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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1584, 17 December 1885, Page 3

SMALL GRAZING RUNS, WANGANUI DISTRICT,. PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON. KARAWAREWA, PARATIEKE, and HEAO BLOCKS. Crow*u Lands Office, Wellington, 9th December, 1885. "VTOTICE is hereby given, m terms ±S of " The Laud Act," 1885, Part VII., that leases of the runs enumerated hereuiider will be submitted to public auction, at the Masonic Hall, Wanganui, on Tuesday, tlie 12th January, 188G, at the upset rental per acre stated opposite each run. SCHEDULE. g M Survey Jg *■§ o Area. < £ W District. |_| I p" Karawaeewa Block. a. b. p. 1 VHl.Waipa- 405 2 06d. lrvi-po 2 „ „ 412 2 06d. 3 „ „ 418 0 226 d. 4 „ „ 628 0 06d. 5 „ „ 640 0 08id "1 V. Manga- 550 0 06d. whero 2 „ | 566 0 06d. Remarks : Rough, hilly country, covered with manuka, tawai, tawhero, hinau, rewarewa, rimu, &c. ; the soil varies from poor to good ; water is generally available ; and a good horse-road has been formed partly through tlie block. Distance from Wanganui, by Field's Murimotu Road, about eighteen miles. Paeatteke Block. 11 VI. Manga- * I whero 221 1 249 d. 12 „ „ 499 3 246 d. 13 „ „ 341 0 396 d. 14 X. „ -89 1289 d. 15 „ „ 156 124b'd. • 16 „ „ 229 2 07^d. 18 „ „ 628 3 19 6d. 19 „ „ 299 316 6d. i 20 IX. „ 312 0 161s. I 21, part 1 „ „ 255 129 Is. Remarks : Undulating and hilly country, with occasional open flats on the Mangawhero River, covered generally with scrub and light bush on the hills, and with heavier timber m the gullies. The scrub consists of manukau, koromiko, mahoe, &c. ; the larger trees comprise matai, kahikatea, hinau, maire, &c. The block is fairly well watered ; the soil varies from fair to excellent ; it has been well opened up by horse-roads, and is distant from Wanganui about twenty-three miles by Field's Murimotu Road. Heao Block. 1 VII. Mangawhero 1985 1 06 d. 2 „ „ 605 0 06d. 4 „ 761 216 6d. 8 XWr/ „ 716 2 06d. 9 „ „ 927 0 06d.* *£500 for improvements to be paid by lessee. Bemarks : Rough, hilly country, generally covered with light bush and scrub, with some patches of fern land on the Wangaehu, at the southern end. The larger .trees comprise rimu, matai, kahikatea, and a few totara. The southern end of the block is accessible from Hales' Murimotu Road, and the northern part through the Paratieke Block; the distance from Wanganui being about twentyfive miles. The leases will be for an absolute term of twenty-one years, renewable for a further term of twenty -one years, m terms of section 209 of "The Land Act, 1885." ! Improvements equal m value to one year's rent must be» effected m each year for the first two years ; and before the end of the sixth year an additional amount, equal to two years' rent, must also be expended. Valuations for permanent improvements, as prescribed m .sections 210 and 214 of " The Land Act, 1885," will be paid at the expiry of the leases to the outgoing tenants. No .person can take up more than one run. ' No person who owns freehold land, or land under lease or license from the Crown which m all . would exceed 6000 acres, or who is incapable of making the declaration prescribed by section 200 of "The Land Act, 1885," can become a lessee. J. W. A. MARCHANT, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Charcoal! Charcoal- Charcoal. ; f^fTHY Burn Coal when you can get CHARCOAL as Cheap, Lasts Longer, More Heat, and Much Cleaner. Can be had m any quantities of the under- ....-*■ signed, W. G. Leigh, TERBAGE-ST. t PALMERSTON N. fIE"W ZEALAND RAILWAYS WANGANUI SECTION, Christmas and New Year Holidays. CHEAP FARES. SATURDAY Return Tickets issued from any station to any station from 19th December to January 2nd inclusive will be available for return till SATURDAY, 16th January, 1886. See Posters at all Railway Stations. By Order.