SALE OF PASTORAL RUNS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12600, 2 March 1903, Page 2 (Supplement)

SALE OF PASTORAL RUNS.

———<h- ] At the Crown Lands office, Dunedin, on the ( 2tth, a number ot pasioral runs, with an aggre- 1 gate acreage o( 108,300 acres, wero submitted to 1 public auction, Mr W. E. Sessions, chief \ clerk, acting as auctioneer. There was a largo *: attendance, but bidding was not spirited, tho ] louses in the majority of cases being rc-bought ] by the present holders at the upset rentals, i The runs were offered tor lease as advertised some time ago, with the exception ot the J,lon- 1 tero land, 8450 ncrcs of which were reserved : for settlement, comprising runs 021 a and 221b, leaving run 231 cto be offered, 3700 acrcs being • similarly dealt' with in runs 221, 221e, and 1 2i!Pii (grouped). The sale resulted its follows: < linns Nos. 217 and 217 a (grouped), Waitaki I County (Class I): Area, 31,4G0 acres; term, 14 i years; upset annual rental, £300. Situated ( about six miles from Herbert railway station.— | Mr W. L. Simpson (agent for Mr W. IJ.1 J . M'Ker- , row, Hampden), at £372. , Kuns Nos. 203b and 203 c (grouped), Manio- j toto County (Class I): Area, 10,700 ncrcs; tcmi, r 1' years; upset annual rental, £200. Situated about two miles from Kycburn post office.— ' Jlv Joseph Preston, Kycburn, at upset. ' Huns 213 i! and 213 c (grouped), Taieri County * (Class I): Area, 33,270 ncrcs; term, 14 years; * upset annual rental, £G23. Situated about 3 three miles from Middlemarcii rail wry station 1 (known as Gladbrook station).—Mr John f ltobcrts, at upset. t Run 221 c, Vincent County (Class II): Area, c SC33 acres; term, 14 years; upset annual ren- r tnl. £12(3. Situated one mile from Alexandra u and the same distance from Clyde.—Passed in. g Runs Nos. 221, 221e, and 238n (grouped), Vincent County (Class II): Area, 10,698 acres; n t?rni, 14 years; upset annual rental, £34G. y Situated about five milos from Alexandra find . the same distance from Clyde.—Mr Andrew t Jopp, at upset. . "Runs Nos. 212e and 212P (grouped), Tuapeka ; J County (Class II): Ana. JllO7 acres; terra, H J* years;" upset annual rental, £12 123. Situated « nix miles north-west of Kelso nnd five miles 2 west of Heriot.—Mr J. A; Kirke, Tapanui, at J unset. Section 23,. block VII. Table Hill district, Tuapeka County (Class II): Area, 050 acres; term, 14 years; upset anuat rental, £13 Bs. £ Situated about three milc3 from Waitahuna.— Passed in. n Sections 10, 12, and 13, block I. Dlinback district, Waihcmo County (Class II): Area, 553 acres; term, 10 years; upset annual rental, v] £;0. Situated nbont six miles from Pnlmerston. —W. and A. Sutherland, Palmerston, at upset. 1 TIILUiU, February 24. £ Sixteen pastoral thus-, situate in the Mac- •: kenzie, Geraldine, and '.Vaimate Counties, owned by the Crown, wort' submitted to auction ' a to-day by Commissioner Humphries. Mount' I Nessing, Otaio, Waitangi. Four Peaks, Sher- i V wood Downs, and Ashwick were the only runs disposed of, and they were all secured by the I v present occupiers at, upset rentals. Tho sale ji was well attended, lrai lacked animation. n 1 "" e Itedciiffe Crown Brand Gnivanised Comics led Iron; cheapest and best,—Hogg and Co, (liimifsd),- agents, .Lower Katlrny street, \