from 1,000 ft. to 2,100 ft., and is fairly grassed with white, blue, and snow tussock; it contains also considerable areas of moss, as well as patches of tutu. Run No. 133 is situated in Wairio District, Wallace County, about four miles and a half from Wairio Railway-station by good road. The country is hilly and stony, is well grassed with white and snow tussock and other finer grasses, and attains an altitude of from 400 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea level. CONDITIONS OF LEASE. Possession of Run No. 133 will be given on the 1st March, 1906. Possession of the other runs will be given on the 1st March, 1907. Valuation for improvements must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Invercargill, before licensees will be let into possession. Run No. 133 is weighted with £48 -half-value of boundary-fence. The runs will be sold generally in accordance with Part VI of "The Land Act, 1892." Purchasers must deposit statutory declarations as required by section 195 of "The Land Act, 1892," and pay the first half-year's rent, together with the license fee of £1 1s., on the fall of the hammer. JOHN HAY, Commissioner of Crown Lands.