MONDAY, 20th January, 1873.

NOTICE is hereby given that sections 44 and 46, block II, Waikouaiti district, containing respectively 5a 0r 37p and 24a 2r 32p; sections 16 and 90, block I, Waikouaiti district, containing 85a 1r 39p and 36a; section 32, block XI, Hawksbury district, containing 162a 3r 39p; sections 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, block IX, Hawksbury district, containing 221a 1r 35p, 224a, 151a 1r, 155a 2r 5p, 116a 0r 29p, 205a 1r 30p, 303a 0r 37p—will be offered for sale, by public auction at the Court House, Hawksbury, on Wednesday, the 22nd day of January next, immediately after the Town land sale there on that date.

MONDAY, 20th January, 1873.

NOTICE is hereby given that Sections 66, 67 and 68, Block I, Moeraki District, containing respectively 106a, 1r 3p, 106a 3r 20p, and 68a 0r 36p, will be offered for sale by public auction at the North-Eastern Hotel, Palmerston, on Wednesday, the 22nd day of January next, immediately after the Town Sale there on that date.

MONDAY, 20th January, 1873.

NOTICE is hereby given that sections 1 of 24, 2 of 24 and 25, block 3, Kaitangata District, containing respectively 108 acres, 40 acres, and 137 acres 1r 39p, and section 2 of 35, block 3, Kaitangata District, containing 48a 3r 1p, will be offered for sale by auction at Mr Capstick’s auction rooms, Tokomairiro, on Monday, the 20th day of January next, after the Town Land sale on that date.

RUNS FOR SALE, 20th January, 1873.

NOTICE is hereby given that Pastoral leases for 10 years of the following Runs will be offered for sale by public auction at the Land Office, Dunedin, on the above date, at noon.

Run No. 303, situated on the west bank of the Waitaki river, opposite its junction with the Wairaki river. Contains 15,200 acres, 8200 acres of which are fairly grassed land (including 1800 acres agricultural), 6000 acres ferny land, and 3000 acres of bush. The rental will be an assessment of 7d. per head on 4300 sheep, that being the minimum number the run is estimated to carry. Possession of this run will be given to a new tenant on the 16th January, 1874, when the lease will commence, and the proportion of the first year’s assessment will be payable.

Run No. 350 is situated on the west shore of Lake Wakatipu, having the Greenstone river as its northern and the Von river as its southern boundary. Contains 46,000 acres, 20,000 of which are grassed land (including 700 acres agricultural), 15,000 acres ferny land partly grassed, 5000 acres with little grass, and 6000 acres of bush. The rental will be 7d. per head on 14,260 sheep. The lease will commence 26th Feb., 1874, when the first year’s rent will be payable.

Run No. 394 is situated on the east shore of Lake Te Anau, and is intersected by the Eglinton river. Contains 29,000 acres, 9000 of which are fairly grassed land (including 3000 acres agricultural), 18,000 acres ferny land, and 2000 acres bush.

The rental will be at the rate of 7d. per head on 8100 sheep. The lease will commence on 26th day of February, 1874, when the proportion of the first assessment will be payable.

Run No. 441 is situated on the west bank of the Waiau river, between Lakes Manipori and Te Anau. Contains 2606 acres, 1000 acres of which are open country, 1600 being covered with scrub and bush. The rental will be an assessment of 7d. per head on 375 sheep. The lease will commence on the 20th January, 1873, when the proportion of the first year’s rent will be payable.

Run 442 is situated on the west shore of Te Anau lake, on a promontory jutting out into the lake, and is bounded on the west by Te Anau bush. Contains 2000 acres, and is composed of scrub and grass country, and is estimated to carry 250 sheep. The lease will commence on the 20th January, 1873, when the proportion of the first year’s rent will be payable.

Run 443 is situated on the west ford of Te Anau lake. Contains 82,000 acres, 18,000 acres of which are fairly grassed land, 30,000 acres of high summer country, and the rest of bush. The rental will be an assessment of 7d. per head on 5300 sheep, the minimum number the run is estimated to carry. The lease will commence on the 20th January, 1873, when the proportion of the first year’s rent will be payable.

The sale will be in terms of the “Otago Waste Land Act 1872.” The upset premium in each case will be one half-penny per acre of the estimated area of the Run. A deposit of 1-10th part of the premium will be payable on the fall of the hammer and the balance within a month. The rent or assessment will be payable after the first year on the 1st day of October of each succeeding year.

The Runs are to be leased for a period of 19 years, terminable during that time, without compensation, by the lessor giving 12 months’ notice.

The Agricultural Land as delineated on the plans to be seen at this office, to be resumable at any time without notice or compensation.

Chief Commissioner Waste Land Board,
Department of Land and Survey,
Dunedin, 17th December, 1872.

SMALL RUN FOR SALE.

Monday, January 27th, 1873.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the lease for 10 years of Run No. 432, situate in the North-Eastern District, at Nokomai, containing 9500 acres, will be offered for sale by auction, at the Land Office, Dunedin, on the above date, at noon, in terms of the “Otago Waste Land Act 1872,” at the upset price of one half-penny per acre. Rental to be an assessment of 7d. per head on 1000 sheep, that being the minimum number the run is estimated to carry. A proportion of the rental and a deposit of 1-10th of the premium or purchase money shall be payable on the fall of the hammer, the balance of the purchase money within a month.

NOTICE is hereby given that Sections 2 of 13, 14, 17, and 18, Block III, Otikia District, containing respectively 31a 3r 35p, 190a 0r 32p, 144a 1r 16p, and 110a 1r 3p, will be offered for sale by public auction at the Land Office, Dunedin, on Monday, the 27th January next, at noon, at the upset price of 10s. per acre.

SECTION 43, Block I, Warepa District, containing 13a 3r 38p, will be offered for sale by auction, at the Crown Hotel, Balclutha, on Tuesday, the 31st January, 1873.