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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 65

Pastoral Lands classified in Otago Land District.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th April, 1917.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Commissioners appointed to classify and report upon lands in Otago Land District have classified the pastoral runs in the Schedule hereto as therein noted, and the classification has been approved by His Excellency the Governor under section 225 of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
Class A.—Pastoral Land.

Being Lands suitable exclusively for Pasturage and not capable of being used with Profit in Areas of a Carrying-capacity of less than 5,000 Sheep.

• Approximately 700 acres on lower side, Government race, not to be again let for pastoral purposes.

Class B.—Pastoral-Agricultural Lands.

Being Lands adapted in Part for Pasturage and in Part for Agricultural Purposes, but suitable for Subdivision in Areas not exceeding 5,000 Acres.

• Set apart for afforestation.

W. H. HERRIES,
For Minister of Lands.

Lands in Southland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 31st March, 1917.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Southland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Section 31a, Block VIII, Winton Hundred.

TENURE: O.R.P. Lease No. 634. Formerly held by Francis Frew. Reason for forfeiture: Non-residence and insufficient improvements.

Section 9, Block XIII, Waikawa District.

Tenure: O.R.P. Lease No.727. Formerly held by Alexander Alfred Wilfred Biggar. Reason for forfeiture: Arrears of rent and non-improvement.

Section 6, Block VIII, Tuturau District, Waiarikiki Settlement.

Tenure: R.L.L.F.S. Lease No. 59. Formerly held by Public Trustee in estate of John McMenamin, deceased. Reason for forfeiture: At request.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1917.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction for cash or on deferred payments at the Public Hall, Owhango, on Friday, 13th April, 1917, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—KAITIEKE COUNTY.—
KAITIEKE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Rural Land.

SECTION 16, Block IV: Area, 6 acres; upset price, £48.
Section 17, Block IV: Area, 6 acres 0 roods 6 perches; upset price, £43.
Section 18, Block IV: Area, 6 acres 0 roods 12 perches; upset price, £43.
Section 19, Block IV: Area, 6 acres 0 roods 7 perches; upset price, £49.
Section 20, Block IV: Area, 6 acres 0 roods 37 perches; upset price, £50.

Situated immediately to the south of and adjoining Owhango Township, on Main Trunk Railway. These sections front the Owhango and Kawautahi Roads, and are level, with light soil of fair quality mixed with pumice on papa formation. The bush, which has been milled, comprises rimu, matai, tawhero, &c. Elevation about 1,490 ft. above sea-level. Suitable for building and grazing.

Suburban Land.—Suburbs of Raurimu.

Section 2: Area, 9 acres 0 roods 15 perches; upset price, £46.
Section 3: Area, 10 acres 0 roods 18 perches; upset price, £51.

These sections are situated about a mile and a half from Raurimu Railway-station, the access being by formed dray-road to about five chains from Section 3; the remainder is surveyed road only. Each section is hilly, and comprises about one acre under bush and the rest is fern. About one acre of Section 2 is flat. Soil on both lots is of good quality, on papa formation. Elevation nearly 2,000 ft. above sea-level. Suitable for building and grazing.

TERMS OF SALE.

1. Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter.

2. Deferred Payments.—5 per cent. of the purchase-money and license fee (£1 1s.) on the fall of the hammer; balance by equal annual instalments extending over nineteen years, with interest payable half-yearly at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the unpaid purchase-money; but with the right to pay off at any time the whole or any part of the outstanding amount. In either case if the purchaser fails to make any of the prescribed payments by due date, whether of purchase-money or interest, the amount (if any) already paid shall be forfeited and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Titles will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1908. Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

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