Feb. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 589

Rural Land in Wellington Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office, Wellington, 9th February, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for sale or selection, at this office, either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on Wednesday, the 15th day of May, 1907, under the provisions of Part III of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

Situated on the Mangahao River at the junction of the Kakariki North and Pukohai Roads. Accessible from Hukanui Railway-station, three miles and a half distant, by metalled dray-road. About 50 acres river-flat, remainder part flat and broken. Forest comprises rimu, rata, hinau, &c., with the usual undergrowth; milling-timber has been removed. Soil is silt-deposit on the flat and clay on ridges, resting on papa formation; well watered. Elevation, from 450 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office, Invercargill, 22nd January, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction, at the District Lands Office, Invercargill, at 11 o’clock a.m., on Thursday, the 28th day of February, 1907, under the provisions of Part VI of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Pastoral Runs.—Class I.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION OF RUNS.

Runs 173A and 415A1 (grouped): This run contains 17,600 acres, having a frontage to the Waiau River of about five miles, is situated in Takitimo District, Wallace County, and is distant some fifty miles by good wagon-road from Otatau Railway-station. About half the area is level to undulating, attaining an altitude of 600 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level, and is well covered with white tussock and other grasses; the other half or balance is high, rugged mountain country, attaining an altitude of 5,500 ft. above sea-level, purely summer country, subject to running shingle, and is poorly grassed with snow tussock and other mountain vegetation.

Runs 328, 436A, 424, 436, and Block V, Wakaia (grouped): This run contains 95,784 acres, situated in Wakaia, Gap, Whitecomb, and Obelisk Survey Districts, Southland and Vincent Counties, and is accessible by good wagon-road, about twenty-five miles from Riversdale Railway-station. The country is, generally speaking, very high and broken, ranging in altitude from 800 ft. to 6,000 ft. above sea-level; large areas of the high country, where flat, are very wet and peaty. The lower areas, about 10,000 acres, which may be considered safe winter country, are fairly well grassed, principally with snow tussock and other mountain growths. The balance, the larger portion, is fairly grassed with snow and blue tussocks and other alpine vegetation, but it is purely summer country and cannot be safely used in any other season.

Run 214A: This run contains 4,850 acres, situated in the Nokomai Survey District, Lake and Southland Counties, and about two miles by fair wagon-road from Athol Railway-station. The run is well grassed, principally with white tussock with a mixture of snow grass; it is good sheep country, well watered, stony, and dry, and ranges from 900 ft. to 3,300 ft. above sea-level.

Runs 187C and 187D (grouped): This run contains 12,300 acres, situated in Wairaki Survey District, Wallace County, and is distant about twelve miles from Nightcaps Railway-station, nine of which are formed, the balance in its natural state; or, say, fifteen miles from Mossburn Railway-station, eleven of which are by good road, the balance unformed. Although high, ranging in altitude from 1,400 ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level, it is, comparatively speaking, not rough country, and is well sheltered from the prevailing winds.

Run 423: This run contains 1,300 acres, having a frontage to Waituna Lagoon, and is situated in Oteramika Hundred, Southland County, about six miles by formed road from Kapuka Railway-station. The whole block is level, wet, and peaty, covered with peat-bog grass and large patches of manuka scrub, and is elevated about 15 ft. above sea-level.

Run 415A2: This run contains 4,300 acres, situated in Takitimo Survey District, Wallace County, and is distant from Otatau Railway-station forty-five miles, forty of which is by good wagon-road, the remainder unformed, and could be made available for pack-horses. It is all high, rough, rugged mountain country, ranging in altitude from 4,000 ft. to 5,500 ft. above sea-level, and is poorly grassed with snow tussock and other alpine vegetation.

Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1908.

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

The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with Part VI of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Purchasers must deposit statutory declaration, 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,

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