Feb. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 739

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

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 4th December, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for license by public auction at the District Land Office, Invercargill, at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, the 28th day of February, 1912, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Run No. 522, Class A, Wallace County: Area, 3,323 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £30. (Crown land.)

Run No. 534, Class A, Southland County: Area, 3,468 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £40. (Endowment.)

Runs No. 438 and 452 (grouped), Class A, Southland and Lake Counties: Area; 55,690 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £10. (National endowment.)

Run No. 214B, Class A, Southland and Lake Counties: Area, 3,400 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £30. (Crown land.)

Possession will be given on 1st March, 1913.

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. 522.—Fencing, £310.

Run No. 534.—Fencing, £209 10s.

Run No. 214B.—Fencing, £120.

Description of Runs.

Run No. 522 is situated in Centre Hill District. It is hilly country, fairly grassed with silver and snow tussock. Formation clay and partly rocky. Height above sea-level, from 1,200 ft. to 2,700 ft. Distance from Mossgurn Railway-station by road, about eight miles.

Run No. 534, situated in the Taringatura District. It is all open hilly country, with fair tussock pasture, and is good sheep-country. Situated about eight miles and a quarter from Dipton Railway-station. Height above sea-level, from 600 ft. to 1,000 ft.

Runs Nos. 438 and 452 (grouped), situated in Eyre North, Eyreside, Mavora, Black Hill, and Lincoln Districts. High and broken country; fair summer sheep-country, with fair tussock pasture. Situated about twenty-one miles from Queenstown. Height above sea-level, from 5,000 ft. to 6,580 ft.

Run No. 214B, situated in Nokomai and Kingston Survey Districts. Stony and dry country, fairly well grassed, with white tussock and a mixture of snow-grass. Situated about eight miles from Athol and three miles from Garston. Height above sea-level, from 2,000 ft. to 3,750 ft.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 2nd February, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at this office at 11 o’clock a.m. on Friday, the 8th day of March, 1912, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and Amendment Act, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—RAGLAN PILOT AND SIGNAL STATION RESERVE.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Term of lease: Twenty-one years, with right of renewal for a further term not exceeding twenty-one years, but subject to termination at any time by twelve months’ notice.

2. Valuation for substantial improvements of a permanent character secured to the lessee in terms of the Public Reserves and Domains Amendment Act, 1911, but no compensation shall be claimed on account of the aforesaid resumption.

3. One-half year’s rent and lease fee (£1 1s.) must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

4. Immediate possession will be given.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly, in advance, on the 1st January and 1st July in each year, free from all deductions whatsoever.

6. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of his interest in the lease without consent.

7. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable dispatch remove, or cause to be removed, all noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

9. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Scargill Settlement, Canterbury Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 9th January, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands 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 21st day of February, 1912, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIPARA COUNTY.—WAIKARI SURVEY DISTRICT.—SCARGILL SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £740 payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £28 17s. 3d. Total half-yearly payment, £109 17s. 3d.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Scargill Settlement is situated within a mile of the Scargill Railway-station, on the Christchurch–Cheviot Railway, distant fifty-five miles by rail from Christchurch, and is approached from Scargill by a good level road.

Its altitude is from 500 ft. to 700 ft. above the sea-level.

It consists of first-class agricultural, level and undulating land, of good quality, resting on a clay subsoil, and it is practically all ploughable.

Some of the lower flats on the Scargill Creek are stony, and about 30 acres of the highest part of Section 1 and 60 acres of Section 2 are still in tussock.

The farms are watered by the Scargill Creek and numerous small streams, and Lot 8, the homestead sec-