May 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1481

Pastoral Runs in Auckland Land District open for Application.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 26th May, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs are open for license for a term of twenty-one years, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 14th day of July, 1909, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

1. Run No. 54 (Class I), Whakatane County, Ruawaha, Kaingaroa, and Galatea Survey Districts: 18,735 acres; annual rental, £40. Undulating land, easy hills, and a few wide valleys, covered with fern, manuka, tutu, and tussock, with indifferent growth of dandelion in places. Surface soil is sandy, with scoria through it, and lies loose on top to a depth of several inches; watered by Mangaharakeke and Ngatamawahine Streams. Situated on Galatea–Te Teko Road, about three miles from Galatea.

Run No. 59 (Class I), National Endowment, East Taupo County, Takapau and Weao Survey Districts: 56,556 acres; annual rental, £56. Open land, covered with fern, manuka, tutu, and rough tussock. Situated on the Rangitaiki River, about seventeen miles south of Galatea. About five miles of this distance is by Rotorua–Galatea Road; no formed road for balance of distance.

2. Run No. 90 (Class I), National Endowment, East Taupo County, Tauhara and Waitahanui Survey Districts: 20,000 acres; annual rental, £20.

Run No. 91 (Class I), National Endowment, East Taupo County, Tauhara, Waitahanui, Otukutara, and Maruaniu Survey Districts: 20,000 acres; upset annual rental, £20.

Both runs are open land; fern, manuka, and tussock, with small patches of mixed forest in each. Light pumice soil of inferior quality. Access by Taupo–Napier Road, from eleven to eighteen miles from Taupo.

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

Possession will be given immediately on approval of application.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 25th May, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that the undermentioned land is open for sale or selection, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 1st day of September, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAITEMATA COUNTY.—WAIPA-BEIRA PARISH.

Second-class Land.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Rangaroa Village Settlement, Auckland Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 25th May, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village allotments will be offered for sale by public auction for cash, at this office, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Friday, the 16th day of July, 1909, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—RANGAROA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Level land; inferior soil, on pumice formation; no water. Situated a quarter of a mile from Taumarunui Railway-station.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Flaxbourne Settlement, Marlborough Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Blenheim, 25th May, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 12th day of July, 1909, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.—CAPE CAMPBELL SURVEY DISTRICT.—FLAXBOURNE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Weighted with £19 2s., valuation for fencing.

Flat and undulating agricultural land of good quality. Situated close to the Town of Ward, which is sixteen miles distant from Seddon Railway-station.

F. STEPHENSON SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 25th May, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Friday, the 27th day of August, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—NEW RIVER HUNDRED.

Rural Land.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Settlement Lands in Otago Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 26th May, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 29th day of June, 1909, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1908.”