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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 76

Land in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,

Invercargill, 2nd August, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at this office, at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, the 7th day of September, 1910, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—TUTURAU SURVEY DISTRICT.—RURAL LAND.

Education Reserve.

Weighted with £1,766, valuation for improvements, comprising a seven-roomed house, stable, storehouse, fish-ponds, and other enclosures and fencing in connection with the hatchery-site of the Southland Acclimatisation Society.

TERMS OF SALE.

One-fifth of the purchase-money and valuation for improvements to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

The title is under the Land Transfer Act, 1908. Purchaser must pay cost of transfer. Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

H. M. SKEET,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Disposal under Section 128 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,

Wellington, 19th July, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of, under section 128 of the said Act, on or after Wednesday, the 26th day of October, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

JAMES MACKENZIE,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,

Dunedin, 19th July, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for license by public auction, at this office, at 11 o'clock a.m., on Wednesday, the 21st day of September, 1910, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 22, Block I, Tuapeka West District, Tuapeka County: Area, 1,522 acres 3 roods 29 perches. Term, fourteen years. Upset annual rental, £8.

The run is situated about seven miles from the Town of Lawrence by a good road. The land is rough and broken, the intersecting gullies being deep and steep. Most of the area is covered with fern.

Possession will be given on the day of sale.

E. H. WILMOT,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Ruapuna No. 2 Settlement, Canterbury Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,

Christchurch, 4th July, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at this office and at the local Lands Office, Timaru, on Tuesday, the 16th day of August, 1910, up to 4 o'clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—ASHBURTON COUNTY.—SHEPHERD'S BUSH SURVEY DISTRICT. — RUAPUNA NO. 2 SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

a Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £235, payable in cash or in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £11 17s. 5d. Total half-yearly payment, £98 18s. 11d.

b Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £500, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £19 10s.

c Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £100, payable in cash or in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £8 12s. 10d. The total half-yearly payment will therefore be £116 15s. 10d.

d Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £200, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £7 16s.

e Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £197, payable in cash or in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £17 0s. 6d. The total half-yearly payment will therefore be £134 12s. 6d.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Ruapuna No. 2 Settlement is situated between the Rangitata River and the south branch of the Ashburton River. The south-easternmost corner of the settlement is about twenty miles in a north-westerly direction from Ashburton. The same point on the settlement is about fifteen miles and a half in a north-westerly direction from Hinds Railway-station, the latter being on the Main Trunk Railway line, Christchurch to Dunedin, about sixty-four miles from Christchurch, or thirty-six miles from the port of Timaru. The settlement may also be approached from the railway-station at South Rangitata (seventy-five miles from Christchurch), a distance of about sixteen miles across the Upper Rangitata traffic-bridge at Arundel, or from the flag-station at Ealing (seventy-two miles from Christchurch). a distance of about twelve miles. The roads leading to the settlement are level, and the main roads are formed and metalled.

The settlement lies at an elevation of about 1,000ft. above sea-level. It consists of agricultural and pastoral land of good light quality, with soil varying from 5 in. to 10 in. on clay. The land is capable of growing excellent grass and root crops, and has been used almost entirely for sheep-farming and lamb-fattening. Crops of turnips and rape have recently been fed off parts of Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14. The remainder of the settlement is in cultivated pasture, with the exception of Sections 5 and 6, the whole of which, exclusive of the areas recently cultivated, are in the original native pasture. All the sections are watered by county water-races. There is a good rainfall, and the climate is generally mild, owing to the prevalence of north-west rains.

A right is reserved in favour of the owner of certain stacks on the property of removing the same, and the successful applicants for the sections on which the stacks stand will take subject to this right.