CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Marlborough Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands, Wellington, 29th August, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the leases of the undermentioned lands having been forfeited by resolution of the
Marlborough Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land
Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

MALBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

J. G. WARD,

Minister of Lands.

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

District Lands Office,

Invercargill, 30th August, 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 Thursday, the 27th
day of October, 1910, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Run 501 (Class A), being northern portion of the Auckland Islands. Area, 38,600 acres. Term, twenty-one years. Upset rental, £10 per annum.

Run 502 (Class A), being southern portion of the Auckland Islands. Area, 75,600 acres. Term, twenty-one years. Upset rental, £7 10s. per annum.

Run 514 (Class A), being the Enderby and Rose Islands. Area, 1,995 acres. Term, twenty-one years. Upset rental, £5 5s. per annum.

Possession will be given on date of sale.

Description of Runs.

Runs Nos. 501, 502, and 514 are all high broken country, ranging from 600 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. The western side of the Main Island forms an almost unbroken line of precipitous cliffs about 1,400 ft. high, but which sink to a much lower elevation in the north of the group. The eastern side is cut up into many deep inlets, forming excellent harbours, some of them advancing to within a few miles of the western coast. The whole island is hilly. The lower part of the island, especially on the eastern side, is mainly covered with forest; the upper portion is composed of open meadow or tussock. A Government steamer makes periodical visits to the depots which have been established on the islands for shipwrecked sailors.

H. M. SKEET,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run in Canterbury Land District open for Lease.

District Lands Office,

Christchurch, 30th August, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run is open for lease, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m., on Wednesday, the 5th day of October, 1910, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT. — ASHLEY COUNTY. — MOUNT THOMAS SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Pastoral Land.

This run is situated to the south-west of Mount Thomas, on the upper course of the Garry River. Access may be obtained either from Cust Railway-station, a distance of about eight miles and a half in a southerly direction from the run, or from the West Oxford Railway-station, a distance of about ten miles in a south-westerly direction across the Ashley Gorge Bridge.

The run comprises generally hilly land, ranging in altitude from about 500ft. to about 1,500 ft. above sea-level, with an easterly aspect. The area is divided into two portions by the Garry River, the portion lying on the western side of that river being well grassed, while the eastern portion carries some manuka scrub and fern. The soil on the lower slopes is good and of a clayey nature, but the higher portions are more stony. The run is well watered by the Garry River, Wooded Gully Creek, and several small streams.

T. N. BRODRICK,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,

New Plymouth, 30th August, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for leases of the undermentioned lands will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m., on Wednesday, the 26th day of October, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

• Reserves. † Domains.