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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 6

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 Hakataramea 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 Hakataramea. 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 from about 1,500 ft. up to about 3,500 ft. above sea-level, it is liable to heavy falls of snow in winter.

The approximate valuations of improvements, consisting in each case of a hut, and boundary and subdivision fencing, are £330 on Run 234A and £428 on Run 234B. This information is published for the information of intending purchasers, but must be taken as approximate only, as the final valuation will be made in accordance with section 244 of the Land Act, 1908, at least three months before the expiry of the present licenses, and the purchasers of the new licenses (being other than the present licensees) will be required to pay the amount of such valuations before being admitted to possession of the runs.

Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1912.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

The licensee of every run shall, during the second and every succeeding year of the term of his license, plant with suitable trees, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, an area of at least one acre upon some part of his run. The number of trees so planted upon every acre shall be at least 1,000. The areas planted shall be securely fenced in with a rabbit- and stock-proof fence; all failures or losses shall from time to time be replanted as may be found necessary; and the plantations shall be protected, trimmed, and maintained during the term of the license to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The licensee shall not, during the months of December, January, February, March, April, May, and June, or such other months not exceeding altogether seven in any one year, as the Commissioner shall from time to time determine, burn the grass on his run.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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.

Land in Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 6th December, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction at this office, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 8th day of March, 1911, under the provisions of section 132 of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—PATITI SURVEY DISTRICT.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago Land District for Disposal under Section 138 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 13th December, 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 138 of the said Act, on or after Wednesday, the 15th March, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

An estimated area of 85 acres of unsurveyed land, being part of the site reserved for the Town of Gladstone, and now called Section 52, Block I, Lower Hawea Survey District.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.