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4. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free
   of all deductions whatsoever; and if not paid within twenty-
   one days after due date the lessor may re-enter upon the
   land and determine the lease.

5. The lessee shall have no right to mortgage, sublet,
   transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion
   of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written
   consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and
   obtained.

6. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and
   shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of
   the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

7. The lessee shall prevent the growth or spread of
   gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious weeds or plants
   on the land comprised in the lease, and he shall with all
   reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all
   gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds or plants,
   as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lessee shall not carry on, or permit to be carried
   on, upon the land or any part thereof, any noisy, noxious,
   or offensive trade or manufacture, or do or suffer to be done
   thereon any act or thing whatsoever which may be an
   annoyance to the lessor or to any other lessee in the neigh-
   bourhood.

9. In the event of the lessee, upon the expiry of the term,
   not again becoming the occupier of the land under a fresh
   lease, he shall be entitled to payment of valuation for all
   improvements which he shall have effected upon the land,
   so far as the same are existing and unexhausted.

10. The lessee of any town section shall, within two years
    from the date of his lease, erect upon the land buildings to
    the value of at least £50.

11. No person shall be eligible to apply for or to hold more
    than one allotment in the township and one allotment in the
    village.

Sale plans and forms of application may be obtained at
the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Section in Ongo Survey District, Wellington, for Lease by
Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 7th November, 1899.

THE under-mentioned section will be offered for lease
by public auction, at the Survey Office, Wanganui, on
Wednesday, the 3rd January, 1900.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—KIWITEA COUNTY.

License to occupy under Section 116, “Land Act, 1892.”

Term: Year to year.

This section is situated in the Otamakapua Block, on the
Tapuae Ridge Road. The access is from Feilding and Wai-
tuna Village. The section is about twenty-four miles dis-
tant from the former and seven miles from the latter by a
good dray-road. It comprises hilly land, with a few acres
level. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa forma-
tion. The forest has suffered from fires; a few rimu, hinau,
and tawa trees are still standing. The section is fairly well
watered at present by small streams.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A deposit of a half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must
   be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

3. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time
   resume possession of the whole or any portion of the land
   comprised in the license.

4. The licensee shall have no right to compensation either
   for any improvements that may be placed upon the land, or
   on account of the aforesaid resumption, nor for any other
   cause.

5. The licensee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or
   otherwise dispose of the land comprised in this license,
   except with the written consent of the Commissioner of
   Crown Lands first had and obtained.

6. The land shall not be cropped nor broken up without
   the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands
   first had and obtained.

7. The licensee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and
   he shall prevent their increase or spread to the satisfaction
   of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The licensee shall prevent the growth and spread of
   gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in his
   license; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or
   cause to be removed, all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other
   noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commis-
   sioner of Crown Lands.

9. The license shall be liable to forfeiture in case the
   licensee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said
   license within sixty days after the date on which the same
   ought to be fulfilled.

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

Land in Wellington open for Selection on Lease in Per-
petuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for
selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands
and Survey Office, Wellington, the Survey Office, Wanganui,
and the Courthouse, Palmerston North, on Wednesday, the
27th December, 1899.

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 Friday, the 29th December, 1899, at
12 o’clock noon, at the Courthouse, Palmerston North.
Sections not applied for on the 29th December, 1899, may
be selected after that date at the District Lands and Survey
Office, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—RANGITOTO SURVEY DISTRICT.
—MANAWATU COUNTY.—OHAKA SETTLEMENT.

First-class Agricultural Land.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £554, repay-
  able in twenty-one years in half-yearly instalments of £21 12s. 2d.: total half-yearly, £108 15s. 6d.

† Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £31, repay-
able in twenty-one years in half-yearly instalments of £1 4s. 3d.: total half-yearly, £28 17s. 9d.

‡ Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £80, repay-
able in twenty-one years in half-yearly instalments of £3 2s. 5d.: total half-yearly, £51 14s. 9d.

§ Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £40, repay-
able in twenty-one years in half-yearly instalments of £1 11s. 3d.: total half-yearly, £41 0s. 4d.

For description of sections and conditions of lease see
pamphlet, which may be obtained on application personally
or by post from any Land Office in the colony.

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

Village-homestead Allotments, Otago, open for Lease on
Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 7th November, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for
selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on
Wednesday, the 3rd day of January, 1900.

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