Dec. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1777

(3.) That the licensee shall destroy all rabbits on the land comprised in the license, and shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands or an officer appointed by him to inspect the ground.

5. The licensee shall have the exclusive right of pasturage over the lands specified in his license, but shall have no right to the soil, or timber, or minerals thereon or therein.

6. One half-year’s rent shall be paid in every instance, and in the case of all leases exceeding a term of six months a license-fee of £1 1s. shall be paid on the fall of the hammer. The rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance, on the 1st day of March and the 1st day of September in each year during the term of the license. Should the half-yearly rental at any period not be paid within thirty days, a penalty of 10 per cent. in addition will be enforced. The half-year’s rent payable on the fall of the hammer shall be considered the rent due on the 1st March, 1895.

7. The lessee shall not cut or trim the live fences now on the land without the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and he shall stub all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious plants.

8. The lessee must properly clean, clear from weeds, and keep open all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses which now are or may be upon the land, and the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall have the power at any time to enter upon and make any drain through the land that he may deem necessary.

9. The lessee shall be liable for all rates, taxes, and assessments during the term.

10. A right to search for and take gravel for making or maintaining roads from any of the lands disposed of is reserved; payment to be made for surface damage only.

11. The Government reserves a right of ingress and egress to the telegraph line which passes through some of the lands to be disposed of.

12. Lessees shall fence off all trees and plantations, and shall not permit any trespass therein, or damage thereto, and shall be held responsible for their safe custody.

13. In the event of the lessee failing to comply with any of the covenants hereinbefore mentioned relating to the stubbing gorse, broom, and sweetbriar, and to the cleaning, clearing from weeds, and keeping open all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses, it shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Crown Lands to have such work done, and to recover the cost of the same from the lessee.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Land in Southland for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 30th October, 1894.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land will be open for sale or selection on and after the 27th February, 1895, and may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on lease in perpetuity.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Land low-lying, covered with timber only fit for firewood; soil good; height above sea-level about 50ft. Distance from Invercargill about seven miles.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Lands, Pomahaka Estate.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 5th December, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that Section 59, Block X.; Sections 45 and 49, Block XI.; Sections 13 and 21, 7 and 8, Block XIII.; Sections 16 and 17, Block XIV., Pomahaka Survey District, may be applied for by the adjacent owners or by any other person on and after Tuesday, the 8th January, 1895, in any area not exceeding 640 acres.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Otago, open for Lease.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 19th November, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application on and after Wednesday, the 23rd January, 1895, at the half-yearly rentals noted below. In case of more than one application for the same run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
FIRST-CLASS PASTORAL COUNTRY.

Subdivisions of Pastoral Run 206F, Taieri Lake Station, containing open pastoral land of fair quality; situated about eleven miles from Naseby, two miles from the proposed railway-station at Ryan’s Crossing, and eighteen miles from Hyde; altitude, from 1,300ft. to 1,500ft.

WAITAKI COUNTY.

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Open, broken, mixed agricultural and pastoral country, good black soil, well watered; situated close to Livingstone Township. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £192 7s. This run was lately surrendered by John Sutherland.