LAND SALE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16487, 28 February 1914, Page 14

LAND SALE.

PASTORAL RUN LICENSES. ; The licenses of threo pastoral runs, aggregating 25.460 acres, were sold by auction at’ the District Lands and Survey Office yesterday. The land was part of that withdrawn from sale exactly a year ago.

Of tho three. blocks, two wero in tho county of Ashburton and ono in the Mackenzie County. The description of the land as published on tho Land Board’s poster was as follows: —

Run 106—Situated about twelve miles from Mount Somers railway station, up tho southern branch of the Hinds River. High pastoral country; the slopes are good tussock land.' Run 107—Situated about seven miles from Mount Somers railway station. High. pastoral country, running up to 45t)0ft above sea-level. Run 243—Altitude from 2500 ft to 6300 ft above sea level. Rough pastoral country; situated near Ashwick Settlement, "at tho headwaters of Edwards Creek and Sawdon Stream. Access can bo given if necessary up Sawdon Stream or through Tekapo Run. Residence on rims 106 and 107 was compulsory and must commence within one year and be continuous until tho expiration of the lease or license, but residence might be dispensed with after ten years, under certain conditions.

There wero only about a dozen persoas present at tho time, advertised for, the sale, which was conducted by Mr R. Leckie, chief clerk, of the Department. The conditions of sale made it necessary for the successful bidders to deposit one half-years rent on tho fall of tho hammer, and the purchasers had no right to the timber or flax on the land. Tho value of improvements on the two runs in the Ashburton County had to bo paid before tho licensees obtained possession, which would be given, under ordinary circumstances, on March 1. __ For Run No. 106, Ashburton County, 7200 acres, tho upset rental was £575, and it was passed in, there being no bids. The upset for Run 107, 7109 acres, was £SOO, and no bid was forthcoming. . For the Mackenzie run, 11,160 acres, tho bidding started at tho upset, £lB6, and ran up to £336 before it was knocked down to Vyvian Lloyd Lo Cren.