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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 51

Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land Board at the Courthouse, Lawrence, on Thursday, the 27th May, 1915, at 1 o’clock p.m. to answer any questions the Land Board may ask.

The ballot will be held at the Courthouse Lawrence, at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

Preference will be given to landless applicants who have children dependent on them or who have within the preceding two years applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully.

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SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TUAPEKA, TAIERI, AND MANIOTOTO COUNTIES.—BEAUMONT, TUAPEKA EAST, TUAPEKA WEST, AND HEDGEHOPE SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Subdivisions of Bellamy Station.

Run 523 (Class A): Area, 3,696 acres; term, twenty-one years; half-yearly rental, £12 13s. 6d.; valuation for improvements, £215 5s. 6d. Part is national endowment land.

The successful applicant will be required to take a license (expiring at the same time as the run license) under section 59 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, over Section 12A, Bellamy Settlement. Area, 814 acres; half-yearly rental, £62 6s. 6d.

Run 523 is quite close to Beaumont Railway-station, which is about twelve miles from the Town of Lawrence by a good road—the main road from Lawrence to Roxburgh. The run comprises a series of ridges intersected by broken gullies. Parts of the area are covered with manuka scrub. The soil is black loam, on clay formation; well watered by Lowburn Creek and Beaumont River. Altitude, 200 ft. to 2,200 ft. above sea-level. The improvements consist of fencing on half boundary from Lowburn Creek to ridge-top, 34 chains, £28 18s.; fencing on all boundary from ridge-top to Beaumont River, 74 chains, £63 16s. 6d.; fencing round paddock north of Sam’s Hill, and thence running south-easterly, 142 chains, £117 3s.; fencing on west boundary near Beaumont River, 12 chains, £5 8s.; total valuation for improvements, £215 5s. 6d.

Section 12A, Bellamy Settlement, is the homestead-site for the run. The improvements included in the value of the land are: Half boundary fencing from Lowburn to ridge-top, 34 chains, £28 18s.; half boundary fencing with Sections 2 and 31, 16 chains, £6 8s.; all west boundary along river-side road, 24 chains, £9 12s.; half boundary fencing with Section 11A, 7 chains, £2 16s.; half boundary fencing from Lowburn to Section 13A, 8 chains, £6; fence on north side of railway, 60 chains, £36; fencing on flat along Lowburn, 60 chains, £22 10s.; total, £112 4s.

Run 524 (Class A): Area, 3,595 acres; term, twenty-one years; half-yearly rental, £26 6s. 9d.; valuation for improvements, £113 14s. National endowment land.

The successful applicant will be required to take a license (expiring at the same time as the run license) under section 59 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, over Section 13A, Bellamy Settlement. Area, 55 acres; half-yearly rental, £8 13s. 3d.

Run 524 is situated on the ridges to the north of the main road, about two miles from Beaumont Railway-station and ten miles from the Town of Lawrence. The run comprises a series of ridges on which there is a quantity of manuka scrub. The soil is black loam, on clay formation; well watered by numerous creeks. Altitude, from 200 ft. to 2,300 ft. above sea-level. The improvements consist of fencing on half boundary with freeholds, 15 chains, £11 5s.; fencing on half north-east boundary opposite Trig. C, 60 chains, £15; subdivisional fencing across run, 106 chains, £87 9s.; total valuation for improvements, £113 14s.

Section 13A, Bellamy Settlement, is the homestead-site for the run. The improvements included in the value of the land are: Fencing along road-line boundary, 30 chains, £18; half fencing on boundary with run, 6 chains, £4 10s.; subdivisional fences, 45 chains, £20 5s.; total, £42 15s.

Run 525 (Class A): Area, 7,705 acres; term, twenty-one years; half-yearly rental, £37 8s. 6d.; valuation for improvements, £69 13s. 9d. Part is national endowment land.

The successful applicant will be required to take a license (expiring at the same time as the run license) under section 59 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, over Section 14A, Bellamy Settlement. Area, 845 acres; half-yearly rental, £46 11s. 6d.

Situated on the ridges in the watersheds on the Waipori and Tuapeka Rivers, to the north of the Dunedin–Roxburgh main road. Access from Beaumont Railway-station, distant about two miles and a half from Craigellichon Railway-siding, which is practically on the run, or from the Town of Lawrence which is nine or ten miles away. The run comprises a number of ridges, on some of which there is a quantity of manuka scrub. The soil is black loam, on clay formation; well watered by numerous creeks and gullies. Altitude, from 250 ft. to 3,700 ft. above sea-level. The improvements consist of fencing on half part of boundary with Section 14A, 3½ chains, £2 3s. 9d.; fencing on half boundary with Cotton’s pastoral run, 90 chains, £67 10s.; total valuation for improvements, £69 13s. 9d.

Section 14A, Bellamy Settlement, is the homestead-site for the run. The improvements included in the value of the land are: Subdivisional fencing on homestead-site, 50 chains, £30; fencing on half boundary with pastoral country, 3 chains, £1 17s. 6d.; fencing on half boundary with athenæum reserve, 42 chains, £16 16s.; fencing on main road at Craigellichon, 9 chains, £3 3s.; fencing on main road, athenæum reserve to Section 38, 120 chains, £45; total, £96 16s. 6d.

Run 526 (Class A): Area, 7,450 acres; term, twenty-one years; half-yearly rental, £30 1s. 3d.; valuation for improvements, £313 5s. National endowment land.

The successful applicant will be required to take a license (expiring at the same time as the run license) under section 59 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, over Section 15A, Bellamy Settlement. Area, 60 acres; half-yearly rental, £8 8s. 9d.; valuation for hut, £25. This valuation must be paid in cash.

Run 526 is partly near the headwaters of the Taieri River, and partly on the ridges to the north of the main road from Dunedin to Roxburgh. Access is from Beaumont Railway-station, which is about two miles distant, or from Craigellichon Railway-siding, which is immediately opposite the homestead-site. The run comprises a number of ridges which are broken by intersecting gullies. Many of the ridges and gullies contain a dense growth of manuka scrub. The soil is a good black loam, on a clay formation; well watered by numerous creeks and gullies. Altitude, from 250 ft. to 3,700 ft. above sea-level. The improvements consist of fencing on half boundary with Section 15A, 8 chains, £5; subdivisional fencing across run to Tuapeka River, 140 chains, £115 10s.; fencing on half boundary at north-east corner near Trig. A, 30 chains, £7 10s.; fencing on half boundary with Dunery’s pastoral run, 140 chains, £105; fencing on half boundary with Cotton’s pastoral run, 43 chains, £32 5s.; fencing on half boundary with Beaumont Station, 92 chains, £23; total value for improvements, £313 5s., including hut on homestead-site.

Section 15A, Bellamy Settlement, is the homestead-site for the run. The improvements included in the value of the land are: Fencing with pastoral country, 8 chains, £5; subdivisional fencing, 35 chains, £12 3s.; total, £17 3s.

Run 527 (Class A): Area, 10,645 acres; term, twenty-one years; half-yearly rental, £44 7s. 3d.; valuation for improvements, £287. Part is national endowment land.

The successful applicant will be required to take a license (expiring at the same time as the run license) over Section 16A, Bellamy Settlement. Area, 675 acres; half-yearly rental, £37 4s. 9d.

Situated within easy distance of Evan’s Flat Railway-station to the north of the main road. The railway-station is about a mile away, and the Town of Lawrence is distant about three miles and a half. The run comprises a series of ridges which contain a quantity of manuka scrub, but on which there is a good proportionate area of ploughable land. The soil is black loam, on clay formation; well watered by numerous creeks and gullies. Altitude, from 400 ft. to 3,700 ft. above sea-level. The improvements consist of fencing on half boundary in Tuapeka River, 27 chains, £6 15s.; fencing on half boundary with Beaumont Station, 130 chains, £32 10s.; fencing on half south-west boundary past Trig. C, 90 chains, £22 10s.; fencing on part of half boundary with Sutherland’s pastoral run, 124 chains, £31; subdivisional fencing near hut, 105 chains, £26 5s.; subdivisional fencing east from Section 38, 90 chains, £90; half part of boundary fencing up Tuapeka River, 50 chains, £25; hut, £35; chaff-house, £3; yards, £15; total valuation for improvements, £287.

Section 16A, Bellamy Settlement, is the homestead-site for the run. The improvements included in the value of the land are: Fencing on main road from Section 38 to Section 41, 80 chains, £32; fencing on main road from Section 41 towards Evans Flat, 53 chains, £21 4s.; fencing on road-line opposite Sections 32 and 33, 52 chains, £41 12s.; fencing on half boundary of Section 41, 36 chains, £28 16s.; fencing on half north boundary of Section 33, 18 chains, £12 12s.; fencing on east boundary with mining reserve, 40 chains, £12; subdivisional fencing from Mundell’s Yards up the hill, 10 chains, £3 15s.; subdivisional fencing from Section 41 to Section 33, 26 chains, £20 16s.; subdivisional fencing round small paddock near Section 41, 14 chains, £9 16s.; total, £182 11s.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.