Jan. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 247

About 15 acres flat land, the remainder chiefly steep hill-sides. In English and native grasses, with a little fern and manuka scrub, and one or two small patches of native bush. Good soil; watered by the Awatere Stream. Distant two miles and a quarter from Wairoa.

3 | XVII | 418 0 0 | 2,590 0 0 | 58 5 6
About 20 acres flat land, some of which requires draining; remainder steep hills in native and English grasses, with patches of fern and scrub, and a few acres of native bush in the gullies. Watered by the Awatere Stream; good soil. Distant about three miles and a quarter from Wairoa. The improvements, included in the price of the land, comprise fencing valued at £12 7s. 6d.

4 | XVII | 505 3 0 | 2,860 0 0 | 64 7 0
About 50 acres ploughable, remainder hilly. Soil varies from light to good. On the northern portion there is a good deal of fern and scrub. Watered by the Rotoparu Stream. A little totara suitable for fencing will be found on the section. Distant eight miles and a half from Wairoa. The improvements, included in the price of the land, comprise fencing valued at £16.

5 | XVII | 521 0 0 | 3,950 0 0 | 88 17 6
Seventy-five acres rich flat. The northern half is well grassed, but the southern half still carries a good deal of fern and scrub. Good soil. Watered by Rotoparu Stream. Distant ten miles from Wairoa. Probably sufficient totara for fencing on section. The improvements, included in the price of the land, comprise fencing and whare, valued at £44 6s. 6d.

6 | XVII | 466 2 0 | 3,540 0 0 | 79 13 0
About 30 acres flat. Portion of the hills ploughable. Well grassed with English and native grasses. Good soil throughout. Watered by Rotoparu and Ruiōhangi Streams. Probably sufficient totara for fencing on section. Distant eight miles and three-quarters from Wairoa. The improvements, included in the price of the land, comprise fencing valued at £24 13s. 9d.

1 | XVIII | 419 2 0 | 2,600 0 0 | 58 10 0
About 30 acres in the valleys of the Ruiōhangi and Rotoparu Streams. Narrow strips of flat lands. Remainder of section consists of hills. Western half well grassed, but eastern portion carries a good deal of fern, with a few small patches of native bush in gullies. Probably sufficient totara for fencing on section. Good soil. Watered by the Rotoparu and Ruiōhangi Streams. Distant nine miles and three quarters from Wairoa. The improvements, included in the price of the land, comprise fencing valued at £32 15s. 6d.

2 | XVIII | 821 0 0 | 2,600 0 0 | 58 10 0
Hilly, with easy spurs running from north-west to south-east. Mostly covered with thick fern, with patches of small manuka. Watered by Haikete Stream and branch of Maromauku Stream. Distant from Wairoa eleven miles by almost level road, one mile and three-quarters being at present unformed. The improvements, included in the price of the land, comprise fencing valued at £47 12s. 6d.

WAIRUA COUNTY.—CLYDE SURVEY DISTRICT.

1 | II | 507 0 0 | 3,710 0 0 | 83 9 6
Twenty acres flat land along southern boundary, portion of which requires draining; remainder consists of steep hills, well grassed with English and native grasses, with a small patch of native bush; good soil. Distant three miles and a half from Wairoa. The improvements, included in the price of the land, comprise fencing valued at £14 15s.

2 | II | 428 1 0 | 3,370 0 0 | 75 16 6
Thirty-five acres of flat land along southern boundary, most of which is swampy, and requires draining; remainder consists of steep hills, well grassed with English and native grasses; good soil. Distant three miles and a quarter from Wairoa. The improvements, included in the price of the land, comprise fencing valued at £8 15.

3 | II | 397 2 0 | 2,910 0 0 | 65 9 6
About 25 acres of flat land along the road-frontage; remainder low hills, portions of which are ploughable. Fairly well grassed with English and native grasses. Distant two miles and three-quarters from Wairoa. Watered by the Awatere Stream. The improvements, included in the price of the land, comprise fencing valued at £30 7s. 6d.

2 | II | 144 0 0 | 1,210 0 0 | 27 4 6
About 30 acres flat, the remainder low hills. About one-third of section ploughable. Soil light in places, fairly well grassed. Watered by the Awatere Stream. Distant two miles and a half from Wairoa. The improvements, included in the price of the land, comprise fencing valued at £20 17s. 6d.

About 10 acres of flat on the west boundary; remainder low easy hills, fully half of which is ploughable. Section carries a good deal of fern. Fair soil; well watered. Distant one mile and a half from Wairoa. The improvements, included in the price of the land, comprise fencing valued at £5.

6 | II | 76 0 0 | 640 0 0 | 14 8 0
About 20 acres of flat land, most of which requires draining; remainder low hills, on which there is a good deal of fern. Nearly the whole of section is ploughable. Fair soil; watered by Awatere Stream. Distant one mile and a half from Wairoa. The improvements, included in the price of the land, comprise fencing valued at £5.

7 | II | 55 0 0 | 490 0 0 | 11 0 6
About ten acres flat, remainder low hills. About half of the section is ploughable. Good deal of fern on the section. Fair soil; watered by Awatere Stream. Distant one mile from Wairoa. The improvements, included in the price of the land, comprise fencing valued at £13 2s. 6d.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Clydebank Settlement is situated in the valley of the Wairoa River, the south-western corner being within one mile of the Borough of Wairoa. On many of the sections good fencing-posts can be obtained from totara logs. The greater part of the area offered is pastoral land, but in the valleys there are flats suitable for dairying and agriculture. The country ranges in altitude, from 45 ft. to 875 ft. above sea-level, and has a splendid climate, no part of the settlement being more than eight miles from the coast.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs in Otago Land District open for Lease.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 11th January, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs are open for lease, and applications will be received at this office, and at the Courthouse, Cromwell, on Saturday, the 26th day of February, 1910, up to 4 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—LAKE AND VINCENT COUNTIES.—KAWARAU, CROMWELL, WAKEFIELD, NEVIS, BANNOCKBURN, LEANING ROCK, LORNSIDE, AND LORN SURVEY DISTRICTS.—SUBDIVISIONS OF KAWARAU STATION.

Second-class Pastoral Land.

Possession will be given on 1st March, 1910, subject, however, to the right of the present pastoral licensees to occupy the country up to 31st March, 1910, on condition that they pay the incoming tenants the proportion of rent for the month of March, 1910.

Valuations for improvements are correct in the majority of instances, but in some cases are liable to slight alteration. The correct valuations will be announced at the ballot if any alterations should be found necessary. Boundaries and areas may also be altered slightly.