Feb. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 463

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, 3rd 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; and applications will be received at the District Lands Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 13th February, 1912, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land Board at the District Lands Office, Dunedin, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 14th February, 1912, to answer any questions the Land Board may ask.

The ballot, if necessary, will be held at the conclusion of the examination.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TAIERI AND WAIKOUAITI COUNTIES.

Second-class Pastoral Land.

Possession will be given on 1st March, 1912.

DESCRIPTION OF RUNS.

Run 121.—Undulating tussock country, partly cultivable; well watered. Access from railway at Middlemarch; distance, twelve miles. Height above sea-level, 900 ft. to 1,500 ft. The improvements comprise 339½ chains of boundary-fencing, of a total value of £110 3s. 9d.

Run 121J.—Undulating tussock country, partly cultivable; well watered. Access from railway at Middlemarch (distance, seventeen miles) or from Dunback (distance, nineteen miles) by formed roads. School and post-office at Moonlight, distance about five miles and a half. Height above sea-level, 1,000 ft. to 1,700 ft. The improvements comprise 319 chains of boundary-fencing valued at £116 5s. 6d., and sheep-yards valued at £4 10s.

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, 3,823 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 129 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 7th December, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 11, Block IX, Waro Survey District, Taranaki Land District, containing 3 roods 14 perches, will be disposed of under section 129 of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 14th day of March, 1912.

WILLIAM ARMSTRONG,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago Land District for Disposal under Section 138 of the Land Act, 1908.

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

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of to the holder of the adjoining land, under section 138 of the said Act, on or after Friday, the 9th day of February, 1912.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 22, Block III, Tautuku Survey District, containing 149 acres 3 roods 4 perches.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands