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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2766, 3 February 1882, Page 4

Government IN otit-e*. V, FADE OF A 1 E S OF 173 OTAGO. K. RUNS IN General Crown Lands Office, ■Wellington, January 24, 1882. ONE HUNDRED AND SBYBNTYTHBKB RUNS, comprising an area of 2,300,217 acres of Crown Lands, well grassed, well watered, and easy of access by roads, will be offered for lease by public Auction on MONDAY, the 27th February next, at 11 o’clock s.tn., in Watson’s Long Room, High Street, Dunedin. ‘ The Runs average an area of 13,348 acres ; eig’ity-seven of them are under this average, the lowest being 3,200 acres, and eighty-six of them are above the average, the highest being 70,190 acres. The upset rentals average nearly 4d per acre, ranging from a fraction of Id up to 7d/ ranges from one year up to ten. Details of each Run, and lithograph maps can be seen at any Land Office, and posters giving full particulars of the Runs are exhibited at all the Railway Stations and Post Offices throughout the colony. Wir. ROLLEBTON, Minister of Lands. Y. B. WAIMATE PLAINS. Crown Lands Office, Patea, 19th January, 1882. Further sale of 6,125 acres of RURAL BUSH LAND, for CASH, by public auction ; and on DEFERRED PAYMENTS, on application. RURAL BUSH LAND IN BLOCK XIII., KAUPOKONUI, AND BLOCK V. NGAIRB SURVEY DISTRICTS. Residence not Compulsory. For CASH—Sections 3,5, 6, 8,10, 12, 13 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21. 22, 25, and 26, Block XIIL, Kaupokonui Survey District (2.275 acres) ; upset prices from 30s to 40s per acre. And sections 74, 75, 77, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83,85, 86,87, 90, 91, and 92, Block V. Ngaire Survey District (1,850 acres); upset prices from 25s to 30s per acre. On DEFERRED PAYMENTS.—Sections'4. 9, 11, 15, 20, 23, 24, Block XIIL, Kaupokonui Survey District (1,020 acres) ; upset prices from 35s to ,45s per acre. And Sections 74, 76, 80, 84, 88, and 89, Block V., Ngaire Survey District (980 acres); upset price from 30s to 35a per acre. The cash sections will be offered for sale by public auction, at Hawera, on WEDNESDAY, the 22nd February. Deferred-payment sections will be open for application at Patea and Hawera, on MON DAY, the 20th February next. Contested applications for any of the deferred payment sections will be decided on the 22nd February, at Hawera, immediately before the auction sale of the cash land. The sectionsin Block XIIL, Kaupokonui, abut on the continuous Native Reserve, between the Aurora Road and the Oeo River. The sections in Block Y., Ngaire, lie to the westward of the Waingongoro River, and are connected with the railway line by cleared road lines. The bush is mainly light timber, soft woods, and a few rata, and the land is well watered. Full particulars may be obtained and plans inspected at any land office in the colony. C. A. WRAY. Commissioner of Crown Lands.

V. E. SALE OF PASTORAL LEASES OP CROWN LANDS. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. General Crown Lands Office, Wellington, 7th Nov., 1881. THREE MILLION ACRES of Crown lands will shortly be open fur sale and lease in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand, This country is at present held under lease in large runs until the Ist March. 1883. These runs, after agricultural blocks, townships, plantation and other reserves have been taken, will be sub-divided into areas of about two or three thousand acres and upwards, according to the nature of the country, and will be offered for lease or for sale on pastoral deferred-payments In terms of " The Land Act, 1877,” and 11 The Land Act Amendment Act, 1879.” • The agricultural blocks will be forthwith surveyed, and will then be offered for selection on immediate and deferred payments. Areas exceeding 5,000 acres, will be let as runs for ten years, from the Ist March, 1883, with pre-emptive right over 320 acres for homestead. Areas under 5,000 acres will be generally for sale on pastoral deferred payments. In order to give new pastoral lessees time to make arrangements,; the licenses will, in terms of the Land Acts, be sold by public auction, at the Land Office, Dunedin, in the latter end of February, 1882, twelve months before possession is to be given. One year’s rent will be payable in advance on the license at the time of sale. The pastoral deferred payment sections will be offered for sale by public auction probably in November or December, 1882 ; possession on March 1, 1883, Terms: A deposit of one-thirtieth of the price of the land on purchase, the balance in halfyearly payments extending over fifteen years. Residence within twelve months is compulsory, and must continue for five years. Balance of instalments may be paid at end of ten years, in whiph, case Crown grant issues. The country has been occupied for upwards of twenty years. It is well grassed, well watered, sound,, gpd, healthy. Distance from port by good roads, and railways part of the way, from 30' to 160 miles. Maps. and. further particulars will be obtainable at the Land Offices of Nq»v Zealand early in December next, and at places in. the Australian Colonies t; 0 be named in future advertisements. Suitable blocks of land will also be surveyed immediately in the P rovincial District of Canterbury, for sale-on pastoral deferred payment, and will be offered for sale about March, 1882, WM. ROIiLBSTON, Minister of Lands,. Christmas Presents & New Zear’a, Girts- i Is Consequence of the* Heavy Stock held by. mb. S. SHAPPEEI WATCHMAKER tc JEWELLER Main Sooth Road. ’ TIMARU, He cannot Dispose of his B' as vertised for some time - D S ”n“' ofX q iihnr!! begS 10 Jit a continue of the liberal support > . f, his old standing conne f ven 5 in general. And as“ ction, and the pol business, a Larged usual coum Goods has comp Ne J Z ’ makers and ma - to kand * rom 1 Mr 8, to V ■ fket ?> ... m at BNGLIfJ’ oeet tke position, wIU dcacriptir PRICES. Repairs of c Watrhc' m executed on Jewellery jsr Watches cleaned on the premises at V.a (FIVE SHILLINGS). New Goods every mail. AUSTRALIAN GRAIN AND PRODUCE COMPANY, (Late McGregor, Gordon and Co.) 82, Boubke Stbbet West, Melbourne RECEIVE consignments and make advances equal to 75 per cent. New Zealand value f.o.b. upon Oats, Wheat, Barley, Flax, Grass Seeds, and every description of Produce, for sale either in Victoria, the London, cr foreign markets. HARRY C. ELDERTON, Manager and Auctioneer,