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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 104

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”
(Signature.)
Declared at __, this __ day of __, 189, before me—
____, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.
J. W. A. MARCHANT,
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 Waituna Village. The section is about twenty-four miles distant 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 formation. 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 Commissioner 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 Auckland open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 23rd November, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lands in the Auckland Land District will be open for selection, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on and after the 22nd day of January, 1900.

SCHEDULE.

Subject to £50 for improvements. Comprises broken forest land, well watered. Seven miles from Warkworth.

Subject to £125 for improvements. Generally open land of good quality. Thirteen miles from Huntly.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Land in the Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

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

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, 10th January, 1900.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

Rich reclaimed swamp land, accessible from Raupo Wharf and Tokatoka.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.