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ing downs could be cultivated, and should grow good crops; well watered. Seven miles from Fairlie by good road. The improvements which are included in the price of the section consist of 355 chains of fencing, valued at £78. The improvements which are not included in the price of the section, but must be paid for separately, consist of a house and outbuildings, valued at £200.

Section 7.—Altitude, about 1,400 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. All flat land; about half is fair quality, balance shallow soil; about 700 acres have been ploughed, about 200 acres now in rape and fallow; watered by race. Six miles and a half from Fairlie by formed road. The improvements which are included in the price of the section consist of 522 chains of fencing, valued at £209.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal by Public Auction under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office.
Auckland, 24th December, 1912.

IT is hereby notified in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned section will be offered for sale by public auction on or after Monday, the 21st day of April, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—KOMAKORAU PARISH.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Southland Land District for License for Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 4th December, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for license by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 a.m. on Thursday, the 27th day of February, 1913, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

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.

Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Disposal under Section 326 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 4th January, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned Crown land will be open for sale or selection under the provisions of the said Act; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 9th day of April, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—TARAMARAMA SURVEY DISTRICT.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands

Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal under Part III of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 24th December, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned section will be disposed of under Part III of the said Act on or after Wednesday, the 9th day of April, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WHANGAPE SURVEY DISTRICT.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Southland Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 13th November, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or selection under the provisions of the said Act; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 26th day of February, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Southland County.—Oteramika Hundred.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Southland County.—Mokoreta Survey District.

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