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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 35

These sections form part of the Waihi Block, and are forest land, some very good and some broken.
This block comprises lands belonging to seven distinct grants. Lands being portions of more than one grant will not be included in the same lease. Separate leases will, therefore, be prepared for any lease of two or more sections in different grants.

Other lands to be leased but not included in plan :—

• There are improvements to the value of £20 on this section.
  † Close to the Town of Waitara; open land.

CONDITIONS AS TO OCCUPATION AND IMPROVEMENTS.
The maximum quantity any lessee can hold is 640 acres of rural land of the West Coast Settlement Reserves.
Each lessee shall within two years from the date of his lease bring into cultivation not less than one-tenth of the land leased by him, and within four years of the said date not less than one-fifth of the said land, and within six years from the date of his lease, in addition to the cultivation of one-fifth of the land, shall place on such land substantial improvements of a permanent character to the value of £1 for every acre of such land.
Improvements to be suitable to and consistent with the extent and character of the holdings, and none shall be allowed for in any valuation in excess of £5 for every acre of rural land.
The lease will contain an arbitration clause to enable, at the end of the term, the value of improvements to be determined for which an outgoing lessee should be paid by an incoming lessee. It will also provide that, in the event of there being no accepted tenderer for the new lease, the old lessee shall have the option of accepting a fresh lease for the same period and on the same conditions as his first lease, at a rental to be fixed by arbitration, minus the value of the improvements, which is also to be fixed by arbitration.

CONDITIONS AS TO TENDERS.
Tenderers may offer for any number of sections, but no tender will be accepted for more than 640 acres in the aggregate. Such sections must, however, be contiguous, and not more than 200 acres of the open Waihi land will be let to one person.
After the declaration of tenders any sections not tendered for will be open for application at the upset rent. The first applicant to be declared the lessee, but, if there should be two or more applicants at the same time for any lease, the right to the lease shall be decided by lot.
A deposit of one half-year’s rent must be made at the time of tendering, the amount to be calculated on the highest amount offered by any tenderer for an aggregate area of 640 acres or any less quantity; but no deposit will be required for any quantity of land tendered for beyond the 640 acres.
Coloured lithographic plans of the Waihi Block will be on view in the several Land Offices throughout the colony.
W. RENNELL,
Reserves Trustee.

Sale of Leases by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Patea, 18th May, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that the unsold sections in the Town of Richardson, Wairoa Survey District, about eight miles from the Momahaki Railway Station, and subdivided into allotments as under, will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of fourteen years, at the upset rental of 6s. an acre, at the Land Office, Patea, on Saturday, the 27th June next, at 10.30 a.m.
No compensation will be allowed for improvements at the end of the term.
For conditions and further particulars apply to the under-signed.

C. A. WRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Leases by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Patea, 16th May, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that part of Section 45, Hawera Survey District, known as the “Waihi Reserve,” situate about three quarters of a mile from Normanby, and subdivided into allotments as under, will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of fourteen years, at the upset rental of 10s. an acre, at the Land Office, Hawera, on Wednesday, the 24th June next, at 10.30 a.m.
No compensation will be allowed for improvements at the end of the term.
For conditions and further particulars apply to the under-signed.

C. A. WRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

• Subject to £70 for improvements.

PARTICULARS of the Estates of Deceased Persons which have been placed under the Charge of the Public Trustee for Management during the Month of May, 1885.

Dated at Wellington, this 2nd day of June, 1885.
R. C. HAMERTON,
Public Trustee.