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Land in Nelson Land District open for Selection on Re-newable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 23rd November, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of
"The Land Act, 1908," that the undermentioned
land is open for selection on renewable lease, and applica-
tions will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on
Thursday, the 25th day of February, 1909, under the pro-
visions of "The Land Act, 1908."

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.-BULLER COUNTY.
Second-class Unsurveyed Land.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 8th December, 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 holder of adjoining land,
under section 128 of "The Land Act, 1908," on or after
Wednesday, the 10th day of March, 1909.

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 21st December, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of
"The Land Act, 1908," that the undermentioned land
will be disposed of to the holder of adjoining land, under
section 128 of the said Act, on or after Wednesday, the
24th day of March, 1909.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
SECTION 71, Block II, Table Hill Survey District: 5 acres
2 roods.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 21st December, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of
"The Land Act, 1908," that the undermentioned
land will be disposed of to the holder of adjoining land,
under section 128 of "The Land Act, 1908," on or after
Wednesday, the 24th day of March, 1909.

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

District Lands Office,
Hokitika, 26th January, 1909.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pas-
toral runs will be offered for license by public auction,
for a term of ten years, at this office, at 11 o'clock a.m., on
Saturday, the 27th day of February, 1909, under the pro-
visions of "The Land Act, 1908."

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.-WESTLAND COUNTY.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

Run 9 occupies the upper valleys of the Browning, Koka-
tahi, and Toaroha Rivers. Wholly covered with bush;
suitable only for cattle. Access from Upper Kokatahi by
Wilberforce Road, which passes through the run.

Run 13 occupies the watershed of McCullough's Creek,
also the upper valley of the Poerua River and part of the
western slope of the Wilberg Range. All bush land; cattle-
feed only. Access by Main South Road, about one mile
from Mount Hercules Post and Telephone Office.

Run 15 occupies the upper valley of Company's Creek,
also the land between Company's Creek and the Waiho
River, together with two areas between the Atupau and
Waiho Rivers, one of which is a homestead-site. Bush land;
suitable for cattle only. Access either by Main South Road
and river-bed, about two miles from Waiho Post and Tele-
phone Office, or by sea-beach from Okarito, about six miles.

Run 61 occupies the watershed of Docherty's Creek. All
bush land; cattle-feed only. Access by Main South Road,
about three miles from Waiho Post and Telephone Office.

Run 17 occupies the watershed of the Waikukupa River.
All bush land; cattle-feed only. Access to Upper Valley is
by Main South Road, about eleven miles from Waiho Post
and Telephone Office, and access to Lower Valley by sea-
beach, about ten miles from Okarito.

Run 65 occupies the watershed of Windbag Creek and the
northern portion of the valley of the Blue River. All bush
country; cattle-feed only. The Main South Road passes
through the run.

Run 69: All bush country; suitable for cattle only. Oc-
cupies the north-western slope of Mount Delta and the flat
land intervening between that range and a line a quarter of
a mile south of Cascade and Barn Rivers. Wholly traversed
by the Barn Bay Road, which is a metalled horse-track.
Distant twenty-four miles from Port of Jackson's Bay by
metalled stock-road.

Run 80 occupies the whole of the grass land on the sum-
mit of the Argentine Range. Summer sheep country.
Access by Main South Road and Paringa Valley, about five
miles from Paringa Post and Telephone Office.

Run 34 occupies the upper watershed of the Kawhaka
River. Wholly covered with bush; cattle-feed only. Access
by bridle-road up Kawhaka River. Five miles from main
road at Kawhaka.

The runs are offered subject to the rights of the present
licensees to valuation for improvements in terms of sec-
tion 244 of "The Land Act, 1908."

The improvements at present existing on the runs are
as follows: Run 9, clearing and grassing, £20; Run 13, no
improvements; Run 15, clearing and grassing, fencing, hut,
yards, &c., £160; Run 17, fencing, clearing, and grassing,
£120; Run 34, no improvements; Run 61, no improve-
ments; Run 65, clearing and grassing, £10; Run 69, no improve-
ments; Run 80, no improvements.

Possession of Runs 69 and 80 will be given on the day of
sale; the remainder on the 1st day of March, 1910.

Purchasers will be required to pay the amount of valuation
for improvements existing on the runs at the expiry of the
present licenses before being admitted into possession.

G. J. ROBERTS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.