Feb. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 569

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Pastoral Run under Part VI of the Land Act, 1908.

(National Endowment.)

Term, twenty-one years from 1st March, 1914.

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. 396.—Three miles boundary-fences, half-cost, £72 ; one mile subdivisional fences, £48 : total, £120.

Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1914.

Locality and Description of Run.

The run is situated in the Takitimo Survey District. About 4,000 acres are hilly and mountainous country, being fairly well grassed with silver and snow tussock ; the balance (3,300 acres) is flat, undulating, and hilly, covered with stunted fern and tutu, and is of little value in its present state, but is capable of improvement by cultivation and the sowing of grasses. Height above sea-level varies from 900 ft. to 4,600 ft. Situated about thirty-nine miles from Tuatapere Railway-station and thirty-two miles from Mossburn Railway-station by fair roads.

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

G. H. M. McCLURE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 27th January, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or selection under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908 ; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 25th March, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAITEMATA COUNTY.—PAREMOREMO PARISH.

Second-class Land.

Altitude, 50 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. Sections 237, 238, 239, 240, 249, 250, and 251 gently undulating land ; remainder of sections of a steeper and more broken character ; with the exception of a few acres on the back sections, Nos. 244, 245, 246, 253, and 254, the land can be ploughed. The block is part of a well-worked-out gumfield, soil being of a clay formation, and suitable for fruit and poultry or strawberry farms ; watered by small swamps and springs ; water can also be obtained by sinking. Situated within a mile of Riverhead Wharf and Post-office, and four miles from Kumeu Railway-station by formed cart-road.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Westland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 4th February, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction at the Seddon Hall, Moana, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 14th day of March, 1913, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

MOANA VILLAGE.

Village Land.

Moana Village is situated on the hillside overlooking Lake Brunner, a favourite tourist resort, and adjoining the Moana Railway-station, on the Greymouth—Otira Railway line. The sections are covered with bush, varying from light scrub to heavy mixed bush.

H. D. M. HASZARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

National Endowment Land in Otago Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 4th February, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908 ; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 10th day of March, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—LAKE COUNTY.—TOWN OF GLENORCHY SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Open, flat land of fair quality. Good building-site. Water could be obtained by sinking. Situated at the head of Lake Wakatipu, about thirty miles from Queenstown.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.