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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 62

Lease of Woolshed, Yards, Buildings, and 162 Acres of Land in the Cheviot Estate to be disposed of by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 3rd July, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the lease of the Cheviot woolshed, sheep-yards, sheep-dip and shed, shearers’ quarters, bakery and cookhouse, slaughter-house and outhouse, together with about 162 acres of land surrounding and adjacent thereto, situated close to the Township of Mackenzie, will be received at this office up to noon on Wednesday, 11th August, 1897, subject to the following conditions, and any others that may be deemed necessary:—
(1.) Tenders must be accompanied by a deposit by bank draft, marked cheque, post-office order, or cash, for the amount of a half-year’s rent at the rate offered, and must be enclosed in sealed envelopes, addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and marked “Tender for lease of Cheviot woolshed.”
(2.) The lease shall be for a term of three years, dating from the 1st September, 1897. Possession will be given to the accepted tenderer on the 16th August, 1897.
(3.) The rent shall be payable half-yearly, in advance, on the 1st March and 1st September in each year.
(4.) The land shall be used for grazing purposes only, and not broken up or cropped.
(5.) The lessee shall be responsible for the safe custody and maintenance of the buildings, structures, and fences, and shall deliver up the same in good order at the termination of his lease. The lessee will also be responsible for the abatement of any nuisance in or about the premises or land.
(6.) The lessee will be required to insure and keep insured in the name of the Queen during the currency of his lease the woolshed and other buildings for the sum of £500.
(7.) The lease will be subject to a condition that the settlers on the Cheviot Estate shall have a right to the use of the shearing-shed, dip, quarters, and adjacent paddock during shearing-time; and that the lessee shall shear, class, and bale the wool of such settlers at a price not exceeding £1 10s. per hundred sheep, the owners of the sheep providing wool-packs.
(8.) The lessee shall, between the 1st January and 30th May in each year, permit settlers on the Cheviot Estate to have the use of the dip, and shall provide all materials necessary for efficiently dipping the sheep to the satisfaction of the Sheep Inspector, and also one man to assist, at a price not exceeding 5s. for the first ten sheep, and 2d. per head over that number.
(9.) A right of access to the telegraph-line which passes through the land is reserved by and on behalf of the Government. A right to search for and take gravel for making or maintaining roads is also reserved.
(10.) The lessee shall, at least once in every year, properly cut and trim all live hedges and fences, and clear out all drains and ditches running through the land, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(11.) The lessee shall, during the currency of the lease, clear all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, &c. (not growing as fences), and noxious plants, and keep the same from growing or spreading on the land.
(12.) The lessee shall be liable for all rates, taxes, and assessments during the term of the lease.
(13.) The late lessees have the right, for a period of one month from the commencement of the new tenant’s occupation, of removing from the land about 99 chains of fencing, a four-roomed cottage, and pound-shed, erected during their tenancy, and the successful tenderer will take subject to this right.
(14.) The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Land in Auckland District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 12th July, 1897.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 1st September, 1897.

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

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Fern land; about three miles from Swanson. Subject to £10 for fencing orchard and garden.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands in Auckland District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 28th June, 1897.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 25th August, 1897.

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

SCHEDULE.
SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Situated about one mile from Herekino Post-office. Five acres open land on Section 8, and about 2 acres open on Section 14; balance on both sections light mixed forest.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.