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Mileage. Nearest Station. Description. Area and Dimensions. Tenure. Lessee. I Date of Lease: Bental From per Annum. When payable. (In advance.) How let. WE iLLINGTON-£ APIER-NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION— continued. Longburn-Waitara Rail 89th mile .. .. I way— Hokowhitu Section 58, Town of Palmerston Noith, with private - siding access thereto Laying flume to end of masonry culvert at 222 miles 60 chains, Longburn-Waitara Railway Piece of railway reserve near Midhirst Pit ce of railway reserve at Stratford Station la. Or. Op. Five years R. Nannestad and Co., of Palmerston North, timhar merchants S. H. James and T. H. Penn, of Stratford, fellmongers John Black, of Stratford, butcher T. L. Paget, of Stratford, medical practitioner 1st Oot., 1899 Land, £20; siding, £25 Quarterly, on 1st Oct., Jab., April, and July Yearly, on 1st Oct. Private treaty. 223rd mile Stratford Indefinite ; terminable on three months' notice 1st Oct., 1899 10s. Private treaty. 224ih and 225th miles Midhirst 4a. lr. Op. Five years 1st Oct., 1899 £1 103. Yearly, on 1st Oct. Private treaty. 222nd mile Stratford Oa. Or. 8p. Twenty years and a half; terminable by department after nine years and a half on six months' notice Indefinite ; terminable on three months' notice Five years I 1st Oct., 1899 £1 - Quarterly, on 1st Oct., Jan., April, and July Public auction. 148th mile Aramoho Right to lay tramway on railway land at Aramoho Right-of-way across railway land near Rata About 1 oh. long About 1 ch. long E. McGregor, of Mangaonoho, sawmiller A. A. Rains, of Rata, farmer i 1st Oct., 1899 £1 Yearly, on 1st Oct. Private treaty. Marton-Rangatira Branch, 10th mile Palm erst on-Napier Railway — 33rd mile .. Rata 1st Oct., 1899 10s. Yearly, on 1st Oot. Private treaty. Tamaki Tramway crossing over railway near Tamaki Piece of railway reserve between Kopua and Takapau Stations Drain on railway land at Waipawa Station Privilege of right ■ of - way at Stratford Indefinite ; terminable on three months' notice Four years H. Carlson, of Dannevirke, sawmiller Win. Nelson, of Tomoaca, sheepfarmer Waipiwa Town Board .. 1st Oot., 1899 £1 Yearly, on 1st Oct. Private treaty. 53rd and 54th miles Takapau 4a. 3r. Op. 1st July, 1899 £1 Yearly, on 1st July Private treaty. 74th mile Longburn - Waitara Railway, 222nd mile I Waipawa Stratford 12 ft. wide Indefinite ; terminable on three months' notice Indefinite ; terminable on three months' notice Nawton King, of New Plymouth, produce merchant 1st Jan., 1900 1st April, 1900 One pepper corn £2 17s. Yearly, on 1st April Private treaty. Private treaty. Palmerston - Napier Railway — 56th mile Takapau Portion of railway reserve at Takapau, with siding access thereto Privilege of tramway on railway laud at Takapau Oa. 3r. 2p. Five years P. Bartholomew, of Levin, sawmiller 1 Oct., 1899 £9 Half-yearly, on 1st Oct. and April Private treaty. 56th mile Takapau About 5Jch. long Five years P. Bartholomew, of Levin, sawmiller 1 Oct., 1899 £1 Yearly, on 1st Oct. Private treaty. Wellington - Woodville Railway — 77th and 78th miles Mauriceville .. Portions of railway land near Mauriceville Portion of railway land near Mauriceville 5a. 3r. 35p. Indefinite; terminable on three months' notice Indefinite; terminable on three months' notice John Kay, of Mauriceville, school-teacher Thomas Goodgame, of Mauriceville, settler 1 Oot., 1899 £5 14s. 4d. Half-yearly, on 1st Oct. and April Yearly, on 1st Oct. Public tender. 78th mile Mauriceville .. Oa. 2r. 30p. 1 Oot., 1899 13s. 2d. Private treaty, after public tender. Private treaty. 1st mile Wellington Portion of railway reserve on Waterloo Quay, Wellington Portion of railway land near Tutaekara Oa. Or. 15p. One year G. Norton, of Wellington, boatbuilder J. Wooldridge, of Mangamaire, settler INov., 1899 £5 1st Nov. 89th and 99th miles Longburn - Waitara Railway — 100th mile Tutaekara 13a. Or. 24p. Five years; terminable on three months' notice Uan., 1900 £2 Yearly, on 1st Jan. Publio tender. Feilding Piece of railway land at Feilding Oa. 3r. 7p. Indefinite; terminable on three months' notice The Manawatu Timber Company Uan., 1900 £5 Half-yearly, on 1st Jan. and July Pablio tender