1914
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 90

MANUKAU COUNTY.—PARISH OF WAITARA.
Section S.W. 53 and Section 55, together containing 84
acres (plantation reserves); situated on the West Coast,
adjoining the Waitara River, and about six miles from
Pollok Wharf.

Term of lease: Five years. No compensation for improve-
ments during either the currency or on termination of lease,
but lessee may remove fences or buildings erected by him.

The lease will contain a condition that the lessee shall,
at his own cost, plant each year at least 10 acres of the
reserves in sand-binding grasses.

The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rangitata River Conservation Reserves to be let by Public
Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 12th October, 1897.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with the provisions of
"The Public Reserves Act, 1881," that written tenders
for the leases of the under-mentioned reserves in the Rangi-
tata River-bed, for the term of seven years, will be received
up to noon on Wednesday, the 8th December, 1897.

Tenders must be addressed to the Commissioner of Crown
Lands, Christchurch, and marked on the outside "Tender
for Rangitata Conservation Reserves," and must be accom-
panied by a remittance by bank draft, marked cheque, or
post-office order for the amount of a half-year's rent of the
reserves at the rate tendered for, together with one license-
fee of £1 1s.

The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

Any reserves not applied for on the 8th December, 1897,
will be open at the upset minimum rentals stated below.

SCHEDULE.
RANGITATA RIVER CONSERVATION RESERVES.

These lands are all situated on the Rangitata Island or on
the north and south banks of the Rangitata River, and
consist of river-bed land, all more or less subject to being
overflowed if the river is in flood. The land is light, and in
some places broken, or very stony and poor, but in others
well grassed, and capable, especially if worked with the
adjoining lands, of carrying a good deal of stock.

CONDITIONS.

1. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number
   of reserves which one person may lease, and no declaration
   is required. Residence and improvements are not com-
   pulsory. 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 for any other
   cause.
2. Possession will be given on the date of acceptance of
   tender.
3. The leases shall be for a term of seven years, but shall
   be subject to termination by twelve months' notice in the
   event of the land being required by Government.
4. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.
5. The lands are let for grazing purposes, and lessees will
   not be permitted to break up or crop any of the same with-
   out the written permission of the Land Board first had and
   obtained.
6. The lessee shall use all reasonable means to prevent the
   spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land com-
   prised in his lease.
7. The lessee shall destroy rabbits on the land, and shall
   prevent their increase or spread to the satisfaction of the
   Commissioner of Crown Lands or the Stock Department.
8. The leases will be subject to a provision that free rights
   of ingress, egress, and regress upon and over the lands
   leased shall be given to licensed anglers and sportsmen.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run and Reserves for Leasing, Marlborough Land
District.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 14th September, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands will
be offered for lease by auction, at the District Lands
and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Wednesday, the 10th day
of November, 1897, at 11 a.m.:—

PASTORAL LICENSE UNDER PART VI., "THE LAND ACT, 1892."

Orieri Survey District : Run No. 136 : Area, 110 acres ;
upset annual rent, £1 ; term, 21 years.

RESERVE FOR LEASING UNDER "THE PUBLIC RESERVES ACT,
1881."

Town of Picton : Sections 620 to 624 (inclusive) : Area,
1 acre and 12 perches ; term, 5 years ; upset annual rent,
£2 10s.

One half-year's rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must in each
case be paid on the fall of the hammer, and in the case of
the pastoral run the necessary declaration must be lodged.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands in Otago open for Selection on Lease in
Perpetuity.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 12th October, 1897.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be opened for
application upon lease in perpetuity at this office, on
Wednesday, the 8th December, 1897, under the provisions of
"The Land Act, 1892," and "The Land for Settlements
Act, 1894," and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—WAITAKI COUNTY.
First-class Land.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.