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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 6

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

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

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1911.

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 28th day of February, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1903.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—WANGANUI COUNTY.—RAKETAPAU MA BLOCK.

Class A.

National Endowment.

Term, one year from 1st March, 1912, on which date possession will be given.

DESCRIPTION AND LOCALITY OF RUN.

This run comprises flat and undulating land to the westward of the Hautapu River, immediately to the north of the Hinitahi Railway-station. The soil is rather inferior, being chiefly volcanic and pumiceous. Is well watered by small streams. Altitude, from about 2,300 ft. to 3,000 ft. The Main Trunk Railway and main coach-road pass through the block. The vegetation comprises tussock and native grasses, and there is fair feed in spring and summer time. The improvements comprise 177 chains of fencing, valued at about £177. The successful bidder, if other than the present licensees, will require to pay to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Wellington, the value of the improvements, to be fixed later, before he is admitted into possession. The Crown reserves the right to dispose of the timber or flax on the land, and in the event of the disposal thereof the licensee shall allow free right of ingress, egress, and regress to persons duly authorized, or having the right to cut or remove timber or flax growing on any portion of the land included in license. The right to take any roads and tram-lines thereto that may be required during the currency of the lease is hereby reserved.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
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.

Lands in Southland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 2nd November, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned lands are 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.—FOREST HILL HUNDRED.

Second-class Land.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands for Disposal in Hawke’s Bay Land District.

District Lands Office,
Napier, 21st November, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Sections 25 and 32, Mahia Rural Sections, containing about 254 acres, and Section 8, Whangawehi Rural Sections, containing about 35 acres, all situated in the Mahia Peninsula, Hawke’s Bay Land District, will be disposed of by way of exchange under section 142 of the Land Act, 1908, on or after Friday, the 24th day of February, 1911.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.