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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 62

Pastoral Run, Marlborough, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 15th August, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land will be offered at auction, at the Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Wednesday, the 28th day of September, 1898, at 11 a.m.

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SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Pastoral License.

(Under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”)

ONAMALUTU Survey District, Run No. 138: Area, 132 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rent, £2. Weighted with £39 12s., value of improvements. Fair soil. About 60 acres broken, remainder undulating pastoral; well watered; accessible by road, eighteen miles from Blenheim. One half-year’s rent and £1 1s. license-fee must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the necessary declaration lodged.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Small Grazing-run, Orieri Survey District, Marlborough, for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 15th August, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease upon application on and after Wednesday, the 28th September, 1898, at the half-yearly rental stated.

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SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Very broken country, well watered; mixed bush on lower slopes, with birch on ridges; about sixteen miles from Havelock by water.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Reserves in the Town of Levin for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 15th August, 1898.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 12th day of October, 1898, for the lease of the under-mentioned reserves. If any sections are unapplied-for on the above date they will remain open for selection at the upset rentals and for the terms stated.

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SCHEDULE.

LEVIN TOWNSHIP RESERVES.

These reserves are conveniently situated in the Township of Levin, which is on the Wellington and Manawatu Railway-line, about fifty-nine miles distant from Wellington. The sections are all level, and, with the exception of Sections 11, Block III.; 2, Block IV.; 3 and 10, Block V.; 4, Block VI.; 7, Block XII.; 3 and 7, Block XIII.; and 6 and 13, Block XIV., which are still either in forest or scrub, are, generally speaking, open and in grass, or partially so. The soil is light, and rests on a shingle formation.

Terms of Lease.

1. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease-fee.

2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, 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 any improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.

3. Possession will be given on the day of acceptance of tender.

4. The leases shall be for the term of years as specified above, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.

6. The lands are to be let for grazing purposes, and the lessees will not be permitted to break up or crop any of the same without the written permission of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

7. The lessee shall use all reasonable means to prevent the spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in his lease.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Land in Orakipaoa and Roimata Settlements, Canterbury, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 15th August, 1898.

THE under-mentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Tuesday, the 27th September, 1898. 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.

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SCHEDULE.

ORAKIPAOA SETTLEMENT, GERALDINE COUNTY, BLOCK III., AROWHENUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

SECTION 8: Area, 11 acres; lease in perpetuity, rent per acre £1 3s. 0·7d., half-yearly rent £6 6s. 10d.

The Orakipaoa Settlement, which is 50 ft. above sea-level, is situated on the north bank of the Temuka River, about two miles and a half distant in a south-easterly direction from the Temuka Railway-station, and comprises open level agricultural land of first-class quality. Section 8 has frontage on the Orakipaoa Stream. There is a good open stable or shed for machinery on the section, the value of which is included in the capital value of the land. The section is weighted with a sum of £3 18s. 9d. for new fencing, which sum must be paid on the day of ballot, or immediately the application is approved.

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ROIMATA SETTLEMENT, SELWYN COUNTY, CHRISTCHURCH SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

SECTION 13: Area, 3 acres 1 rood 27 perches; lease in perpetuity, rent per acre £3 10s. 9d., half-yearly rent £6 1s.

The Roimata Settlement is situated at Woolston, about two miles from Cathedral Square, Christchurch. Section 13 is situated partly above and partly below the terrace of the Heathcote River, and has frontage both to the River Road and Parkes Street, which traverses the settlement. The section contains good agricultural land, well adapted for market-gardening or other purposes, part of it being at present laid down in new grass. An old three-roomed house and outbuildings are included in the capital value of the land, on which the annual rental is based. The section is further weighted with a sum of £8 for new fencing, &c., which sum must be paid on the day of ballot or immediately the application is approved.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.