Dec. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4191

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

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 6th December, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for license by public auction at this office, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Tuesday, the 28th day of February, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Run 325c, Vincent County: Area, 8,340 acres; term, thirteen years; upset annual rental, £40; valuation for improvements, £47 15s.

Run 424B, Southland County: Area, 2,350 acres; term, nine years; upset annual rental, £15.

Sections 23, 24, 57, 58, and 59, Block I, and 28 and 29, Block VI, Akatore Survey District, Bruce County: Area, 388 acres 1 rood; term, ten years; upset annual rental, £3 5s.

Possession will be given on the day of sale.

Run 325c: Open, broken, pastoral country, with rough and steep rocky faces along the Clutha River. The northerly faces are bare and shingly. Above the 2,500 ft. level is fair tussock land. Altitude, 800 ft. to 3,600 ft. Access by dray-road about a mile from Bannockburn Post-office. The improvements consist of fencing on half boundary with Run 330A, 50 chains, at 6s. 6d. per chain, £16 5s.; fencing on half boundary with area set aside for future settlement, 60 chains, at 6s. 6d. per chain, £19 10s.; stone hut, £12: total, £47 15s.

Run 424B: This run is known locally as the “Burnt Bush.” It is situated about twelve miles from Roxburgh, and about twenty miles from Waikaia. Altitude, 2,000 ft. to 3,000 ft.

The sections in Akatore district consist of light inferior land, a large proportion of the area being covered with fern. Situated about four miles from the Town of Milton.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Otago liable to Forfeiture.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 5th December, 1910.

PURSUANT to section 251 of the Land Act, 1908, notice is hereby given to the occupier of the undermentioned pastoral run that the pastoral license thereof is liable to forfeiture, and that if the rent overdue thereon, together with the full amount of the penalty, be not paid within three months after the date of the insertion of this notice in the Gazette the license will be declared forfeited.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Hauraki Plains, Auckland Land District, open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 7th December, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or selection, and applications will be received at this office and at the local Lands Office, Thames, on Tuesday, the 31st day of January, 1911, up to 4 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—THAMES COUNTY.—HAURAKI PLAINS.

First-class Land.

BLOCK XI, THAMES SURVEY DISTRICT.

BLOCK II, WAIHOU SURVEY DISTRICT.

BLOCK VI, WAIHOU SURVEY DISTRICT.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Generally speaking sections for selection lie midway between the Waihou River and Piako River, and extend from the Kerepeehi-Turua-Netherton Road northwards.

The land is all excellent alluvial clay deposit on sand, and none of the land offered for selection has any peat on it. It is all level, and is partly drained, and with the exception of Sections 12 to 15 and 17 to 20 inclusive, Block II, Waihou Survey District, are all in worked-out kahikatea bush, the remaining timber being of a generally light nature.

All roads, drains, and stop-banks shown on poster are either constructed or under construction, and will be completely finished by the Department.

The sections near the Piako River are covered with raupo and puroa grass.

Access to the lands is from Kopuarahi Wharf, on Piako River (readily reached from Thames by launches working under tidal conditions), and also from Turua, Kerepeehi, and the several temporary landings erected where necessary on the Piako River.

Attention is drawn to the fact that rough sleeping-accommodation has been provided for intending selectors, at a point known as “The Bush Shanty.” Selectors must, however, provide their own blankets and provisions.

Various launches ply for hire between Thames and Piako River every day under usual tidal conditions.

Artesian bores have been sunk by the Department at several points on the Hauraki Plains, and very good flows have been obtained. The water is, however, mineralised, but is excellent for stock purposes. The Department is prepared to sink bores for selectors at practically cost price.

Guides will, where necessary, be stationed at different points to show selectors the various sections, but generally speaking selectors will not have the slightest difficulty in locating each section.