Aug. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1379

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

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 15th August, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for application upon lease in perpetuity at this office on Wednesday, the 28th September, 1898, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

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SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

TEANARAKI SETTLEMENT.

Rich, level agricultural land; water mostly permanent; situated one mile and a half from Enfield Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £11 16s.

MAKAREA0 ESTATE.

| Waihemo | 65 | 19 3 23 | 0 7 7·5 | 3 15 11 |

Open terrace land, agricultural, soil rich; accessible from Dunback Railway-station by a good metalled dray-road, and has access to the Shag River. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £15.

PUKETAPU ESTATE.

| Waihemo | 9 | 21 1 31 | 0 7 6 | 4 0 10 |
| | 11 | 19 0 0 | 0 8 6 | 4 0 9 |

Open undulating land, agricultural; soil good on a sandstone formation; watered; situated about two miles and a half from Palmerston. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £80 7s. Allotments 9 and 11 are grouped and offered as one allotment.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,