Jan. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 187

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 9th January, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been forfeited by resolution of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands

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

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 13th January, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for license by public auction, at this office, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Friday, the 28th day of February, 1908, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and amendments.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.

Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1909.

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

Description of Run.

Run No. 532 is situated in the Centre Hill Survey District, and is accessible by main road from Mossburn, about five miles, or by road up Hamilton Burn the same distance. The country is inferior; mostly terrace land, intersected by two creeks, the Centre Burn and Hamilton Burn. The feed on the terrace is scant, most of the herbage being red tussock, while there is a large area of peat swamp, and some manuka. On the creek-flats the feed is better, and there is good shelter. Most of the country is good for only six months in the year. The run is substantially fenced, excepting about two miles and a half of the south-eastern boundary. A subdivisional fence divides the run into two portions. Height above sea-level is about 1,300 ft.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 13th January, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for license by public auction, at this office, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Friday, the 28th day of February, 1908, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and amendments.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Sections 1, Block VI, and 2, 3, and 8, Block X, Swinburn Survey District, Waihemo County (Class I) : Area, 4,968 acres 1 rood ; term, twenty-one years ; upset annual rental, £80.

Sections 27 to 30, Block I, Glenorchy Survey District, and Section 39, Block I, Upper Wakatipu Survey District, Lake County (Class II) : Area, 220 acres 3 roods 34 perches ; term, seven years ; upset annual rental, £1.

Possession of above runs will be given on 1st March, 1909.

Run 11, Waitaki County (Class I) : Area, 7,000 acres ; term, twenty-one years ; upset annual rental, £100 ; valuation for improvements, £134 8s.

Possession will be given on 1st March, 1908.

Run 465, Lake County (Class I) : Area, 2,320 acres ; term, fourteen years ; upset annual rental, £5 ; valuation for improvements, £17 10s.

Runs 95A and 99A (grouped), Vincent County (Class I) : Area, 49,600 acres ; term, fourteen years ; upset annual rental, £10.

Possession of Runs 465 and 95A and 99A will be given on the day of sale.

Licensed deer-stalkers shall have the right to shoot deer during the season over the whole or any portion of these runs without let or hindrance, but shall have no right to take dogs with them.

The Land Board will not give the licensees permission to destroy the bush or growth in any manner either by cutting or burning.

Descriptions of Runs.

Sections 1, Block VI, and 2, 3, and 8, Block X, Swinburn Survey District : This run comprises the head-waters of the Shag River, and is situated on the south-western slope of portion of Kakanui Range. Owing to the aspect and the altitude, the winter is rather severe. The access is very convenient, the run having a frontage to the main Shag Valley-Maniototo Road, the distance from a post-office being about three miles. The country is easily worked, and about half the area is covered with fairly good tussock, the balance being snow-grassed and shingly. Altitude, from 1,800 ft. to 5,000 ft.

Sections 27 to 30, Block I, Glenorchy Survey District, and Section 39, Block I, Upper Wakatipu Survey District : These sections are situated about two miles from Glenorchy, at the head of Lake Wakatipu. They form rather inferior grazing country.

Run 11, Waitaki County, is situated on the eastern slopes of the Kakanui Range. The country consists of broken spurs and very deep gullies. The vegetation is the usual snow-grass down to a certain level, and there is finer feed on the lower elevations. A considerable portion is covered with scrub. Situated about five or six miles from the Town of Hampden. The improvements, which are valued at £134 8s.,