Oct. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3003

Rural Land in Nelson Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 9th September, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Thursday, the 12th day of December, 1907, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903.”

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

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT. — INANGAHUA COUNTY.

Second-class Unsurveyed Heavy-bush Land.

Weighted with £42, valuation for felling and grassing.

Situated about three-quarters of a mile from Longford Post-office and telegraph-station, and about 10 chains off the main coach-road, Nelson to Westport. Portion of the block known as the Matiri Valley Block. Open, forest-clad land, the timber being brown-birch and silver-birch not suitable for milling. Formation, sandstone and conglomerate. Soil is very fair, and well watered. Northern and western portions of the area lie well to the sun, and when cleared will carry good grass.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Te Mata and Elsthorpe Settlements, Hawke’s Bay Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands Office,
Napier, 17th September, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, and at the Princess Theatre, Hastings, on Monday, the 4th day of November, 1907, 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.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Description of Te Mata Settlement. — First-class agricultural land; all flat; specially adapted for fruit-growing; good soil, on shingle formation; excellent climate. Situated from one mile and a half to two miles from Havelock by good level road, from four miles to four miles and a half from Hastings, and about fourteen miles from Napier. There is a plantation of blue-gums along the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 4, 5, 8, and 9. The fencing on Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 10 goes with the land, and is not to be paid for separately by the tenants.

PATANGATA COUNTY. — ELSTHORPE SETTLEMENT. — ELSTHORPE VILLAGE.

| 14 | .. | 0 1 0 | 0 10 0 |
| 15 | .. | 0 1 0 | 0 10 0 |

Description of Sections 14 and 15, Elsthorpe Village.— Flat and gradually rising ground, in good sward. Situated on the main road from Kaikora to the coast, about fourteen miles from the former place. A very pretty spot, approached from both sides through clumps of carefully preserved native bush. Section 14 is weighted with 15s., and Section 15 with £1 10s., for value of fencing. These amounts must be paid in cash by the tenants.

HENRY TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands in Nelson Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 2nd September, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Thursday, the 5th day of December, 1907, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903.”

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

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT. — BULLER COUNTY. — KONGAHU BLOCK.

Second-class Unsurveyed Heavy-bush Land.

Hilly pastoral country, with patches of excellent soil on western side of Glass-eye Creek, remainder good soil of sedimentary marine formation; covered with bush, comprising birch, rimu, and kamahi. Access by about two miles of unformed track from the Little Wanganui River, which is distant about thirty-five miles from Westport by steamer.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 1st July, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 16th day of October, 1907.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT. — SOUTHLAND COUNTY. — TOWN OF MENZIES’ FERRY. — MENZIES’ FERRY VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Village-homestead Allotments.

The above sections are situated about one mile from the Town of Wyndham and three miles and a half from Eden-dale Railway-station. All are open flat land; good soil, on gravel formation; well watered. Access by metalled roads.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.