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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 101

Land in Town of Rotorua for Lease by Auction.

Crown Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 7th October, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands in the Township of Rotorua will be submitted for leasing by public auction, for a term of fourteen years, at the upset annual rentals and subject to the conditions noted below, at this office, on Friday, the 17th day of December, 1897, at 11 a.m.

TOWN OF ROTORUA.

Block XLV.: 3 acres 1 rood 8 perches; upset annual rent, £10.

Block XLVII.: 5 acres; upset annual rent, £5.

Conditions of Lease.

1. Term of lease, fourteen years.

2. Rents are payable half-yearly in advance to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Auckland; and the first half-yearly payment is to be made on the fall of the hammer.

3. No lease to be assigned, underlet, or the possession thereof parted with except with the consent in writing of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland.

4. All rates, taxes, charges, and assessments whatsoever to be paid by the lessee.

5. All buildings erected to be kept in good repair and condition, and in the erection of any building upon the sections within the town the lessee must abide by and conform to the alignment of streets and roads, and to all by-laws and regulations made by the local authority intrusted with the administration of the local affairs of the Township of Rotorua.

6. Privies, ashpits, and other works of a similar character to be constructed and maintained as directed by the local authority. All drains and channels, and the sanitary state and condition of the premises, to be subject to the by-laws and regulations of the local authority.

7. No wells to be sunk or any excavations to be made without the consent in writing of the local authority.

8. The trade or business of a soap-boiler, tallow-chandler, tanner, slaughterman, meat-curer or preserver, or any noisy, noxious, or offensive trade or manufacture of any kind whatever will not be permitted.

9. No valuation for improvements will be paid by the Crown; but lessees will have the right to remove fences and buildings on expiration of the term of lease.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Village of Waiomio, Auckland, for Lease by Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 15th November, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned reserve will be open for lease by public tender up to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 29th December, 1897.

Allotments Nos. 21 and 22 of Section V. of Village of Waiomio, containing 2 roods; term, 14 years; minimum upset rental, £2 per annum, payable in advance.

Tenders must be accompanied by one year’s rent, together with the lease-fee of £1 1s.

No compensation will be allowed at the end of the term for improvements.

Possession will be given on the date of acceptance of tender.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taranaki for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 22nd October, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned section of Crown land will be offered for sale by public auction on Wednesday, the 26th day of January, 1898.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Village of Eltham.

SECTION No. 40: Area, 1 acre; upset price, £15.

Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee, within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Land in Southland open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for application upon lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Monday, the 18th December, 1897, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

WALLACE COUNTY.—WAIAU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Merrivale Estate.

Land all bush, excepting about 3 acres; undulating, mixed bush, with considerable area of manuka; papa formation; soil fair, excepting manuka land. Fifteen miles from Otatau, two miles from dairy-factory reserve and school-site. Permanent water, touches Waiau River. Altitude, 200 ft. to 350 ft.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments in Southland open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 6th September, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office, on and after Wednesday, the 22nd December, 1897.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—NEW RIVER HUNDRED.

Village-homestead Allotments, Waianiwa Village.

The whole of the sections are covered with scrub; subsoil, deep red clay; soil good, but thin; sections are all well watered; height above sea-level, about 90 ft. Distance from Waianiwa Railway-station, about three miles.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Public Reserve, Nelson Land District, for Lease by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 15th November, 1897.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” that the lease of the under-mentioned reserve will be offered at public auction, at the Land Office, Nelson, on Wednesday, 29th December, 1897, at 12 o’clock.

Part Section VII., Waimea South, Block XVI., Wai-iti: Area, 2 acres and 27 perches; situate about half a mile from the Village of Wakefield, on the main road from Nelson to Belgrove. Upset rental, £5 per annum, weighted with the sum of £150 valuation for improvements, which consist of a well-built house, 24 ft. by 28 ft., of four rooms and scullery, with iron roof, brick chimney, and verandah all round.

Term of lease, 14 years. Purchaser must deposit the first half-year’s rent, lease-fee (£1 1s.), and valuation for improvements, on the fall of the hammer.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,