May 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1325

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

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 8th April, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for license, by public auction, for a term of twenty-one years, at this office, on Friday, the 26th day of June, 1908, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Open land, covered with rough tussock.

Class II.

| 92 | Tuhingamata East and Tatau | 11,595 0 0 | 25 0 0 |

Broken and undulating land; about 500 acres mixed forest at north end of run; balance fern and tea-tree and tussock; light soil. Fronts the old Taupo-Atiamuri Road, about five miles from Taupo.

| 93 | Tuhingamata East, Tatau, and Tauhara | 12,110 0 0 | 25 0 0 |

The run contains two small clumps of mixed forest; balance fern, tea-tree, and tussock; broken and undulating land; light soil. Fronts Lake Taupo; access by track about four miles from Taupo.

All hot springs, fumaroles, ngawas, geysers, mud volcanoes, and other centres of thermal action, with right of way thereto, are specially excluded from these pastoral licenses.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Nelson Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 9th March, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on renewable lease, at this office, on Wednesday, the 17th day of June, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

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

National Endowment.

Situated near Little Wanganui. Access by Karamea Inland Road from Mokihinui, about twenty miles, and thence by Westport-Mokihinui Railway, twenty-nine miles. The land can also be reached by steamer trading between Westport and Little Wanganui River, a distance of about thirty-five miles.

Forest-clad country, the bush being principally birch. The soil is fair, and when cleared and sown produces excellent grass. Altitude, about 800 ft. above sea-level. Good climate; abundant rainfall.

| Kongahu | III | 430 | 4·68 |
| | VI | 30 | 4·68 |

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.

Land in Nelson Land District for Disposal by way of Exchange.

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 18th February, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be exchanged for an equal area included in the area of 1,000 acres held under lease in perpetuity by Mrs. M. McDonald on or after Wednesday, the 20th day of May, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Nelson Land District, situated in Block VI, Motupiko Survey District, containing by admeasurement 64 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by a road fronting the Motupiko River, towards the south by land granted to Mrs. Minnie McDonald on lease in perpetuity, and towards the west by Chinaman’s Creek.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments in Otago Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 15th April, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments are open for selection on renewable lease, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and its amendments, and applications for leases will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 24th day of June, 1908.

The ballot for the allotments for which there is more than one applicant will be held on Thursday, the 25th day of June, 1908, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Village-homestead Allotments.

Weighted with £60, valuation for improvements.

A bush section, with soil of good quality; general aspect good. Situated about one mile and a half from Owaka Railway-station.

LAKE COUNTY.—KAWARAU SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 20, 21 | V | 13 2 10 | 8 15 0 | 0 3 6 |
| 22, 23 | " | 15 1 12 | 9 10 0 | 0 3 9 |

Situated at Gibbston, on main road between Cromwell and Arrowtown.

MANIOTOTO COUNTY.—KOMAKO TOWNSHIP.

| 166 | .. | 6 2 20 | 8 15 0 | 0 3 6 |

Open land; soil light and inferior. Altitude, 1,000 ft. Situated at Waipiata Railway-station, Otago Central Railway.

CLUTHA COUNTY.—WAIKOIKOI TOWNSHIP.

| 17 | .. | 5 2 34 | 15 0 0 | 0 6 0 |
| 24 | .. | 3 2 7 | 16 0 0 | 0 6 5 |
| 26 | .. | 2 0 5 | 8 0 0 | 0 3 3 |
| 27 | .. | 1 2 25 | 8 0 0 | 0 3 3 |

Undulating land. Situated about four miles and a half from Pomahaka Railway-station, in centre of good agricultural district.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.