Dec. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4311

remainder barren. Term of license, twenty-one years. Upset rental, £250 per annum. About thirty-nine miles from Fairlie Railway-station by good road. Approximate value of improvements, £800.

Run 78, Lilybank Station, Mackenzie County.—70,000 acres, of which about 20,000 acres is tussock country, the remainder barren. Term of license, twenty-one years. Upset rental, £130 per annum. About fifty-four miles from Fairlie Railway-station by dray-road. Approximate value of improvements, £750.

Run 80, Mistake Station, Mackenzie County.—62,000 acres, of which about 32,000 acres is tussock country, the remainder barren. Term of license, twenty-one years. Upset rental, £300 per annum. About forty miles from Fairlie Railway-station by good cart-road. Approximate value of improvements, £1,150.

Run 83, Mount Cook Station, Mackenzie County.—25,000 acres, of which about 10,000 acres is tussock country, the remainder barren. Term of license, twenty-one years. Upset rental, £150 per annum. About fifty-eight miles from Fairlie Railway-station by dray-road. Approximate value of improvements, £560.

Run 85B, The Wolds Station No. 3, Mackenzie County.—16,300 acres, principally tussock country. Term of license, twenty-one years. Upset rental, £300 per annum. About thirty-eight miles from Fairlie Railway-station by motor-road. Approximate value of improvements, £730.

Run 86, Simon’s Pass Station, Mackenzie County.—14,300 acres, principally tussock country. Term of license, twenty-one years. Upset rental, £325 per annum. About fifty miles from Fairlie Railway-station by motor-road. Approximate value of improvements, £400.

Run 89, Glentanner Station, Mackenzie County.—21,800 acres, of which about 10,800 acres is tussock country, the remainder barren. Term of license, twenty-one years. Upset rental, £100 per annum. About eighty-four miles from Fairlie Railway-station by motor-road. Approximate value of improvements, £550.

Run 89A, Glentanner Station No. 2, Mackenzie County.—12,600 acres, of which about 6,000 acres is tussock country, the remainder barren. Term of license, seven years. Upset rental, £50 per annum. About eighty-eight miles from Fairlie Railway-station by motor-road. Approximate value of improvements, £50.

Run 93A, Glenlyon Station, Mackenzie County.—124,000 acres, of which about 47,500 acres is tussock and grass country, the remainder barren. Term of license, twenty-one years. Upset rental, £250 per annum. About 105 miles from Fairlie Railway-station by dray-road. Approximate value of improvements, £2,360.

At the District Lands Office, Christchurch, at 11 o’clock a.m., on Saturday, 25th February, 1911.

Runs 110A and 110B, Part of Mesopotamia Station, Ashburton County.—58,000 acres, of which 36,800 acres is barren and 21,200 acres tussock country. Term of license, twenty years. Upset rental, £70 per annum. About fifty miles distant from Mount Somers Railway-station. Value of improvements, nil.

Run 117, Lake Heron Station, Ashburton County.—37,500 acres, of which 13,800 acres is barren and 23,700 acres is tussock. Term of license, twenty-one years. Upset rental, £500 per annum. About thirty-two miles from Mount Somers Railway-station by cart-road. Approximate value of improvements, £1,058.

Run 119A, Double Hill No. 4 Station, Ashburton County.—21,000 acres, of which 6,000 acres is barren and 15,000 acres is tussock and grass country. Term of license, twenty-one years. Upset rental, £420 per annum. About twenty miles distant from Methven Railway-station. Approximate value of improvements, £560.

Run 169, Snowdon Station, Selwyn County.—6,600 acres mountainous country, principally under tussock. Term of license, seven years from 1st March, 1911. Upset rental, £100 per annum. Approximate value of improvements, £73. About twenty-four miles from Glentunnel Railway-station.

Run 179, Part of Lake Coleridge Station, Selwyn County.—18,000 acres, of which 13,000 acres is barren and 5,000 acres is tussock country. Term of license, twenty-one years. Upset rental, £40 per annum. Value of improvements, nil. About forty miles from Coalgate Railway-station, rather inaccessible.

Run 237, Upper Hurunui Station, Amuri County.—45,000 acres, principally high mountainous country. Term of license, seven years from 1st March, 1911. Upset rental, £50 per annum. About forty-five miles from Hawarden. Value of improvements, nil.

Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1912, except in the cases of Runs 169 (Snowdon) and 237 (Upper Hurunui), of which possession will be given on the 1st March, 1911.

The areas and boundaries of the runs offered for disposal are approximate, and will be subject to such amendments as may be found necessary upon the completion of surveys.

The information given as to the valuation of improvements on the several runs is published for the information of intending purchasers, but must be taken as approximate only, being based upon information supplied by the present licensees. The final valuation will be made in accordance with section 244 of the Land Act, 1908, at least three months before the expiry of the present licenses.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

The licensee of any run upon which deer range shall, upon receipt of due notice in that behalf, allow any legal holder of a license to stalk deer within the district in which such run lies free and unrestricted rights of ingress, egress, and regress upon and over any portion of the run for the purpose of stalking deer.

The licensee of every run shall, during the second and every succeeding year of the term of his license, plant with suitable trees to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands an area of at least one acre upon some part of his run. The number of trees so planted upon every acre shall be at least one thousand. The areas planted shall be securely fenced in with a rabbit- and stock-proof fence; all failures or losses shall from time to time be replanted as may be found necessary; and the plantations shall be protected, trimmed, and maintained during the term of the license to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The licensee shall not during the months of December, January, February, March, April, May, and June, or such other months not exceeding seven in any one year, as the Commissioner shall from time to time determine, burn the grass on his run.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Milling-timber in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 21st December, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Land Act, 1908, and the Lands for Settlement Act, 1908, and the regulations thereunder, that written tenders will be received at this office from the proprietors of existing sawmills and logging contractors, up till 12 o’clock noon on Monday, 23rd January, 1911, for the purchase of the kauri and other milling-timbers standing on the undermentioned lots.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

THAMES COUNTY.

Lot 1.

Part Blocks I and II, Thames Survey District, and XIV and XV, Hastings Survey District (Puru Creek).

1,812 GREEN and 401 dry kauri-trees, containing approximately 2,994,438 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

76 totara-trees, containing approximately 46,638 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Distinguishing brand thus: V.

Time for removal: Three years.

Upset prices: Kauri 2s. 3d., totara 1s. 6d., per 100 sup. ft.

Terms: One-third in cash within fourteen days after acceptance of tender, one-third in eight months, and one-third in sixteen months thereafter.

NOTE.—All timber branded V or bearing any other brand, standing on the Land Board Timber Area adjoining, is excluded from this sale, and must on no account be cut or removed.

Faulty and undersized trees, branded F.R not included in this sale—viz., 79 kauri and 10 totara.

PIAKO COUNTY.

Lot 2.

Part Block V, Patetere North-east Survey District (Selwyn Estate).

1,946 rimu-trees, containing approximately 3,382,546 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

50 totara-trees, containing approximately 59,892 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

98 kahikatea-trees, containing approximately 384,148 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

462 matai-trees, containing approximately 467,425 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

72 miro-trees, containing approximately 43,050 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Distinguishing brand thus: X,