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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 5

The general elevation of sections is about from 35 ft. to 60 ft. above sea-level. All necessary main drains and roads to sections have either been formed or are in course of construction, and the same applies to the necessary culverts and bridges. All main drains are upon roads, and the only subdivisional drain is that between Sections 6, 7, 8, and 9, Block X, Waitoa Survey District. The sections are not permanently watered, with the exception of those adjacent to the Piako and Waitoa Rivers, but selectors of these sections should note that there is a reservation along the banks of both of these rivers. The Department is prepared to sink artesian bores at cost price where required by settlers, upon satisfactory arrangements being made for payment thereof.

The land for selection consists in some localities of old buried forest country, and timber for fencing is available on some sections.

H. M. SKEET,
Acting 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 provisions 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.

• 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 proportion 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 improvements 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 improvements on Run 17A consist of 619 chains of boundary-fencing, valued at £364 18s. Total valuation for improvements, £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 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 Mossburn 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.

Land in Taranaki Land District for Disposal under Section 131 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 18th October, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that part of Section 8, Block VII, Waro Survey District, Taranaki Land District, containing about 7 acres 2 roods 21 perches, will be disposed of to the holder of adjoining land, under section 131 of the said Act, on or after Friday, the 26th day of January, 1912.

WILLIAM ARMSTRONG,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.