APRIL 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1319

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

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

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 26th April, 1910.

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 Monday, the 18th day of June, 1910, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—VINCENT COUNTY.—LAUDER SURVEY DISTRICT.—MATAKANUI SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Open agricultural land at an elevation of about 1,150 ft. above sea-level. The land consists of a low-lying flat of 180 acres, which provides good grazing on the western side, and a terrace on the eastern side of about 99 acres at a slightly higher elevation. The land holds the grass well, as the pasture is now sixteen years old. The allotment is ring-fenced and subdivided into three paddocks, and is well watered by two streams and numerous springs. The distance to Omakau Railway-station is about four miles by a good road. The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, consist of 187½ chains of boundary-fences and 74 chains subdivisional fences, all valued at £68 10s. 10d.

2A | III | 398 3 27 | 1,820 0 0 | 40 19 0

Open agricultural land at an elevation of about 1,150 ft. above sea-level. The northern portion consists of a low-lying flat of 200 acres, half of which has been cultivated and sown in grass, which is about thirteen years old and requires renewing. The southern portion of about 199 acres is at a slightly higher elevation, and the pasture is about eleven years old.

The allotment is watered by two streams and numerous springs, and is ring-fenced and subdivided into three paddocks.

The distance to Omakau Railway-station is two miles and a half by a good road. The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, consist of 268½ chains of boundary-fences and 40½ chains of subdivisional fences, all valued at £96 2s. 1d.

3A | III | 499 0 16 | 1,080 0 0 | 24 6 0

Open agricultural land at an elevation of about 1,150 ft. above sea-level. The land is flat and undulating, and the soil is light. About 200 acres on the eastern side has been cultivated and sown in grass, which is nine years old. About 100 acres on the west of the main road is in tussock. The allotment is ring-fenced and subdivided into four paddocks. The distance to Omakau Railway-station is one mile by a good dray-road. The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, consist of 289 chains of boundary-fences and 137 chains of subdivisional fences, all valued at £149 16s. 8d.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Matakauui Settlement lies in the valley of the Manuherikia River. Good metalled roads connect it with the railway-stations at Omakau and Lauder. The distance to Omakau, the nearest railway-station, is about two miles from the centre of the settlement.

The country is at an altitude of about 1,000 ft. above sea-level, and is dry and healthy.

There is a very good water-supply on two of the allotments from springs, and a water-race runs through the settlement, one-third of the water being available for the use of the settlers. At Omakau there is a post and telegraph office, and across the river at Black’s there are stores and a school. There is a daily service to and from Dunedin, 120 miles distant from Omakau. The whole of the land is suitable for agriculture and dairying. On the terraces the soil is light and gravelly.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Lands in Auckland Land District open for License.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 27th April, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for license under the regulations for the occupation of pastoral lands in Hauraki Mining District, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 27th day of June, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—COROMANDEL COUNTY.—HAURAKI MINING DISTRICT.

1,280 acres (unsurveyed), Block II, Colville Survey District.
466 acres 3 roods 31 perches, Block II, Moehau Survey District.

Term of lease: Twenty-one years, with conditional right of renewal.

The minimum area that can be selected is 25 acres. On approval of applications survey fees will require to be deposited in accordance with the scale of fees for the survey of Crown lands. Survey fee is credited to the lessee as rent paid in advance.

All applications are subject to the approval of the Land Board, and applicants who are landless within the meaning of the Land Act shall have preference in the ballot.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 20th April, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” 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 25th day of July, 1910, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1908.” The ballot for the section, if there is more than one applicant, will be held on Friday, the 29th day of July, 1910, at 11 o’clock a.m., at this office.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—MATAMATA COUNTY.—MATAMATA SETTLEMENT.—WAHAROA TOWNSHIP.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Southland Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 9th March, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” 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 Wednesday, the 22nd day of June, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—WAIAU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.