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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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tion, by a windmill on the Waikari River, which supplies
the dwellinghouse and an open concrete tank for stock.
The new road intersecting the estate in a north-westerly
direction will be constructed in due course.

The improvements which are included in the capital value
of the sections consist of : Section 1, 159 chains of bound-
ary and subdivisional fencing and a plantation, valued
at £71 5s. ; Section 2, 150 chains of boundary and sub-
divisional fencing, valued at £50 5s. ; Section 3, 203 chains
of boundary and subdivisional fencing, valued at £56 15s. ;
Section 4, 122 chains of boundary and subdivisional fenc-
ing and plantation, valued at £79 ; Section 5, 175 chains
of boundary and subdivisional fencing and plantation,
valued at £125 10s. ; Section 6, 133 chains of boundary
and subdivisional fencing, valued at £44 10s. ; Section 7,
94 chains boundary and subdivisional fencing and planta-
tion, valued at £76 ; Section 8, 363 chains boundary and
subdivisional fencing, plantation, and orchard, valued at
£309.

The improvements which are not included in the capital
value of the sections, but which have to be paid for sepa-
rately, consist of : Section 8—house of 11 rooms, £460 ;
wool-shed and dip, £120 ; stable, £40 ; stable, £50 ; men’s
cottage, £25 ; barn, £14 ; hut, £5 ; open concrete tank,
£10 ; shed, £2 ; tool-shed, £2 ; windmill, £7. Total value,
£740, to be paid in cash, or in twenty-one years by
half-yearly instalments of interest and sinking fund
amounting to £28 7s. 3d.

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

The right to remove all white crops within a reasonable
time is reserved to the late owner.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

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

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, under the pro-
visions of the Land Act, 1908 ; and applications will be
received at this office, and the Courthouse, Oamaru, on
Monday, the 19th day of February, 1912, up to 4 o’clock
p.m.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—WAITAKI COUNTY.

First-class Pastoral Land.

A. R.P. £ s. d.

1 and 2 | XVI | Maruwenua .. | 1,055 0 26 | 25 0 0

Weighted with £457 16s. 9d., valuation for improvements.

Second-class Pastoral Land.

4 | XVI | Maruwenua } | 4,874 3 0 | 37 10 0

• Run 17A | .. | Domet .. | | |

Weighted with £523 10s. 3d., valuation for improvements.

Run 504 | .. | Kakanui .. | 6,500 0 0 | 70 0 0

Weighted with £502 2s. 6d., valuation for improvements.

• National endowment.

Possession will be given on 1st March, 1912, subject,
however, to the right of the present pastoral licensee of
Run 504 to occupy that run up to 31st March, 1912, on
condition that he pays to the incoming tenant the propor-
tion of rent for the month of March, 1912.

DESCRIPTIONS OF RUNS.

Sections 1 and 2, Block XVI, Maruwenua District.—
Undulating tussock country, partly cultivable, and well
watered. Main access from railway at Tokarahi by good
formed and gravelled road, distance six miles. Nearest
post-office and school at Livingstone, two miles distant.
Height above sea-level, from 1,000 ft. to 1,200 ft. The
improvements consist of two-roomed house, £25 ; hut, £8 ;
sheep-yards, £12 ; cultivation, £88 15s. ; 761 chains of
boundary and subdivisional fencing, £324 1s. 9d. Total
valuation for improvements, £457 16s. 9d.

Section 4, Block XVI, Maruwenua District, and Run 17A,
Domet District.—Section 4 is good, undulating, white-
tussock country, partly cultivable. The western portion
of Run 17A is pastoral country, the hills being well grassed.
The whole run is well watered. Access from railway at
Tokarahi by good road, the distance being nine miles.
Nearest post-office and school at Livingstone, distant five
miles. Section 4 is from 1,200 ft. to 1,750 ft. above sea-
level, and Run 17A from 1,500 ft. to 4,000 ft. The im-
provements on Section 4 consist of 274½ chains of boundary
and subdivisional fencing, valued at £116 7s. 3d. ; and
about 130 acres in grass, valued at £42 5s. The improve-
ments on Run 17A consist of 619 chains of boundary-
fencing, valued at £364 18s. Total valuation for improve-
ments, £523 10s. 3d.

Run 504.—Country varies from undulating downs in the
north to fairly high hill country in the south. In the
north there is a fair area of cultivable land. The whole
is well watered. Access by good road from railway at
Tokarahi, distant ten miles, and from Livingstone, where
there is a school and post-office, distant three miles and
a half. Height above sea-level, 1,000 ft. to 4,000 ft. The
improvements consist of 1,093½ chains of boundary and
subdivisional fencing, valued at £428 15s. ; hut and yards,
£25 ; 135 acres in grass, and 30 acres surface-sown, £48
7s. 6d. Total valuation for improvements, £502 2s. 6d.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Hokitika, 19th December, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the under-
mentioned pastoral runs will be offered for sale by
public auction at this office on Wednesday, the 28th day of
February, 1912, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of
Part VI of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Class A. Acres. £ s. d. Years.

*82 | Mount French .. | Grey .. | 14,200 | 7 0 0 | 21
633 | Perth River .. | Westland | 31,560 | 5 0 0 | 21

Class B.

29 | Taramakau River.. | Grey .. | 1,900 | 5 0 0 | 10
43 | Makawhio River .. | Westland | 9,900 | 15 0 0 | 10
96 | Okuru and Waiatoto | ,, | 4,882 | 5 0 0 | 10
24 | Waiatoto River .. | ,, | 10,000 | 10 0 0 | 10
†103 | Mount Graham .. | ,, | 3,250 | 3 0 0 | 10
14 | Hope River .. | ,, | 10,000 | 6 0 0 | 10
17 | Waikukupa River | ,, | 9,000 | 6 0 0 | 10
15 | Totara and Waiho Rivers | ,, | 5,000 | 7 10 0 | 10
†26 | Manakiau River .. | ,, | 9,260 | 5 0 0 | 10
†632 | Gentle Annie .. | ,, | 4,950 | 5 0 0 | 10
634 | Upper Arawata River | ,, | 46,650 | 5 0 0 | 10

• Part national endowment. † National endowment.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION OF RUNS.

Run 82 comprises the open hilltops of the Hohonu Range,
together with the bush-clad slopes towards the Lake Brunner
Road and the Orangipuka and Taramakau Rivers. The open
grass land above the bush-line provides summer country
for sheep. Accessible by metalled dray-road, eight miles
from Kumara.

Run 633 comprises bush-clad land between the Wataroa
and Perth Rivers. Cattle-feed only. Access is by bridle-
track up the Wataroa River, about four miles from Wataroa
Bridge.

Run 29 lies between the Cameron’s Track and the Tara-
makau River ; the Cape Terrace Road passes through it.
Comprises heavily timbered country, with some open flats
along the Taramakau River. Bush feed for cattle only.
Distant two miles from Cameron’s Railway-station by
metalled horse-track.

Run 43 occupies part of the valley of the Makawhio River.
There are some good flats along the banks of the river, and
the remainder of the run comprises steep bush-clad hillsides.
A considerable area has been cleared and grassed. The run
is suitable mainly for cattle. Situated adjoining Bruce Bay
Post and Telegraph Office.