2628 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 78

Pastoral Run in Auckland Land District open for Application.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 12th October, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run is open for license for a term of twenty-one years, and applications will be received at this office up till 4 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 18th day of November, 1908, under the provisions of "The Land Act, 1008."

SCHEDULE.
PASTORAL RUN NO. 63 (OR TIROHANGA BLOCK), WHAKAMARU AND TE ATIAMURI SURVEY DISTRICTS, EAST AND WEST TAUPO COUNTIES.
CLASS I : Area, 16,920 acres ; annual rental, £25.
Weighted with £157, valuation for three small houses, 4 acres grassing, and 80 chains fencing, which sum must be paid by the licensee before being let into possession of the run.

Description of Run.
Altitude, from 1,200 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. About 600 acres mixed forest, comprising tawa, rata, matai, hinau, with dense undergrowth of mahoe, supplejack, and matapo; balance undulating country, covered with fern and tea-tree. Soil inferior sand and pumice ; well watered by Waikato River and tributary streams. The run has over six miles frontage to Waikato River, and is distant about six miles from Atiamuri Post-office and hotel by good buggy and cart road. The Taupo Totara Timber Company's railway-line from Putaruru passes within one mile of the run.
All hot springs, fumaroles, ngawas, geysers, mud volcanoes, and other centres of thermal action with right of way thereto are specially excluded from the area offered.
Possession will be given immediately on approval of application. License dates from 1st March, 1909.
Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 7th October, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of "The Land Act, 1908," that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or selection, and applications will be received at this office up till 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, the 25th day of January, 1909.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—HOBSON COUNTY.—MANGAKAHIA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Nelson Land District for Disposal under Section 114 of "The Land Act, 1892."

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 6th July, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of "The Land Act, 1892," that the undermentioned land will be disposed of, under section 114 of "The Land Act, 1892," to the holders of adjoining lands on or after Wednesday, the 21st day of October, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Wellington Land District for Disposal under Section 114 of "The Land Act, 1892."

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 20th July, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of "The Land Act, 1892," that the undermentioned lands will be disposed of to the holders of adjoining lands, under section 114 of "The Land Act, 1892," on or after Wednesday, the 28th day of October, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 15th July, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of "The Land Act, 1892," that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 21st day of October, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—MOUNT THOMAS SURVEY DISTRICT.
Rural Land.

Situated on the east bank of the Karetu River, about four miles from Loburn, and twelve miles by good road from the Ashley Railway-station. About 20 acres consists of alluvial river-flats, the balance open undulating land, of which about 80 acres is ploughable. The soil is a sour clay, and carries vegetation of bracken, manuka, tussock, &c.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Nelson Land District for Disposal under Section 128 of "The Land Act, 1908."

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 4th August, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of "The Land Act, 1908," that the undermentioned lands will be disposed of to the holders of adjoining lands, on and after Wednesday, the 11th day of November, 1908, under section 128 of "The Land Act, 1908."

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.