1800

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 82

Small Grazing-run, Auckland, open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 12th October, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application on and after Wednesday, the 2nd day of December, 1896, at the rental noted. In the event of more than one application being received on the same day priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

RAGLAN COUNTY.-PARISH KARAMU.
Subdivision of Section 174, Auckland University College Endowment.

Run No. 3: 612 acres; annual rent, £15 16s.; subject to £26 7s. 6d. for fencing.

Nearly all open fern land, with patches of mixed forest; well watered, and situated about two miles from Whatatwhata.

The valuation for improvements must be deposited by the applicant immediately on being notified that his application has been successful.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Cheviot Estate for Lease by Public Auction.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 7th October, 1896.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of "The Cheviot Estate Disposition Act, 1893," and "The Land Act, 1892," that the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto will be offered for lease on the terms specified, at public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Cheviot, at 11 o'clock a.m. on Thursday, the 3rd day of December, 1896.

SCHEDULE.

In event of any of the lots not being disposed of at auction, they will remain open for selection, in terms of "The Land Act, 1892," on lease, at the upset rental.

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 improvements effected by the lessee, nor from any other cause; but lessees shall be allowed one month from the date of determination of their leases within which to remove any buildings or fences which they may have erected upon the lands comprised in their leases.

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

3. The licenses shall be for the term of twelve months.

4. The licenses shall be subject to the following conditions, amongst others:

(1.) That the licensee shall prevent the destruction or burning of timber or bush on or adjacent to the land comprised in the license;

(2.) That the licensee shall prevent the growth or spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the license, 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 of Crown Lands; and

(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 and the lease-fee of £1 1s. shall be paid in every instance on the fall of the hammer. The next rent shall be paid on the 1st day of September, 1897. 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, 1897, from which date the leases shall commence.

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 the 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.

First-class Land, Ashburton County, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 8th October, 1896.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 9th day of December, 1896.

If more than one application be received on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

ASHBURTON COUNTY.-HIGHBANK ESTATE.-CORWAR SURVEY DISTRICT.

This section is a portion of the Highbank Estate, situated on the southern side of the Rakaia River, about sixteen miles inland from Rakaia Township and Railway Township; altitude, about 900ft.; all flat; soil good, but lighter than other portions of the estate. More than one-half of the section is in grass. The fences comprise 46 chains of inferior gorse hedge on the south-east boundary, 146 chains of post, standard, and wire fencing on the north-east and south-west boundaries, and 71 chains of subdivisional fences.