South Canterbury Runs Sale,

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 11980, 31 January 1903, Page 1 (Supplement)

South Canterbury Runs Sale,

The following is the official description in the "Gazette" of the South Canterbury runs, the leases of which are to be sold by auction at Timaru next month. Mt Peel is 2nd class, the rest Ist class runs :

Kim 210, part of Mount Pee!, 1170 acres, upset annual rental £IOO, lease 13 years— This ran is situate on the western bank of the River Rangitata, about twenty-one miles distant from Rangitata railway-sta-tion, and from seven to ten miles distant from Peel Forest. It comprises for the most part river flats, covered with tussock and other native grasses. The improvements consist of about five miles of wire fencing. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on accour.t of improvements is £3Bl.

Run 8, Four Peaks, 10,300 acres, upset £450, 10 years—This run is situate in'the forks of the Haehae-te-Moana river, near Mount Four Peaks, about nineteen miles distant from Orari railway-station, at an altitude of from 1300 ft to 3800 ft above sea-level. It consists of mountainous country, covered for the most part with tussock and other native and English grasses. The improvements consist generally of about eighteen miles of standard and wire fencing. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements is £IB3O. Run 15, Sherwood Downs, 44,500 acres, upset -£6OO, 14 years—This run is situate in the forks of the Opuha liver, with the Two-thumb Range for a back boundary, about fourteen miles distant from the FairHe railway-station, at an altitude of from 2800 ft to'7oooft above sea-level. It comprises country generally covered with tussock and other native grasses. The improvements consist of about twelve miles of subdivision fencing. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements will be £2314.

Run 28, Mount Nessing, 15,000 acres, upset £425, 14 years—This run is situate on the Hunters Hills, between the Opawa and Hakateramea. rivers, about ten miles distant from Alburv railway-station, at an altitude of from 2200 ft to 5200 ft above sealevel. It comprises hilly country, the lower slopes carrying good pasture of tus- . sock, blue-grass, and other native grasses. The improvements consist of about thirty miles of boundary and subdivision fencing, The maximum amount y-hich the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements is £llß9. Bun 2CB, part Ashwick, 15,700 acres, upset £260, 14 years. —This run is situate between the summit of the Two Thumb range and the south branch of the Opuha river, about six miles distant north-west of the Fairlie railway station, at an altitude of from 2200 ft to 6600 ft above sea-level. It comprises mountainous country, mostly covered with tussock and other native grasses. The improvements consist of ten miles of i part boundary and subdivision fencing. The maximum amount for which the incoming i tenant will be liable .on account of improvements will be £665. Run 209, part Ashwick, 14,670 acres, upset £2lO, 14 years. —This run is situate between the Two Thumb range and Edwards river, about seven miles distant from the Fairlie railway station, at an altitude of from 4400 ft to 6300 ft above sea-level. It comprises mountainous country, mostly covered with tussock and other native grasses. The improvements consist of about 20 miles of fencing, internal and part boundary of run. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements will be £521.

Run 41, Mount Nimrod, 14,000 acres, upset £450, 14 years—This run is situate on the Hunters Hills, at tJ>e head of the Pareora river, about tek miles distant from Cave Railway-station, at an altitude of from 1800 ft to 5219 ft above sea-level. It comprises chiefly sloping spurs, with a northerly aspect, generally covered with bluegruss, snow-grass, and other natives grasses. The improvements consist of about thirty miles and a-half of boundary fencing. The maximum amount which the incoming ten-

ant will be liable for on account of improvements is £1855.

Run 44, Bluecliffs, 17,000 acres, up?et £425, 14 years.—This run is situate on the western slopes of the Hunters Hills, between the summit and the river Waihao, about twenty-three miles distant from St.

Andrews Railway-station, at an altitude of from 2000 ft to 5000 ft, above sea-level. It

comprises high spurs, falling steeply into the creeks, but becoming less rugged as they approach the Waihao river, mostly covered with tussock, snow-grass, and other native grasses. The improvements consist of about twenty-four miles and three-quarters of boundary and subdivision fencing, and two 12ft by 12ft wood and iron huts. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements is £1277. Run 47, Otaio, 15,372 acres, upset £575, 14 y.--.rs. This run is situate on the Hunters Hills, at the head of the Otaio nyer, about fourteen miles distant from Waimate railway station, at an altitude of from 1450 ft to 3500 ft above sea-level. It comprises spurs on either side of the range with easier slopes to the lower. country' generally covered with snow-grass, blu'eW.ss, tussock and other native grasses. The improvements consist of about miles of wire boundary fencing. The ma.xim™ amount -which "the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements is £1993. Run 50, Mount Studholme, 6300 neves upset £230, 10 years.—This run is situate on the western side of the Hunters Hills, and slopes down to the Waihao river, about six miles distant from the Waimate railway station, at an altitude of from 1400 ft to 3560 ft above sea-level. It comprises spurs falling towards the creeks and the Waihao

river, mostly covered with tussock, snow7rass, and other native grasses. The im-'-irovements consist of about nine and a half Tii'es of boundary and subdivision fencing, and an iron hut." The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will he liable

] for an account of improvements is £690. ! Run 61, part Hakataremea (a Lincoln College endowment), 15,288 acres, upset £SBO, 15 years.—This run is situate at the southern part of the. Kirkliston range, the southern boundary being the Waitaki river, about three miles above the Hakataramea. range, at an altitude of from 700 ft to 5000 ft above sea-level. It comprises country mostly covered with tussock, snowgrass, blue-grass, together with a fair sprinkling of English and other grasses on the lower spurs. The improvements consist of about eighteen miles of boundary and internal fencing, and two iron huts. The fencing includes about eleven miles of Government rabbit fence on the eastern boundary, not to be paid for by the incoming tenant, and two miles and a half of interior rabbit-proof fencing, for which full valuation will be payable by the incoming tenant. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements, irrespective of valuation for rabbit-proof fencing, is £2149. Run 61a, part Hakataramea, 6650 acres, upset £175. 14 years.—This run is ntuata on the western slopes of the Kirkliston range, having a small frontage on the Waitaki river, about 5i miles from Hakataramea railway station, at an altitude generally from 700 ft to 3000 ft above sea-level, though about 6000 ft at the extreme southern point. It comprises generally fairly well-grassed country. The improvements consist of about fifteen miles of boundary and internal fencing, including about 3£ miles of rabbit-proof fencing. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements is £794, exclusive of the rabbitproof fencing, for which full valuation is payable, in addition to the valuation for the other improvements. ( Kun 62, part Hakataramea (a Lincoln College endowment), 5400 acres, upset £IBO, 14 years.—This run is situate on the lower eastern slopes of the Kirkliston range, about twelve miles north of the Hakataramea railway station, at an altitude of from 1700 ft to 4000 ft above sea-level. It comprises country generally well covered with tussock, snow-grass, blue-grass, and other native grasses, with a fair sprinkling of English grasses in places. The improvements consist of about 8£ miles of boundary and internal fencing, which includes about 4£ miles of Government rabbit-fence traversing the centre of he run, and which the incoming tenant is not required to pay for. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements is £558. Run 62a, part Hakataramea, 9700 acres, upset £162, 14 years.—This run is situate on the eastern slopes of the Kirkliston range at the. head of Cattle Creek, about fifteen miles distant from Hakataramea railway station, at an altitude of from 2400 ft to 5900 ft amove sea-level. ItVmprises country partly covered with tussock and snow-grasses. The improvements consist of about miles of ordinary standard and wire fencing, including about three miles of rabbit-proof fence belonging to the Government. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements is £736. Run 64, part of Hakataramea, 11,000 acres, upset £275, 14 years.—-This run is situate on the eastern slopes of the Grampian Mountains, and extends about eleverf miles and a-half in a southerly direction' from the Hakataramea Pass, at an altitude of from 2000 ft to 5600 ft above sealevel. The lower spurs of the range are easy and sloping, and are mostly covered with tussock, snow-grass, blue-grass, and other rative grasses. The improvements consist of about twenty miles and a-half of boundary and subdivision f encing, and cob hut with iron roof. Included in this length of fencing are about three miles of Government rabbit-fence on the southern boundary, that are not to be paid for by the incoming tenant. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements is £630. Run 66, Waitangi, 49,250 • cres, upset £950, 14 years—This run is situate on the north bank* of the Waitaki river, about eight miles north-westward from Hakataramea Railway-station; it has a. frontage of about four miles to the Waitaki, and extends back about fourteen miles in a northeasterly direction. Altitude, from 800 ft to 6300 ft above sea-level. It comprises about 1000 acres of flat country fronting I on the Waitaki river, the i>..dance being mountainous and hilly country, the lower portions of which are generally *airly well grassed with tussock, snow-grass, bluegrass, and other native grasses. The improvements consist of about .ixty-one miles of boundaiy and subdivision fencing. Xlia maximum amount which the : icoming tenant will be liable for on recount of improvements is £3311.