Feb. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 445

Leases in the Auckland Land District for Sale by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 4th January, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that leases of the under-mentioned town, suburban, and rural sections in the Town and Suburbs of Rotorua will be offered for sale by public auction at the Courthouse, Rotorua, on Friday, the 24th day of March, 1899, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Town of Rotorua.

Block IX.

Block X.

Block XI.

Block XXII.

Block XXVIII.

Block XXIX.

Block XXX.

Block XXXI.

Block XXXV.

Block XXXVIII.

Block XXXIX.

Block XL.

Block XLIX.

Block LI.

Block LVI.

Suburbs of Rotorua.

Rural Lots.

Conditions of Lease.

1. Term of lease, ninety-nine years.
2. Rents are payable half-yearly in advance to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Auckland; and the first half-yearly payment is to be made on the fall of the hammer.
3. Town sections to be improved within one year from the date of the lease to the value of ten times the annual rental. Rural and suburban sections to be fenced within one year from the date of the lease. No valuation for improvements will be allowed at the end of the term of lease.
4. No lease to be assigned, underlet, or the possession thereof parted with except with the consent in writing of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland.
5. All rates, taxes, charges, and assessments whatsoever to be paid by the lessee.
6. All buildings erected to be kept in good repair and condition, and in the erection of any building upon the sections within the town the lessee must abide by and conform to the alignment of streets and roads, and to all by-laws and regulations made by the local authority intrusted with the administration of the local affairs of the Township of Rotorua.
7. Privies, ashpits, and other works of a similar character to be constructed and maintained as directed by the local authority. All drains and channels, and the sanitary state and condition of the premises, to be subject to the by-laws and regulations of the local authority.
8. No wells to be sunk or any excavations to be made without the consent in writing of the local authority.
9. The trade or business of a soap-boiler, tallow-chandler, tanner, slaughterman, meat curer or preserver, or any noisy, noxious, or offensive trade or manufacture of any kind whatever will not be permitted.
10. Provision will be made in the leases for inspection of premises at all reasonable times.
11. Lease liable to forfeiture if rent be thirty days in arrear, and the lease will contain provisions for re-entry and for the recovery of rents.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Temporary Grazing Licenses, Starborough Estate.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 28th January, 1899.

APPLICATIONS for leases of the under-mentioned sections will be received up to 4 p.m. on and after Monday, the 13th day of March, 1899, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim. If there be more than one application on the first day for any of the sections, a ballot will be taken on Thursday, the 16th March, 1899, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim.

No deposit is required with the application, but the successful applicant must be prepared to pay a half-year's rent and license-fee immediately on his application being approved. This will be taken as the rent due on the 1st July, 1899. The next payment will become due on the 1st January, 1900.

The conditions and restrictions of the Land Act and the Land for Settlements Acts do not apply.

LANDS FOR TEMPORARY LICENSE FOR GRAZING: 335 ACRES.

Section 3, Block XI., Clifford Bay Survey District: Area, 174 acres; half-yearly rental, £11 19s. 3d.
Section 13, Block X., Clifford Bay Survey District: Area, 71 acres; half-yearly rental, £1 15s. 6d.
Section 14, Block XI., Clifford Bay Survey District: Area, 20 acres; half-yearly rental, £1 2s. 6d.
Section 5, Block XIV., Clifford Bay Survey District: Area, 44 acres; half-yearly rental, £3 6s.
Section 6, Block XIV., Clifford Bay Survey District: Area, about 26 acres; half-yearly rental, £1 19s.

Term of lease: From year to year until required by the Government. The lessee or lessees will have to give up possession of the sections on one month's notice.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Section in Town of Ormondville for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 14th December, 1898.

THE under-mentioned section in the Township of Ormondville will be submitted to public auction for sale for cash, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday, the 1st March, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—SUBURBS OF TOWN OF ORMONDVILLE.

Terms of Sale.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee, within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.