Jan. 19.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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

District Lands Office,
Blenheim, 6th December, 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 Tuesday, the 14th day of February, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT. — SOUNDS COUNTY. — GORE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Class A.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

Known as Cape Jackson Run: All hill country, most of which is covered by kohikohi and other light bush and scrub, mixed with a dense growth of kiekie in places. The soil is fairly good, and good healthy sheep-country, and will carry grass well. The north-western end is high and rough, but there is a fair proportion of native and exotic grasses towards the Cape, where the scrub has been burnt off. Height, from sea-level to about 900 ft. There is little or no flat land. Access is by sea; landing can generally be effected in calm weather, or on the lea side in almost any weather.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

The Crown reserves the right to resume such portion of Run No. 94 as may be found necessary for lighthouse purposes, together with right of access thereto.

On any such resumption the rent payable under the license shall be abated proportionately on an area basis, and the licensee shall be entitled to compensation (valued by arbitration) for permanent improvements effected by him on the land so resumed.

F. STEPHENSON SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 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 a.m on Tuesday, the 28th day of February, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Run No. 150B (Class A), Southland County: Area, 1,601 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £25.

Run No. 491B (Class A), Southland County: Area, 883½ acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £20.

Run No. 323 (Class A), Lake County: Area, 23,000 acres; term, ten years; upset annual rental, £175. (National endowment.)

Run No. 323A (Class A), Lake and Southland Counties: Area, 36,930 acres; term, ten years; upset annual rental, £360. (National endowment.)

Run No. 529 (Class A), Southland County: Area, 3,200 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £26.

Runs Nos. 135 and 135A (grouped), (Class A), Wallace County: Area, 4,320 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £85. (Bluff Harbour Board endowment.)

Run No. 424 (Class A), Southland County: Area, 2,410 acres; term, seven years; upset annual rental, £7.

Possession will be given on 1st March, 1912.

The following provisional valuation of improvements is published for the information of intending purchasers, but must be taken as approximate only, as the final valuation has to be made in accordance with section 244 of the Land Act, 1908, at least three months before the expiry of the present licenses: Run No. 150B: Fencing, £75. Run No. 491B: Fencing, £100. Run No. 323: Fencing and draining, £470. Run No. 323A: Wool-shed, dip, yards, cottage, and fencing, £1,280. Run No. 529: Fencing, £167 10s. Runs Nos. 135 and 135A: Buildings, fencing, draining, and grassing, £1,200. Run No. 424: Draining and fencing, £120.

Description of Runs.

Run 150B is situated in the Taringatura District, about eight miles from Dipton. It comprises medium hill tussock-covered land, and is good sheep-country. Altitude, from 1,500 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level.

Run 491B is situated in the Tutarau Survey District, about fifteen miles from Mataura. Medium hill land covered with tussock, fern, and flax; good sheep-country. Altitude, from 1,500 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level.

Run 323 is situated in the Kingston, Eyre North, Eyre-side, and South Wakatipu Districts. Nearly all summer country, but there is a considerable area of flat land on Allen Stream and Mataura River capable of growing winter feed for stock. It is good sheep-country, with fair tussock pasture, and has a frontage of several miles to the Invercargill–Kingston Railway, and adjoins Kingston and Fairlight Railway-stations. Altitude, from 1,500 ft. to 6,000 ft. above sea-level.

Run 323A is situated in the Kingston and Rockyside Districts. Mostly high country, but there is a considerable area of low country of inferior quality fronting the Invercargill–Kingston Railway, and also on the north-eastern part of the Nevis Stream. The run is well covered with tussock. The Kingston Railway-station and Fairlight Siding adjoin this run. Altitude above sea-level ranges from 1,500 ft. to 5,000 ft.

Run No. 529 is situated in the Wakaia District, about two miles from Wakaia Railway-station. It is good sheep-country, with fair tussock feed, and chiefly comprises scrub and tussock slopes. Altitude, from 1,600 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level.

Runs 135 and 135A are situated in Taringatura District, about four miles from Wrey’s Bush. Portions of these runs contain long spurs, with easy slopes and flats, while the remainder consists of tussock and patches of burnt scrub. About 300 acres have been cultivated and laid down in English grasses, and there are about 200 acres more that can be improved by draining and cultivation. Altitude, from 500 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level.

Run No. 424 is situated in the New River Hundred, and is distant about eight miles from Invercargill by good road. It is mostly low poor sand-hills, with comparatively little feed for stock. Nearly all the vegetation has been covered up by sand-drifts.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for license by public auction at the Assembly Rooms, Timaru, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Tuesday, 28th February, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Class A.

Run 234A, Waimate County: 4,713 acres; term of license, fourteen years; upset rental, £235 per annum.

Run 234B, Waimate County: 4,596 acres; term of license, fourteen years; upset rental, £287 per annum.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

These runs are situated on the slopes of the Station Peak Range, which flanks the eastern side of the Hakatamea Valley, South Canterbury. They lie on the northern side of Meyer’s Pass, near the source of the South Waihao River, about twenty-three miles from Waimate and fourteen miles from Hakatamea. They comprise high open hill country of purely pastoral character, the spurs being intersected by deep rough gullies. The vegetation consists of native and English grasses, with snow-grass only on the higher altitudes. The runs are fairly well watered by springs and streams, but are liable to burn up in a dry summer, and, as the altitude ranges