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small grazing runs, wanganui district, provincial district of welling- ! ion. I l KARAWAREWA, PARATTEKE, and HEAO BLOCKS. . Crown Lands Office, Wellington, 9th December, 1885. "VTOTICE is hereby given, m terms iM of " The Land Act," 1885, Part VII. , that leases of the runs enumerated hereiinder will bo submitted to public auction, at the Masonic Hall, Wanganui, on Tuesday, the 12th January, 1886, at the upset rental per acre stated opposite each run.

SCHEDULE. ■« o Area. 4*< «g pq District. %£ ■ ff Kabawaeewa Block, a. v. p. 1 VHl.Waiim- 405 2 06d. kura 2 „ „ 412 2 OGd. 3 .„ „ 418 0 226 d. 4 - it „ 628, 0 06d. 5 „ „ 640 0 08|d 1 V. Manga- 550 0 06d. whero 2 „ ) „• 566 0 06d. Remarks : Rough, hilly country, covered with manuka, tawai, tawhero, hinau, rewarewa, riinu, &c. ; the varies from poor to good ; water is generally available ; and a good horse-road has been formed partly through the block. Distance fronl Wanganui, by 1 Field's Murimotu Road, about eighteen miles. Pabatieke Block. 11 VI. Mangawhero 221 1 2-1 9 d. 12 „ „ 499 3 24 ! 0d. 13 „ „ 341 0 39J6d. 14 X. „ 89 1 28 9d. 15 „ „ 156 1246 d. 16 „ w 229 2 07id. 18 „ „ 628 319 6d. 19 „ „ 299 316 6d. 20 IX. „ 312 0161s. , 21j 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 hifls, 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 0 6d. 2 „ „ 605 0 06d. 4 „ „ 761 216 6d. 8 XIV. „ 716 2 0 6d. 9 „ „ 927 0 06d.* *£500 for improvements to be paid by lessee. Remarks : 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 niiles. 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 Tun. 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. MABCHANT, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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