Feb. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 575

Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Napier, 28th November, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or selection, and applications will be received at this office, and at the local Lands Office, Gisborne, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 21st day of February, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—COOK COUNTY.—HANGAROA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Situated about thirty-four miles by dray-road from Gisborne. Hilly and undulating country, portions being ploughable. Altitude, from 1,100 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level. Open fern and grass country, part of which has gone back to manuka. A small patch of bush, principally white-pine, is situated near the north-west corner. The soil is fair at the western end, to light and pumiceous at the eastern end, resting on papa formation. Watered by the Waikura and other small streams.

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Situated about thirty-six miles by dray-road from Gisborne. Hilly and undulating country. Altitude, from 1,100 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level. Mostly high fern, tall manuka, and underscrub, with a few patches of scattered bush and patches of grass. Soil fair to good, on papa formation. Watered by Paopao and Mangatete Creeks and other small streams.

NOTE.—The right to use the present track is reserved to the public until such time as the road is formed and opened. The present lessee, Mr. Thomas Hollywood, has the right to remove fencing, buildings, and other movable improvements for three months from 1st March, 1911, and successful applicants may arrange with him for purchase of same.

Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1911.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 5th January, 1911.

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 Tuesday, the 28th day of February, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Run 496, Vincent County (Class B): Area, 1,310 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £25; valuation for improvements, £56 7s. 6d.

Run 497, Vincent County (Class B): Area, 2,275 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £48; valuation for improvements, £50 12s.

Run 501, Tuapeka County (Class B): Area, 4,495 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £66; valuation for improvements, £123 17s.

Possession will be given on 1st March, 1911, subject, however, to the right of the present pastoral licensees to occupy the country up to 31st March, 1911, on condition that they pay the incoming tenants the proportion of rent for the month of March, 1911.

Locality and Description.

Run 496.—Open, broken, pastoral country, two-thirds of the area being winter country, well grassed and watered; the balance is summer country, not so well watered or grassed. Altitude, 2,000 ft. to 5,000 ft. Distant about twelve miles from Alexandra. The improvements consist of fencing on boundary with Run 425B, 26 chains, at 5s. per chain, £6 10s.; fencing on half boundary with Butler’s pastoral run, 133 chains, at 7s. 6d. per chain, £49 17s. 6d.: total, £56 7s. 6d.

Run 497.—Similar to Run 496. Has a frontage to the main road. The improvements consist of fencing on boundary with Run 425B, 76 chains, at 3s. per chain, £11 8s.; fencing along road, not on boundary, 104 chains, at 6s. per chain, £31 4s.; stone hut, £8: total, £50 12s.

Run 501.—Rough, broken, pastoral land, summer country only. Altitude, 2,000 ft. to 5,000 ft. Distant about nine miles from Roxburgh. The improvements consist of fencing on boundary with Run 425B, 176 chains, at 6s. per chain, £52 16s.; fencing on half boundary with Small Grazing-run No. 500, 98 chains, at 7s. per chain, £34 6s.; fencing on half boundary with Small Grazing-run No. 502, 36 chains, at 10s. per chain, £18; fencing on half boundary with Small Grazing-run No. 502, 50 chains, at 7s. 6d. per chain, £18 15s.: total, £123 17s.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Southland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 1st November, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land is open for sale or selection, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 22nd day of February, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—INVERCARGILL HUNDRED.

First-class Land.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 6th December, 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 Tuesday, the 28th day of February, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Run 325c, Vincent County: Area, 8,340 acres; term, thirteen years; upset annual rental, £40; valuation for improvements, £47 15s.

Sections 23, 24, 57, 58, and 59, Block I, and 28 and 29, Block VI, Akatore Survey District, Bruce County: Area, 388 acres 1 rood; term, ten years; upset annual rental, £3 5s.

Run 325c: Open, broken, pastoral country, with rough and steep rocky faces along the Clutha River. The northerly faces are bare and shingly. Above the 2,500 ft. level is fair tussock land. Altitude, 800 ft. to 3,600 ft. Access by dray-road about a mile from Bannockburn Post-office. The improvements consist of fencing on half boundary with Run 330A, 50 chains, at 6s. 6d. per chain, £16 5s.; fencing on half boundary with area set aside for future settlement, 60 chains, at 6s. 6d. per chain, £19 10s.; stone hut, £12: total, £47 15s.

The sections in Akatore district consist of light inferior land, a large proportion of the area being covered with fern. Situated about four miles from the Town of Milton. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.