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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 51

Election of Trustee of Sluggish River Drainage District, County of Manawatu.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1898.

THE following result of the election of a Trustee of the Sluggish River Drainage District has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Land Drainage Act, 1893.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Sluggish River Drainage District :
William Amon.

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have for the purposes of “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894,” made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder written, and the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the said Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of the said section: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the owner is, and believe that such owner is not in the colony, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in me, as the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the said Act, the assessed value of the said land being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 4th day of July, 1898.

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 17·3 perches, more or less, being Allotment 12, Block 16, situated in the Extension of the Township of Forbury, near Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lands in Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 5th July, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that, the leases of the undermentioned Crown lands having been declared forfeited by resolutions of the Otago Land Board, the said lands have reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Lands in Rotorua Township for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office.
Auckland, 5th July, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease for a term of fourteen years of the under-mentioned land in the Township of Rotorua will be offered for sale by public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Friday, the 2nd day of September, 1898, at 11 a.m.

TOWNSHIP OF ROTORUA.

Block XLVI., containing 2 acres 1 rood 8 perches. Upset annual rent, £3.

Conditions of Lease.

1. Term of lease, fourteen years.
2. Rent is 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.

Land in Hawke’s Bay District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 5th July, 1898.

THE under-mentioned sections in the Tahoraite Survey District will be offered by public auction for lease at the Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday, the 31st August, 1898, at 11 a.m., at the upset rentals and for the term of years noted below.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

For Lease for Seven Years.

Each lease will be for the term of seven years, commencing from the 1st January, 1899. Half-year’s rent, and £1 1s. lease-fee, must be paid by the successful bidder at the close of the auction. No compensation will be allowed for any improvements effected by the lessee during the term of his lease.

Good level land, about four miles from the Kumeros Village. The sections have lately been in the occupation of Messrs. Laws and Little, and are well adapted for grazing purposes.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.