Small Grazing-run No. 174, Block XI.; 1,426 acres.

Agricultural and pastoral land, at an elevation varying between sea-level and an altitude of 1,220 ft. This run comprises 60 acres of very good agricultural land near the frontage, in tussock, and 1,366 acres of pastoral land. Of the pastoral portion, an area of about 330 acres is good low hilly country (part ploughable) covered with tussock and native grass, while 1,036 acres is rougher and higher, and rather bare, and scarred with slips in places. However, good tussock and native grasses grow at the heads of the creeks and page break

Flaxbourne Settlement, Looking North Towards Lake Elterwater from Section 6, Block VI. Spurs of London Hill on the Right of the Picture. Shows Parts of Sections 5 and 6, Block VI., 2, Block VII., and Small Grazing-Run 180.

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Flaxbourne Settlement: Blackburn's Flax-Mill on Small Grazing-Run 174. Lord Western Hills, Small Grazing-Run 175, in the Background.

on the tops. The main ridge is limestone. There is permanent water in the creek. This run is situated on the main road between Blenheim and Kaikoura, and eighteen miles distant from Seddon Railway-station. The improvements (which are included in the price of the run) consist of 219 chains of boundary and other fencing, valued at £97. (Note.—The public shall have the free; right of ingress, egress, and regress over the main road now in use, which passes through the section, until the road-deviation has been formed and opened for traffic.)