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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 3

Lands in Southland Land District for Disposal under Section 128 of “The Land Act, 1908.”

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 2nd November, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that the undermentioned lands will be disposed of, under section 128 of “The Land Act, 1908,” to the holders of adjoining lands on or after Friday, the 5th day of February, 1909.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

E. H. WILMOT,
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.

Lands in Auckland Land District surrendered.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 17th December, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that surrenders of the leases of the undermentioned lands having been accepted by resolution of the Auckland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

JAMES McGOWAN,
For Minister of Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 11th January, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for license by public auction, at the District Lands Office, Invercargill, at 11 o’clock a.m., on Friday, the 26th day of February, 1909, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Runs 143A, 143B, 156A¹, and 415D (grouped): Class I; Takitimo and Wairaki Districts, Wallace County; area, 17,180 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £143 10s.

Run 350: Class I; Von and Mid-Wakatipu Districts, Wallace and Lake Counties; area, 19,100 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £20. (National endowment.)

Run 350A: Class I; Von and Upper Wakatipu Districts, Lake County; area, 9,400 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £10. (National endowment.)

Runs 2B and 3A (grouped): Class I; Eyre North and Mid-Wakatipu Districts, Lake County; area, 15,530 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £25. (National endowment.)

Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1910.

The following provisional valuation of improvements is published for the information of intending purchasers, but must be taken as approximate only, as the final valuation has to be made in accordance with section 244 of “The Land Act, 1908,” at least three months before the expiry of the present licenses:—

Runs 143A, 143B, 156A¹, and 415D (grouped): 900 chains of fencing, £450; hut, £30; sheep-yards, £25: total, £505.

Run 350: 160 chains of fencing at 11s. per chain, £88; 32 chains wire-netted fencing at 15s. per chain, £24: total, £112.

Runs 2B and 3A (grouped): Half-value of about six miles of fencing on eastern boundary at 10s. per chain, £120; about three miles and a half interior fencing at 10s. per chain, £140; two huts, £16: total, £290.

Descriptions of Runs.

Run 143A: High, ridgy country, with clay-shale formation, between Nugget Hill and Wairaki River; patches of good tussock land here and there; well watered.

Run 143B: Broken land, with fairly good tussock-grass, and some bush for shelter; well watered.

Run 156A¹: Situated on the bank of the Wairaki River; is moderately good tussock-grass country, well watered, with some bush here and there.

Run 415D: Adjoins the three foregoing runs, on the opposite side of the Wairaki River; high and broken country, poorly grassed, principally with snow-tussock, but some of the steep faces are denuded of vegetation; well watered.

The above runs are accessible by road from Nightcaps, the nearest portion of the land being about fourteen miles distant.

Run 350: Mostly mountainous country (1,100 ft. to 6,000 ft.), with a little flat land at south end. Frontage to Lake Wakatipu of about seven miles, with good aspect. The lake-frontage slopes are warm, and fairly well clothed with tussock, with, however, a good deal of fern near the lake. The remainder is steep, and the tops bare. Sweetbriar is beginning to show on this run. Access by road up Mararoa and Von Valleys, and by lake-steamer service from Queenstown, distant twelve miles.

Run 350A: Mountainous country (from 1,100 ft. to 6,000 ft.); frontage to Lake Wakatipu of about six miles, with good aspect. The lake slopes are warm and fairly well tussocked, but with a good deal of fern near the lake and Greenstone River. The remainder is steep, and the tops bare. Sweetbriar is showing on parts of the run, and blackberry on the reserve for recreation, which intersects the run. Principal access by lake-steamer service from Queenstown, distant twenty-two miles, though there is a bridle-track down the lake-side.

Runs 2B and 3A: Rough mountainous country (1,100 ft. to 6,000 ft.), with a little flat country along lake frontage. The frontage to Lake Wakatipu, though steep, is warm, having a northerly aspect. Slopes fairly well tussocked with white and snow tussock, but here and there steep faces with running single slips; tops bare. Access from Queenstown, distant eight miles, by lake-steamer service.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.