Jan. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 173

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.

Run 523 (Class II), Nokomai District, Southland and Lake Counties: Area, 1,078 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £18.

Run 524 (Class II), Nokomai District, Southland and Lake Counties: Area, 969 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £16 10s.

Run 537 (Class II), Waiau District, Wallace County: Area, 343 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £2 10s.

Runs 523 and 524 are offered subject to all existing mining privileges in, through, or over the lands comprised in the said runs.

Run 523 is weighted with £57 12s., valuation for fencing.

Run 524 is weighted with £441 17s. 9d., valuation for house, stable, fowl-house, shed, sheep-yards, and fencing.

Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1909.

Descriptions of Runs.

Run 523: Open pastoral land; soil inferior to good; well watered; gravel and rock formation; access good. Situated about four miles from Athol Railway-station. Height above sea-level, 850 ft. to 1,400 ft.

Run 524: Open pastoral land; soil inferior to good; well watered; gravel and rock formation; access good. Situated about three miles and a half from Athol Railway-station. Height above sea-level, 850 ft. to 1,500 ft.

Run 537: Situated about eighteen miles from Otatau Railway-station. Land hilly and broken; soil poor; clay formation; vegetation, manuka scrub and fern. Height above sea-level, 400 ft. to 600 ft.

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

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 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, Dunedin, at 11 o’clock a.m., on Friday, the 26th day of February, 1909, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Run 204E, Class I, Maniototo County: Area, 2,382 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £30. (National endowment.)

Run 204B, Class I, Maniototo County: Area, 3,280 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £95. (National endowment.)

Run 204D, Class I, Maniototo County: Area, 5,450 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £68. (National endowment.)

Run 204F, Class I, Maniototo County: Area, 2,800 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £35. (National endowment.)

Run 205H, Class I, Maniototo County: Area, 1,240 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £15 10s.

Run 306, Class II, Maniototo County: Area, 4,477 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £75. (National endowment.)

Run 171D, Class II, Waikouaiti County: Area, 4,150 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £69.

Run 171C and 171G (grouped), Class II, Waikouaiti County: Area, 5,690 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £120.

Run 129, Class II, Clutha County: Area, 12,040 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £150 10s. (Clutha River Trust endowment.)

Runs 121A and 121K (grouped), Class II, Taieri and Waikouaiti Counties: Area, 7,757 acres 2 roods 34 perches; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £130. (National endowment.)

Runs 96, 97, and 98 (grouped), Class I, Vincent County: Area, 152,600 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £40. (Run 98 is National endowment.)

Runs 95 and 430A (grouped), Class I, Vincent County: Area, 49,200 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £50.

Section 37, Block VI, Table Hill District, Class II, Bruce County: Area, 172 acres 3 roods 37 perches; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £2.

Section 16, Block VII, Table Hill District, Class II, Bruce County: Area, 201 acres 3 roods 28 perches; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £3 10s.

Run 5 of C, Kurow District, Class II, Waitaki County: Area, 2,000 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £35.

Possession will be given on 1st March, 1910.

Licensed deer-stalkers shall have full rights over Runs 96, 97, and 98 (grouped), and 95 and 430A (grouped), during the period for which their licenses are in force.

Descriptions of Runs.

Runs 204E, 204B, 204D, and 204F adjoin each other, No. 204B being close to Hamilton South Post-office. No. 204B is much better than the others, the country being warm, the aspect good, and the feed sweet. The other runs are summer country on which the altitude rises to 4,000 ft.

Run 205H is situated about three miles west of Hyde. The country is poor and covered with snow-grass and spear-grass. Altitude from 3,000 ft. to 4,000 ft.

Run 306 is distant about half a mile from Wedderburn, close to the Otago Central Railway, and within easy distance of a school. It has a frontage to a main road. The average altitude is about 2,500 ft., the elevation varying from 1,850 ft. to 3,250 ft. The aspect is southerly, and this, taken with the altitude, makes the country cold.

Runs 171D, 171C and 171G (grouped) adjoin, and are situated from twelve to fifteen miles from Waikouaiti Railway-station. The highest point is 2,400 ft. above sea-level. The vegetation consists of coarse grass, silver-tussock, and snow-tussock.

Run 129 is situated about nine miles south-west of Warepa Railway-station, in a direct line. It is covered with fern, scrub, and coarse tussock.

Runs 121A and 121K (grouped) are situated about four miles from Middlemarch Railway-station. This country is somewhat cold and sour, the vegetation being coarse grass, silver-tussock, and snow-tussock.

Runs 96, 97, and 98 (grouped) face the Makarora River. The country is exceedingly rough and difficult to work. The greater part of the upper run is covered with bush and practically valueless for grazing, with the exception of the small flats near the homestead. The lower front run is only of value above the fern-level of about 2,000 ft., and from this upwards the tussock seems fair. The low land is comparatively poor.

Runs 95 and 430A (grouped) comprise a fairly good flat along the western side of the Hunter River, with a large extent of exceedingly rough country behind.

Section 37, Block VI, Table Hill District, fronts the Tokomairiro River, and is distant about six miles from Milburn Railway-station by formed road.

Section 16, Block VII, Table Hill District, is situated about five miles from Round Hill Railway-station, on the branch line to Lawrence.

Run 5 of C is situated about thirty-four miles from Kurow Railway-station. It extends in a narrow belt from near the confluence of the Ahuriri with the Waitaki River to about one mile above Totara Creek. It includes some islands in the Ahuriri River. The main road skirts the south-west side of the run. The country is low-lying at an altitude from 1,000 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 12th January, 1909.

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

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Run 308C: Maniototo and Vincent Counties (Class I); area, 16,000 acres; term, 21 years; upset annual rental, £330. The right is reserved to adjust the boundary on the