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1889. NEW ZEALAND.

THE LEASING OF OTEKAIKE RUNS (CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO).

Return to an Order of the House of Bexirescntatives dated the 10th July, 1889. Ordered, " That there be laid upon the table of this House all correspondence and telegrams that have passed between the Minister of Lands and the Land Board or Commissioner of Lands in the Otago District relative to the leasing of Runs 28 and 28a, known as the Otekaike Runs, in Waitaki County ; and all telegrams to the auctioneer and Campbell and Sons, or Campbell and Sons' agents, referring to said sale."—(Mr. Duxoax.)

The Commissioneb of Cbown Lands, Dunedin, to the Hon. the Ministeb of Lands, Wellington. Sic, — Crown Lands Department, Dunedin, sth January, 1889. I have the honour to forward herewith report of Commissioners appointed by His Excellency the Governor to report to him under the 9th section of " The Land Acts Amendment Act, 1888," upon certain lands in the Otago Land District. I have, &c, J. P. Maitland, The Hon. the Minister of Lands, Wellington. Commissioner, Crown Lands.

EXTBACT FKOM COMMISSIONEBS' RePOBT. To His Excellency Sir William Feancis Deummond Jeevois, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand. May it please youe Excellency,— We, being appointed Commissioners by your Excellency under the 9th section of " The Land Acts Amendment Act, 1888," to classify and report to you upon the undermentioned rural lands in the Land District of Otago, being runs numbered 28, 28a , have now the honour to report to your Excellency that we have classified the same in the manner prescribed by the said 9th section of "The Land Acts Amendment Act, 1888," and as particularised in the attached schedule showing the classification and describing the boundaries of the said lands. Given under our hands, at Dunedin, this fifth da}' of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine. J. P. Maitland, \ C. W. Adams, '-Commissioners. Henby Clack, j EXTEACT FBOM SCHEDULE TO COMMISSIONEBS' REI>OET. Class I.—Pastoral lands, being lands suitable exclusively for pasturage, and not capable of being used with profit in areas of less than five thousand acres. Description. —Run 28, 20,000 acres, situated in Domett and Maruwhenua Survey District. Bounded on the north-west by Otiake River, on the north-east by surveyed land, on the south-east by Otekaike River, and on the west by right lines from Trig. F cone north to Mount Domett and south to Trig. V, Domett Survey District, and produced to saddle of Maruwhenua Pass. Bun 28a, 11,880 acres, situated in Domett and Kurow Survey Districts. Bounded on the north-west by Kurow River, on the north-east by surveyed land, on the south-east by Otiake River, and on the west by right lines from Mount Domett, running north towards Mount Kurow and south to Trig. 1? cone.

Memobandum from Commissioneb of Ceown> Lands, Dunedin, to the Undeb-Sbceetaky for Cbown Lands. Crown Lands Department, Dunedin, 30ch January, 1889. I have to transmit a resolution adopted by the Land Board at a meeting held on the 29th instant, fixing new terms and upset rentals at which runs the leases of which expire in March, 1890, &&o r shall be offered. J. P. Maitland, Commissioner of Crown Lands. The Under-Secretary, Crown Lands, Wellington. I—C. 8.