Jan. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 125

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—TARINGA-TURA SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION 376, Block XIII: Area, 351 acres; upset annual rental, £137.

Section 377, Block XIII: Area, 665 acres; upset annual rental, £150; £19 10s. (interest and sinking fund on buildings, &c., valued at £250).

Sections 378 and 379, Block XIII: Area, 1,094 acres; upset annual rental, £120 10s.

Section 380, Block XIII: Area, 518 acres; upset annual rental, £62 5s.

Section 381, Block XIV: Area, 1,007 acres; upset annual rental, £65 10s.

Section 382, Block XIV: Area, 1,141 acres; upset annual rental, £171 5s.

Section 383, Block XIV: Area, 729 acres; upset annual rental, £80 5s.

Detailed Descriptions of Sections.

Section 376.—This section comprises open level terrace land. Loam and clay, on gravel formation. 278 acres has been under cultivation, of which 214 acres is in English grass; 73 acres is good uncultivated land in rushes and tussock, with a little scattered black scrub, and some dead buried timber. The section is divided into three paddocks by good fences, is drained, and well watered by the Hamilton Burn. Distant nine miles from Mossburn—seven miles by metalled road and two miles by natural road. Improvements that go with the land: Fencing, £74 16s.; ditching, £59 5s.; total, £134 1s.

Section 377.—442 acres open level terrace land, mostly under cultivation, and all ploughable; partly in grass and partly in tussock. This section is divided into five paddocks by good fences, and is well drained and watered. Accessible by good natural road about two miles, and good metalled road about seven miles, from Mossburn Railway-station and Township. About 231 acres is peat bog, fronting main 10 ft. ditch. Improvements that go with the land: Fencing, £143 7s.; ditching, £61 15s.; total, £205 2s. Improvements which do not go with the land, and which have to be paid for by cash, or by half-yearly instalments of £9 15s. each, for a period of twenty-one years, consist of five-roomed hut, shearing-shed, stable, outbuildings, and concrete dip; valued at £250.

Sections 378 and 379.—Mostly open tussock, and undulating spurs, and contain 96 acres of good rich swamp land (loam and gravel) growing rushes and niggerhead; 738 acres of undulating tussock land growing good summer feed, but stony in places; 87 acres of wet land partly peat, but capable of draining and sweetening; and 187 acres peat bog. Well watered and drained. Accessible by good natural road three miles, and metalled road seven miles, from Mossburn Railway-station and Township. Improvements that go with the land: Fencing, £68 10s.; ditching, £111; total, £179 10s.

Section 380.—This section comprises 89 acres good, rich, swamp land in rushes, &c., 238 acres good undulating tussock land, and 191 acres peat bog. The section is loam and clay, on pan and gravel formation; is well watered by natural creeks; and is accessible by natural road four miles (three miles unformed), and metalled road seven miles, from Mossburn. Improvements that go with the land: Fencing, £52; ditching, £54 12s. 6d.; total, £106 12s. 6d.

Section 381.—This section consists of 472 acres of good undulating tussock land, partly drained, and growing good feed; 200 acres poor peat and tussock land, with small scrub and flax in places; and 335 acres peat bog. The section is loam and clay, on pan and gravel formation; is well watered, and partly drained; and is accessible from Mossburn thirteen miles—seven miles by good metalled road, three miles by good natural road, and three miles by unformed tussock road. Improvements that go with the land: Fencing, £70 10s.; ditching, £113 5s.; total, £183 15s.

Section 382.—This section comprises 675 acres good undulating tussock spurs growing good feed, with better-quality swamp land in the valleys growing tussock, grass, and rushes; 141 acres tussock land, peaty, but capable of sweetening, and in places already growing good grass; and 325 acres peat bog. The section is loamy clay, on gravel formation, but parts of it contain dead timber, and is of a peaty nature; is well watered by natural creeks, and partly drained by good 3 ft. ditches flowing into main 10 ft. channel. A good proportion of the section is ploughable. Distant from Mossburn nine miles—seven miles by good metalled road and two miles by good natural road; and from Dipton thirteen miles—natural road four miles and metalled road nine miles. The improvements that go with the land: Fencing, £101 2s.; ditching, £138 5s.; total, £239 7s.

Section 383.—This section contains 457 acres of good ploughable tussock spurs; 84 acres good peaty tussock land; 43 acres peat and tussock, but capable of draining and sweetening; and 143 acres peat bog. The section is well watered by natural creeks, and partly drained by good 3 ft. ditches; loamy clay, on pan and gravel formation, with good land in the valleys, which, however, contains some dead timber. Distant from Mossburn eleven miles—seven miles by good metalled road and four miles by formed native road; and from Dipton twelve miles—three miles by natural road and nine miles by metalled road. Improvements that go with the land: Fencing, £84 14s.; ditching, £54; total, £138 14s. Altitude of sections, about 650 ft. above sea-level.

General Description.

Terepa is an estate of 5,563 acres acquired by the late Otago School Commissioners, now offered for occupation in twenty-one years’ leases, with perpetual right of renewal at a revaluation at end of term.

The block comprises white and silver tussock-covered downs, with good, rich, swamp land and areas of peat-swamp land. There is ample fall for drainage, and the block can be easily drained. The main drains have been opened, and many of the side drains put in. A considerable area has been sown with English grasses. On two of the sections the land has been broken up and cultivated.

On all the sections there is grass and tussock feed that would enable stock to be put on without delay.

The soil generally is good, except the peat swamp, which has been valued very low.

The block is capable of great improvement and development.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained at this office.

G. H. M. McCLURE,
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.