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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 89

Lands in Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands, Wellington, 4th November, 1911.

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

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Small Grazing-runs in Canterbury Land District for Lease on Application.

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 6th November, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs are open for lease for a term of twenty-one years, with right of renewal; and applications will be received at the District Lands Office, Christchurch, and the Local Lands Office, Timaru, up to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, 20th December, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

Applicants will be required to appear personally before the Land Board, at the Assembly Rooms, Timaru, at 12 o’clock noon on Thursday, 21st December, 1911, to answer any questions the Land Board may ask.

The ballot for the runs for which there is more than one applicant will be held on Friday, the 22nd December, at the Assembly Rooms, Timaru, at 10 o’clock a.m.

Preference at the ballot will be given to landless married applicants with families in the case of Runs 93 and 96, and to landless applicants in the case of the other runs.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—MACKENZIE COUNTY.
Second-class Pastoral Land.

Small grazing-run No. 93 (formerly part Pastoral Run No. 75), Sawdon Station No. 3, 2,200 acres tussock and grass country. Rental, £110 per annum. About thirteen miles from Fairlie Railway-station by motor-road. Elevation above sea-level, 1,900 ft. to 4,500 ft. A right of easement, 25 links wide, covering the creek and race supplying the Sawdon Homestead with water, is retained by the Crown. Approximate value of improvements, £300.

Small Grazing-run No. 94 (formerly part of Pastoral Run No. 76), Tekapo Station No. 2, 17,000 acres, principally tussock-country. Rental, £250 per annum. About thirty-four miles from Fairlie Railway-station by motor-road. Has frontage to Lake Tekapo. Elevation from 2,500 ft. to 6,800 ft. Approximate value of improvements, £430.

Small Grazing-run No. 95 (formerly part of Pastoral Run No. 79), Glenmore Station No. 2, 15,500 acres, principally tussock-country. Rental, £250 per annum. About twenty-eight miles from Fairlie Railway-station by motor-road. The run has frontage to Lakes Tekapo and Alexandrina. Elevation above sea-level, 2,500 ft. to 3,400 ft. There is good wintering country on the slopes of Mount John. Approximate value of improvements, £122.

Small Grazing-run No. 96 (formerly part of Pastoral Run No. 86), Simons Pass Station No. 2, 16,200 acres, principally in tussock. Rental, £375 per annum. About fifty miles from Fairlie Railway-station by motor-road, on main road to Mount Cook. Elevation, 1,500 ft. to 2,300 ft. Approximate value of improvements, £130. The licensee shall at his own expense keep the Government rabbit-proof fence intersecting this run in good order and repair.

Small Grazing-run No. 97 (formerly part of Pastoral Run No. 89), Glentanner Station No. 3, 20,080 acres, of which 11,000 acres are in tussock, and the balance high tops and barren shingle slides. Rental, £300 per annum. About seventy-five miles from Fairlie Railway-station by Mount Cook Motor-road. Elevation from 1,700 to 8,000 ft. Faces well to the sun. Some good swamp at foot of ranges. Approximate value of improvements, £300.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

Possession will be given on 1st March, 1912.

The information given as to the valuation of improvements is published for the information of intending applicants, but must be taken as approximate only. The final valuation will be made in accordance with section 244 of the Land Act, 1908.

The amount of such valuation may be paid by the incoming tenant either by way of one cash payment, to be made before he is admitted to possession of the run, or by half-yearly payments of interest and sinking fund extending over a period of twenty-one years, the first of such payments to be made before he is admitted into possession of the run.

Such half-yearly payments will be at the rate of £3 18s. for every £100 of the amount of the valuation placed upon the improvements, and they will be payable by the lessee on the 1st days of March and September in every year with the rent of the run. The lessee may, however, at any time pay off the whole or any less number of the then future instalments under a duly proportionate rebate of interest.

The following special condition will be inserted in the lease: The licensee shall not burn the grass on his run 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 of Crown Lands shall from time to time determine.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments in Wellington Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments are open for selection on renewable lease; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 20th day of December, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

The ballot for the allotments for which there is more than one applicant will be held at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, the 21st day of December, 1911.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.
Village-homestead Allotments.

WAIMARINO COUNTY.—OHAKUNE VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

These homesteads are situated in the Ohakune Village Settlement, and comprise all flat land, with the exception of part of Section 22, which is undulating. Soil on Sections 45 and 7 and 8 loamy, on Section 22 of a light nature. The milling-timber on Section 45 has been removed. The