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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 133

IMPROVEMENTS.

Improvements which are included in the prices of the sections consist of fencing valued as follows:—

Block XII, Wakarara Survey District.

Section 1, £129 7s. 6d.; Section 2, £151 17s. 6d.; Section 3, £68 17s.; Section 4, £170 9s. 9d.; Section 5, £294 15s.; Section 6, £160 17s. 6d.; Section 7, £186 18s.; Section 8, £78 6s.; Section 9, £73 16s.

Block XIII, Maraekakaho Survey District.

Section 43, £44 16s.; Section 44, £27; Section 45, £17 10s.

DESCRIPTION OF SECTIONS.

Block XII, Wakarara Survey District.

Section 1.—Altitude, from 1,100 ft. to 1,500 ft. All open country, with patches of fern and manuka scrub. Mostly easy ridges, with small flats; has fair pasture of native and English grasses; permanent water. Distance from Waipawa by formed road about nineteen miles.

Section 2.—Easy ridges and small flats, in fair English and native grasses, with patches of fern and scrub; permanent water. Altitude, from 1,000 ft. to 1,600 ft. About seventeen miles from Waipawa by formed road.

Section 3.—Easy ridges and small flats, in fair pasture of native and English grasses, with a little scrub and mixed bush on Opokororo Stream. Altitude, from 1,100 ft. to 1,500 ft. About eighteen miles and a half from Waipawa. Permanent water.

Section 4.—Easy ridges and low terraces in fair pasture. About one-half of this section is ploughable; permanent water. Altitude, from 1,000 ft. to 1,400 ft. About sixteen miles and a half from Waipawa.

Section 5.—Easy ridges and small flats, mostly fair pasture of native and English grasses; about 20 acres of mixed bush and patches of manuka scrub and fern; permanent water. Altitude, from 1,000 ft. to 1,400 ft. About eighteen miles from Waipawa.

Section 6.—Easy ridges and small flats, fair pasture of native and English grasses, with patches of fern and manuka scrub; permanent water. Altitude, from 950 ft. to 1,400 ft. About seventeen miles and a half from Waipawa.

Section 7.—Easy ridges and flat terrace, mostly ploughable, in native and English grasses, with patches of manuka scrub and some mixed bush on the Mangamauka Stream; permanent water. Altitude, from 900 ft. to 1,300 ft. About seventeen miles from Waipawa.

Section 8.—All flat terraces, almost all ploughable, in fair pasture. Altitude, from 800 ft. to 900 ft. About sixteen miles from Waipawa.

Section 9.—All flat terrace, nearly all ploughable, in fair pasture. Altitude, about 800 ft. About sixteen miles from Waipawa.

Block XIII, Maraekakaho Survey District.

Section 43.—Flat terraces, nearly all ploughable, in fair pasture. Altitude, from about 800 ft. About fifteen miles from Waipawa. Has good belt of well-grown shelter plantation along its western boundary, which gives protection from west and north-west winds.

Section 44.—Flat terrace, nearly all ploughable, in fair pasture. Altitude, about 800 ft. About fifteen miles from Waipawa.

Section 45.—Flat terrace, almost all ploughable, in fair pasture, with a little manuka scrub. About fourteen miles from Waipawa. Altitude, about 800 ft.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Gwavas Settlement is situated on the Kereru-Waipawa Road, the nearest part of the estate being about a mile and a half from Tikokino, and about fourteen miles from Waipawa Railway-station, by a good metalled road. All the sections are accessible by motor-car.

The settlement consists mostly of easy ridges, portions of which are ploughable, and small flats. Sections 8 and 9, Block XII, Wakarara Survey District, and Sections 43, 44, and 45, Maraekakaho Survey District, are all flat terrace land, nearly all ploughable. The soil is light, but is in fair pasture at present, and will grow good root crops when cultivated.

The altitude ranges from 800 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level; there is permanent water on most of the sections, and it can be obtained by sinking in the stream-beds if necessary. There is a little fencing-timber on Sections 3, 5, 6, and 7.

W. H. SKINNER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 4th December, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 7, Block VIII, Opaku Survey District, containing 20 acres, will be disposed of under the provisions of section 14 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912, and section 35 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, on or after Thursday, the 11th day of March, 1915.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Canterbury Land District for License by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 5th December, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for license by public auction at the local Lands and Survey Office, Timaru, at 12 o’clock noon on Wednesday, 10th February, 1915, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

GERALDINE COUNTY.—FOX AND MOUNT PEEL SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Class A.

Run No. 241: Area, 33,600 acres; upset annual rental, £250; term, twenty-one years.

Weighted with £1,463 5s., valuation for improvements, which consist of fencing and hut (the property of the Crown) valued at £605 5s., and dwellinghouse, fencing, sheep-yards, and drains valued at £858, half of which total amount must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance within twelve months.

Altitude, from 1,400 ft. to 6,900 ft. Chiefly rough, broken, stony, and tussock country, about 15,000 acres of steep tussock hills, 2,900 acres of undulating and level stony country, partly shallow swamps resting on shingle, carrying good cattle-feed, and about 16,000 acres of broken high barren country; well watered by Rangitata River, Forest Creek, and several small streams and springs. Access from Rangitata Railway-station or Geraldine Township, thirty-five miles by good road to within seventeen miles of block, thence by formed dray-road.

The run is described for the general information of intending bidders, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

Possession will be given on the day of sale.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, and the local Lands Office, Timaru.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Westland Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 25th September, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 7th day of January, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—GREY COUNTY.

Section 3271, Block I, Waiwhero Survey District: Area, 3 acres 1 rood 5 perches.

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

Land in Marlborough Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908, and Amendments.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 3rd November, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 21, Block II, Gore Survey District, Marlborough Land District, containing 85 acres will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act and its amendments on or after Thursday, the 11th day of February, 1915.

H. G. PRICE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.