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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 11

capital value, £4,500; half-yearly rent on renewable lease,
£101 5s.

About 100 acres tussock slopes, fair to poor soil on rock;
remainder very steep broken hills, generally covered with
tussock. Well watered by Opuha River and streams. Alti-
tude, 1,400 ft. to 3,100 ft. Ten miles and a half from Fairlie,
nine miles and a half of which is by metalled road.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements that go with the land are as follows:
Section 1—190 chains of fencing valued at £77 10s.; Sec-
tion 2—215 chains of fencing, valued at £53 15s.; Section 3—
490 chains of fencing, valued at £70; Section 4—310 chains
of fencing valued at £77 10s.; Section 5—240 chains of
fencing valued at £46 5s.

Sale posters and full particulars may be obtained from this
office.

W. H. SKINNER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Southland Land District, open for License by
Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 23rd January, 1917.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
pastoral runs will be offered for license by public
auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill,
at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 28th day of February,
1917, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and its
amendments.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.

Class A.—Bluff Harbour Endowment.

Run 181A, Blocks V, IX, and X, Taringatura Survey District:
Area, 2,657 acres; upset annual rental, £125 10s.

Weighted with £185 19s. 3d., valuation for fencing, hut,
sheep-yards, and salt-box sheds.

Hilly country, free from snow, and covered with silver
tussock; good pasture. Situated four miles from Mossburn
Railway-station by good level road.

Class A.—Crown Land.

Run 176D, Manapouri, Mararoa, and Takitimo Survey
Districts: Area, 21,340 acres; upset annual rental, £130.

Weighted with £407 11s. 8d., valuation for fencing, hut,
and sheep-yards.

The whole is low, undulating country, free from snow,
covered with fern and tussock. Situated ten miles from
The Key, and thirty miles from Mossburn Railway-station,
by practically level road.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS.

1. Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1917.

2. Term of license, fourteen years from 1st March, 1917.

3. Purchaser must be over twenty-one years of age.

4. One half-year’s rent, £1 10s. license fee, valuation for
   improvements, and statutory declaration to be deposited by
   the purchaser on the fall of the hammer. Rent commences
   from 1st March, 1917.

5. No person may hold more than one run, except on the
   recommendation of the Land Board and with the approval
   of the Minister of Lands. If a husband holds a run, his wife
   is deemed to be a runholder, and vice versa.

6. Runs classified as pastoral lands (Class A) may not be
   resumed for settlement; runs classified as pastoral-agricultural
   lands (Class B) may be so resumed without payment of com-
   pensation; 300 acres of any run may be resumed for grassing
   experiments.

7. Rent is payable half-yearly, in advance, on 1st March
   and 1st September in each year. If not paid within thirty
   days of due date, a penalty of 10 per centum is added.

8. Term of license to be as stated hereon, with contingent
   right of renewal over the whole or a subdivision of the run
   for a similar term.

9. Licensee to prevent destruction or burning of timber,
   burning of snow tussock, burning of other tussock, except
   in July, August, and September; to prevent growth and
   spread of gorse, broom, sweetbrier, or other noxious weeds
   or plants; to keep down rabbits, and to refrain from burning
   grass during such months as the Commissioner of Crown
   Lands shall from time to time determine.

10. Licensee to have no right to the timber or flax on the
    land comprised in the license.

11. With the permission of the Land Board the licensee
    may (a) cultivate a portion of the run and grow winter feed
    thereon, (b) plough and sow in grass any area not exceeding
    3,000 acres, (c) clear of bush or scrub any portion of the run
    and sow same in grass, (d) surface sow in grass any portion
    of the run.

On expiry of license the value of licensee’s improvements
will be protected.

12. License is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

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

Land in Marlborough Land District for Lease to Discharged
Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 23rd January, 1917.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
are open for selection on renewable lease by dis-
charged soldiers under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement
Act, 1915, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and the
regulations thereunder; and applications will be received at
this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 21st March,
1917.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board
at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on
Friday, 23rd March, 1917, at 10 o’clock a.m.

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

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Wairau County.—Avon Survey District.—Erina Settlement.

• Interest and sinking fund on building valued at £100,
  payable in cash, or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instal-
  ments of £3 18s.; total half-yearly payment, £85 11s. 6d.

† Interest and sinking fund on building valued at £100,
payable in cash, or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instal-
ments of £3 18s.; total half-yearly payment, £96 9s. 9d.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements which are included in the price of the
sections are as follows: Sections 1s and 1A s—Fencing and
windmill, valued at £189; this windmill serves Sections 2s and
11s with water, and the right is reserved to the lessees of these
two sections to continue to take the water from the windmill.
Sections 2s and 2A s—Plantation and fencing, valued at £110.
Sections 3s and 3A s—Fencing, valued at £103. Sections 4s
and 4A s—Plantation and fencing, valued at £180. Sections
6s and 6A s—Fencing, dip, and yards, valued at £91. Sections
7s and 7A s—Plantation and fencing, valued at £124. Sec-
tions 8s and 8A s—Fencing, valued at £35. Sections 9s and
9A s—Fencing, valued at £38. Section 10s—Fencing, valued
at £103. Section 11s—Plantation and fencing, valued at
£146. Section 13s—Fencing, valued at £15.

The above values include half the value of the boundary
fences of adjoining estates.

The improvements which are not included in the price of
sections, and must be paid for separately, consist of: Sec-
tion 1s—Cottage of four rooms, valued at £100. Section 6s—
Wool-shed, valued at £100.

The following buildings on Section 5s will be sold by auction
on the completion of the ballot for removal or otherwise:—

£ s. d.
Old homestead residence, upset price .. 20 0 0
Old stable, upset price .. .. 7 10 0
Harness-shed and store-room, upset price .. 5 0 0
Cob whare, upset price .. .. 2 0 0
Seven old iron tanks, upset price .. 14 0 0
Old shed, upset price .. .. 1 0 0
———
49 10 0