THE MACKENZIE RUNS

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14390, 4 January 1911, Page 5

THE MACKENZIE RUNS

IjETTERrfFROM THE MINISTER I^!! LANDS. vln roply to a letter from Mr T. B. Taylor, M.l 1 ., Sir Joseph .Ward lia» written as follows! — "I beg to acknowledge tlio lWif-ijili of your letter of December 12, in wlricU you state that fiu arraugomont vm made with several of the C*iitor»iirjr members that two or tluoo prtmii wilt men, audi as Mcsara Guihrio aud I'reStun, should bo consulted as t# tlie subdivision • boundary linos made by. tod Surveyors in the Mockonsie Country. When, however, I came to obtain fur-ther-information on the subjeot I found that: both of the gentlemen mentioned wero more oip leas personally interested in the matter, unci' considered that: in tho best interests of the community and themselves it would bo prefer tote. that they should not he consulted regarding the run boundaries, so Unit the Department might not In any wuy bo influenced by persons who tvoio likely, either directly or through •elo* tivce, to become applicants for, the. runs when offered to public application or auction. , • "Tho greatest expedition has been used to have the runs placed on mi# market at the oarliest practicable date, and the runs have already been ■. partly ! ndvortiscd, though the plan# cf sub- ] division are not expected to be r.vnjv- I od in Wellington before January 3,0r I 4, Full details and particulars Will i* published as soon w possible. j "I can only add that every powilfi* cane lias been taken, and tlie. vtri.i'is subdivisions have been determinoa i ftftcr export evidence has been- obtaiuad from all persons whose knowledge ir*s thought to be of. value. The boilfidsrics in "most , eases; as yon aw afrjl*, req it ire to be fixed with due regsrd w natural features and the present fpno* j 'THe actual result hM been. lfcDt h twenty-one rnns will -be opened Tor publio eelectlon, and if then it "Iff* than one applicant for any of them tne choice o£ sdeotion will be determined by ballot. This is in aooord*nco wli ' the provisions of Section OlOf'Jio Reserves and QtherLands ®WWI< PJS Public Bodies Empowering Act of lwt session. Nineteen runs wiU.be offen-« at auction, and these .will jncluae.,wl 'cases' where a run has been subdiviuow into three or four portions, and n. homestead hasbecnerected up o " "!® hf them, «o that miy have an opnortunity ot wte« the portion of tho run on which the homestead is situated, if he dt> so. Si* additional .runs will bo opened under kmall aming wn M =; tions, hut at these do not M" I '* > be offered twelve «<»>tha tefors «>B osoirv of tho present tenancy, tftry *n"&,offe«d rriator regard to.your quest-on es to the Wolds run; - I may any that it fcn« been. divided intp thry^J*^"# l two rons, m wMjewtkeea ey tea.