1892
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 72

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 9, Block XIX, Longwood Survey District: Area, 806 acres 0 roods 9 perches. Situated about four miles and a half from Te Tua Railway-station, access being partly by cart-road formed and partly metalled, balance unformed. There is a good grade for a tramway along the road, and reservation on the banks of the Camp Creek which intersects the section.

The estimated amount of timber on the section is about 2,530,000 sup. ft., comprising 1,080,000 sup. ft. red-pine and miro, 690,000 sup. ft. white-pine, 370,000 sup. ft. totara, 210,000 sup. ft. black-pine, and 180,000 sup. ft. beech. The quantities of the various timbers are roughly approximate, and are furnished for the information of intending purchasers, who are expected to make their own estimate, no contract being voidable by reason of the said timber being of less quantity, quality, or kind than as stated herein. Upset price for right to cut, £50.

The following are the royalty rates for the timbers specified: Rimu, miro, 1s. per 100 sup. ft.; white-pine, 1s. per 100 sup. ft.; totara, 2s. 6d. per 100 sup. ft.; black-pine, 2s. per 100 sup. ft.; beech, 1s. per 100 sup. ft.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The successful purchaser must pay the amount of his bid in cash on the fall of the hammer, together with one guinea license fee.

2. The timber shall be cut in a face, and the Crown reserves the right of following up the mill workings by felling and grassing such areas as from time to time will have been cleared of milling-timber, or of disposing of the land. Sufficient timber shall be left for fencing and general farming purposes.

3. The licensee shall not put, throw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, or placed, into any river, stream, or watercourse, or into any place where it may be washed into any river, stream, or watercourse, any sawdust or other sawmill refuse.

4. In the event of the above not being disposed of, applications may be received and dealt with at any time within six months from the above date of sale (unless previously formally withdrawn); provided, however, that the amount offered is not less than the upset price stated herein.

5. No compensation will be given nor shall any be claimed for any error, discrepancy, or misdescription whatever in respect of the timber in these conditions.

6. The purchasers shall be required to clear all noxious weeds growing on the above areas specified, in accordance with the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, and its amendments.

Full particulars may be ascertained and copies of the Timber Regulations obtained at this office.

THOS. BROOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Otago Land District for Lease to Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 12th June, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs are open for license by discharged soldiers under Part VI of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915. The selectors of Runs 596, 597, 598, and 599 will require to select the areas of settlement land attached thereto, in terms of the Land for Settlements Act, as set out below.

Applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, 8th August, 1919.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, at 10.30 o’clock a.m. on Tuesday, 12th August, 1919.

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

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—GLADBROOK RUNS.

Taieri County.—Sutton, Strath Taieri, and Loganburn Survey Districts.

Run No. 596* (Class A): Area, 1,656 acres; term, twenty-one years; half-yearly rental, £15; valuation for fencing, £184 0s. 9d.

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 homestead-site Section 43s, Gladbrook Settlement: Area, 537 acres 2 roods 25 perches; half-yearly rental, £43 8s. 6d.; valuation for building, £45. The building consists of the west wing of sun-dried brick structure on Section 5s, from which the successful applicant shall remove it. Fencing to the value of £38 16s. is included in the rental value of the homestead-site.

Run No. 597* (Class A): Area, 2,344 acres; term, twenty-one years; half-yearly rental, £22 10s.; valuation for fencing, £71 15s. 6d.

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 homestead-site Section 44s, Gladbrook Settlement: Area, 511 acres 3 roods 31 perches; half-yearly rental, £45 4s. 6d.; valuation for building, £35. The building consists of the centre part (without lean-to implement-shed) of the sun-dried brick structure on Section 5s, from which the successful applicant shall remove it. Fencing to the value of £83 5s. is included in the rental value of the homestead-site.

Run No. 598* (Class A): Area, 5,330 acres; term, twenty-one years; half-yearly rental, £40; valuation for fencing, £42 5s.

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 homestead-site Section 45s, Gladbrook Settlement: Area, 705 acres 2 roods 23 perches; half-yearly rental, £62 15s. 6d.; valuation for building, £30. The building consists of the east wing (without the lean-to stable) of the sun-dried brick structure on Section 5s, from which the successful applicant shall remove it. Fencing to the value of £60 is included in the rental value of the homestead-site.

Run No. 599* (Class A): Area, 8,060 acres; term, twenty-one years; half-yearly rental, £65; valuation for fencing, £390 13s.

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 homestead-site Section 46s, Gladbrook Settlement: Area, 454 acres 3 roods 25 perches; half-yearly rental, £63; valuation for buildings, £40. The buildings consist of lean-to implement-shed and lean-to stable attached to sun-dried brick structure on Section 5s, from which the successful applicant shall remove them. Fencing to the value of £121 6s. is included in the rental value of the homestead-site.

Run No. 600* Class A): Area, 3,240 acres; term, twenty-one years; half-yearly rental, £35; valuation for fencing, £207 1s.

• National endowment.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

These runs are subdivisions of the well-known Gladbrook Station, and are situated in Central Otago close to Middlemarch Railway-station, post-office, and school. Middlemarch is an important railway-station on the Central Otago line, about fifty miles from Dunedin. The nearest run to Middlemarch is No. 596, which is distant about two miles, and the farthest away is No. 600, which is distant about six miles, but it is only two miles from Sutton Railway-siding. Access is by well-formed, nearly level roads. All the runs are well watered. The country is at an elevation of from 900 ft. to 4,000 ft. above sea-level, Runs Nos. 596 and 597 rising to 4,000 ft., while the other runs are from 500 ft. to 700 ft. below that height. Runs Nos. 596 and 600 are on the south-eastern faces of the Rock and Pillar Range, while the others extend across the tops of the range. The runs are clad with tussock and native grasses, and are suitable for grazing sheep. Each homestead-site contains a proportion of ploughable land.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

Personal residence on the homestead-sites attached to the runs is compulsory, but the holder of Run No. 600 will not be compelled to reside on it.

The right is reserved to construct water-races and take water through any run or homestead-site without payment of compensation.

The following special conditions relating to military matters shall be inserted in the license of Run No. 600, viz.:

(a.) The Defence Department shall have the right to use the area for manœuvre, artillery practice, and field firing at any time on giving reasonable notice (say four weeks) so as to enable the licensee to arrange for the removal of his stock.

(b.) Troops using the area for manœuvre and practice shall have the right, without giving rise to any claim by the licensee for compensation, to disturb the surface by construction of trenches, gun-pits, or other military works, provided that at the termination of such manœuvres or practice such trenches, gun-pits, &c., shall be filled in to the original surface level.

(c.) The licensee shall not erect any buildings, yards, or dips without the sanction of the Defence Department.

Immediate possession of these runs will be given.

The valuations for improvements must be paid as soon as an applicant has been declared successful.

Plans and full particulars may be obtained from this office.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.