SEPT. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1447

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.

Small Grazing-runs, Hawke’s Bay, open for Lease upon Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 29th August, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on and after Wednesday, the 26th October, 1898, at the annual rentals noted below. In case of more than one application for the same run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

WAIROA AND COOK COUNTIES.

Run No. 40 is first-class pastoral country, and Runs Nos. 37, 38, and 39 are second-class pastoral country.

Runs Nos. 37 and 38 are situated in the Rotokakarangu Block, immediately north of the Mohaka River, and distant about forty miles from Wairoa and twenty-eight miles from Mohaka. On Run No. 37 there are about 5,600 acres of open fern country, the remainder being mixed bush. About half the run is undulating and level, the rest rather broken. On Run No. 38 about 2,100 acres are open fern land, the balance being bush. The soil on both runs is light pumice, and they are well watered. They are accessible by means of a pack-track from Wairoa.

Run No. 39 is bounded towards the north by the forest reserve adjoining the Waikaremoana Lake. It lies about thirty-four miles north-west of Wairoa, and is accessible by means of a road recently formed for dray traffic. It is forest country, of an altitude varying from 1,500 ft. to 3,500 ft. above sea-level, the level of Waikaremoana being 1,015 ft. The land is rather rough, and broken by gullies, and the timber is black-birch, miro, totara, silver-birch, white-pine, and rimu. There is a little flat land, and a few spurs covered with Maori grass. The land is well watered with numerous streams, and well adapted for pastoral purposes.

Run No. 40 is undulating forest country, immediately west of the Crown land recently taken up in the Nuhaka North district. It is covered with mixed bush, consisting of black-birch and other timber, and is well watered. The soil is fair, and the land is well adapted for pastoral purposes. It is accessible from Nuhaka Settlement, distant twelve miles, by a road now being formed for horse traffic.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Land at Tautane, Hawke’s Bay, open for Lease upon Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 11th July, 1898.

THE under-mentioned Education Reserve will be open for lease for the term of thirty years, upon application at this office, on and after Wednesday, the 14th September, 1898.

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

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Tautane Survey District.

Weighted with £60 for timber on section.

The land is of fair quality, undulating, and well watered, with papa and rotten-rock formation. On the frontage to the Angora Road there are about 40 acres partly level, with a number of totara-trees which the late bush-fires have slightly injured in patches. The section is about two miles distant from the Wimbledon Post-office, and a good metalled road connects it with Dannevirke, the nearest railway-station.

The section is almost all covered with light bush, and a fair amount of totara still remains on the land.

Conditions of Lease.—The lease shall be for a term of thirty years without right of renewal, commencing from the 1st day of January or July following the date of application, and ending on the 30th day of June which shall first ensue after the expiration of thirty years from that date.

The value of the timber on the section, £60, must be paid on the day of the ballot, or immediately the application is approved.

The conditions as to occupation and improvements shall be those of perpetual-lease lands under “The Land Act, 1885.” The lessee will not at any time be allowed to acquire the freehold of the land.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village Allotment, Weber, Hawke’s Bay, open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 11th July, 1898.

THE under-mentioned village allotment will be open for selection at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday, the 14th September, 1898.

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

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—WEBER SURVEY DISTRICT.—WEBER VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Village Allotment, open on the Optional System.

Weighted with £4 for improvements.

This section is the last Crown section in the settlement. The Weber Village is situated on the main road from Dannevirke to Herbertville, twenty-two miles from the former.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.