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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 69

In the event of more than one application being received
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.

WHAKATANE COUNTY.—PARISH OF MATATA.

Both runs are situated about five miles from the Town-
ship of Matata, and comprise open and bush land, broken,
and of inferior quality. Run No. 10 is weighted with £387
for improvements effected. Term of lease, twenty-one years.
Full particulars may be obtained on application at the
office.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Tauranga County for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 8th September, 1895.

It is hereby notified that a lease of the under-mentioned
land, for a term of seven years, will be offered at
public auction at the Land Office, Tauranga, on Wednesday,
the 30th day of October, 1895, at 11 a.m.

TAURANGA COUNTY.

Parish of Tahawai, Section 2, containing 16 acres 3 roods.
Upset annual rent, £1.
Term of lease: Seven years, without right of renewal.
No compensation for improvements during either the cur-
rency or at the termination of the lease, but the lessee will
have the right to remove any fences or buildings that may
have been erected.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Leases of Reserves and Crown Lands in the Canterbury Land District.

District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, 26th July, 1895.

It is hereby notified, in terms of "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," and "The Land Act, 1892," that the leases of the
under-mentioned reserves and Crown lands for the terms specified will be offered at public auction at this office on
Wednesday, the 18th September, at 11 o'clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

Descriptions of Lands.

Reserve 425 is situated at Springfield, adjacent to the
pottery-works, and comprises clay land of inferior quality,
poorly grassed, and partly covered with gorse and scrub.
Reserve 2012 is situated adjacent to Mr. John Studholme's
Coldstream Estate, at a distance of about eight miles and a half
in a south-westerly direction from the Hinds Railway-station,
and near to the north bank of the Rangitata River, and com-
prises open plain land, light soil, partly in native pasture
and partly in English grass which requires renewing. The
reserve as a whole has been fenced in, and there is a sub-
division fence running parallel to the south-west boundary.
The lessees will be required to maintain the fences and other
improvements to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of
Crown Lands. A county water-race intersects the reserve.
Crown land adjoining R.S.18412 is situated on the eastern
bank of the Haehaetemoana River, at a distance of about
four miles in a southerly direction from Geraldine, and com-
prises poor land and river-bed liable to flood.
Reserve 2999 is situated in the Township of Geraldine,
and comprises good land, partly infested by gorse.
Reserves 948 and 1846 are situated in the Township of
Arowhenua, and comprise land of light quality.
Reserve 102 is situated at Patiti Point, immediately to the
southward of Timaru, and comprises undulating land well
covered by English grasses, the northern portion being some-
what infested with gorse.
Section 34376 is situated about two miles and a half to the
northward of the Waitaki North Railway-station, and Sec-
tion 34375 about two miles and a half to the eastward of the
Waihao Railway-station: they comprise open plain land of
light quality, carrying native grasses.

Further particulars may be obtained on application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

Conditions.

1. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number
   of lots which one person may acquire, and no declaration is
   required. Residence and improvements are not compulsory.
   No compensation shall be claimed by the lessees, nor shall
   any be allowed by the Government, on account of improve-
   ments effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.

2. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

3. The leases shall be for the terms specified in the Schedule,
   but shall be subject to termination by twelve months' notice
   in the event of the land being required by Government.

4. The lands are let for grazing purposes, and lessees will
   not be permitted to break up or crop any of the same without
   the written permission of the Land Board first had and ob-
   tained.

5. Upon the fall of the hammer every lessee shall pay a
   lease-fee of £1 1s., together with a half-year's rent in the
   case of reserves whose annual rental exceeds £5, and one
   year's rent in the case of reserves whose annual rental is
   below £5.

6. The lessee shall prevent the growth or spread of gorse,
   broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in his lease,
   and shall with all reasonable speed remove or cause to be
   removed all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds
   or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner.

7. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land com-
   prised in the lease, and shall prevent their increase or
   spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner or an officer
   appointed by him to inspect the ground.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.