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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 3,800 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.

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

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 21st January, 1907.

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

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Run No. 19 (Wakatipu), Lake County (Class I): Area, 33,500 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £15.

Section 16, Block X, Teviot Survey District, Tuapeka County (Class I): Area, 462 acres 1 rood 29 perches; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £5.

Sections 1, 2, and 8 to 19, Block II, Cairnhill Survey District, Vincent County (Class II): Area, 6,831 acres 2 roods 17 perches; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £50.

Possession of above runs will be given on 1st March, 1908.

Run 79c, Taieri County, Otago University Endowment (Class II): Area, 582 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £16 19s. 6d.

The purchaser of this run will be required to take a grazing license over the land from 19th October, 1908, to 28th February, 1909, at a proportionate rental based on the amount of annual rental realised. The pastoral license will commence on 1st March, 1909.

Run No. 353c, Tuapeka and Maniototo Counties: Area, 8,310 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £17 10s.

Run No. 219c, Maniototo County: Area, 7,220 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £30.

Run No. 245E, Cromwell Commonage, Vincent County: Area, 2,263 acres 2 roods 32 perches; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £3 10s.

Section 70, Block IV, Table Hill Survey District, Bruce County: Area, 173 acres 2 roods 29 perches; term, ten years; upset annual rental, £4 7s.; valuation for improvements, £32 14s.

Possession of Runs 353c, 219c, 245E, and Section 70, Block IV, Table Hill Survey District, will be given on day of sale.

Locality and Description of Runs.

Run No. 19: Situated on the western side of Rees River, eight miles north of Glenorchy. This run contains Mount Earnslaw and its slopes; altitude, 2,000 ft. to 9,000 ft. Along portion of Earnslaw Creek and the western side of Rees River there is a fair proportion of rough, tussocky, summer country.

Section 16, Block X, Teviot Survey District: Situated about four miles from Roxburgh by the most direct road; highest point, 3,149 ft. This is summer country, and carries fair tussock.

Sections 1, 2, and 8 to 19, Block II, Cairnhill Survey District: Mostly dry, bare, pastoral country; part warm in winter, with an early spring. The portion lying between Bald Hill Flat and the Molyneux River is safe winter country, although the tussock is scanty. The remainder on the west side of the flat rises to an altitude of upwards of 5,000 ft., the lower portion of which carries fair tussock, the balance being inferior country. Situated about eight miles from Alexandra.

Run No. 79c: Very fair country, with a south-easterly aspect; altitude, 1,500 ft. to 1,600 ft. Snow lies in the gullies during severe winters. Situated about eighteen miles from Middlemarch Railway-station, on a good road.

Run No. 353c: High country suitable for summer grazing; carries snow grass and tussock; subject to snow in the winter; general aspect southerly. Situated at the sources of the Taieri, Waipori, and Beaumont Rivers.

Run No. 219c: This run has a southerly aspect, and consequently is somewhat cold in winter. It affords good summer grazing. Altitude, 2,200 ft. to 4,000 ft. Situated about two miles from Naseby, and about three miles from Wedderburn Railway-station.

Run No. 245E: This run forms part of what is known as the Cromwell Commonage, and is distant about three miles from that town by a good road. The country is ridgy, broken, and somewhat dry, but there is permanent water in various creeks. It is good winter country, rising gradually from the Clutha and Kawarau Rivers, and has a good aspect.

Section 70, Block IV, Table Hill Survey District: An open section, somewhat broken by a series of steep gullies. About three-fourths of the area has a southerly aspect, and the remainder lies to the north; soil light; well watered. Situated about two miles from Manuka Creek Railway-station, and about the same distance from a school.

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

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

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

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Southland Land District classified.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Commissioners appointed, in pursuance of section 189 of “The Land Act, 1892,” to classify and report upon rural lands in Southland Land District have reported to His Excellency the Governor that the lands described in the Schedule hereto have been classified by them as therein noted.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.