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THE RESERVED RUNS.

At thb time of the sale of the leases of Canterbury pastoral holdings, a few months ago, a number of runs deemed suitable for cutting up into smaller holdings with a view to the extension of settlement were very properly reserved from sale, but from then nntil now we have not heard anything more about the matter. Has the Lands Department! gone to sleep we wonder ? If so, it is about time that it began to wake up. For the present leases expires on the 30th April or Ist May next, and it is high time that the publio were made; ware of the prices placed upon the rarious lands, and the date on whiohi they will be open for application. That date should at the very latest not be later than 30th April, and it would be* batter to fix it at least a month earlier. It must be gazetted at least forty days before any land can be taken up, and the conditions of the law would be complied with if the ■' Gazette " notioe appeared m the middle of January next, but we are of opinion that much more than this is wanted, and the widest possible publicity should be given as to the approaching sale which will be the most important we have had for many years. Indeed it will be almost the last ! opportunity for many years to come of acquiring land m Canterbury direct from the Crown, and it is not a day toe soon for the Department to be issuing its advertisements. We are glad to see that attention has been already called to this matter outside the bounds of our own Provincial Distriot. The •' North Otago Times " m the course of a recent article on the subject writes as follows t — " The present lessees of the runs know what the intentions of the Government are m regard to the runs, but those who are anxious to secure small grazing runs are perplexed by doubts as to when the runs are to be offered. Purchasers of runs usually have a year m whioh to prepare for stocking and carrying put other ""tecessary arrangements, but m this instance they will have but a short titrte at their disposal, as the present tenants are supposed to vacate m May ; otherwise the runs will be held against closer Settlement for some time longer. A great many of the South Canterbury runs are eminently suited forcutting-up, and under the circumstances the Government should make every effort to afford an opportunity to those anxious to take up land (of this sort of doing so at a** arly a date as possible.''

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2280, 14 November 1889, Page 2

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THE RESERVED RUNS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2280, 14 November 1889, Page 2

THE RESERVED RUNS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2280, 14 November 1889, Page 2

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