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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

11. The Government reserves the right of ingress and egress to the telegraph-line which passes through some of the lands to be disposed of.

12. Lessees shall fence off all trees and plantations, and shall not permit any trespass therein or damage thereto, and shall be held responsible for their safe custody.

13. In the event of the lessee failing to comply with any of the covenants hereinbefore mentioned relating to the stubbing gorse, broom, and sweetbriar, and to the cleaning, clearing from weeds, and keeping open all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses, it shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Crown Lands to have such work done, and to recover the cost of the same from the lessee.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Auckland for Sale by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 10th January, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned suburban and rural lands will be submitted for sale by public auction at this office on Friday, the 24th day of March, 1899, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Hokianga County.

WAIPOUA Survey District, Block I., Section 13: 300 acres; total upset price, £400. Contains about 450,000 sup. ft. of kauri timber, and comprises undulating pastoral land, well watered. One mile from Kawerua boat-landing, south of Hokianga Heads.

Hobson County.

Kaihu Survey District, Section 1, Block III.: 81½ acres; total upset price, £557. Contains 291 kauri-trees, or about 873,641 sup. ft. timber. Three miles from Maropiu Railway-station. Good land, covered with mixed forest.

Tutamoe Survey District, Section 4, Block XIV.: 582 acres; total upset price, £2,767. Contains 1,231 kauri-trees, or about 4,093,712 sup. ft. timber, and comprises good land, covered with mixed forest. Three miles from Maropiu Railway-station.

Mangonui East Parish (Mangonui County).

Section 46a: 23 acres 3 roods; total upset price, £12. Open land, on Maungaroa Creek, opposite Township of Mangonui.

Suburbs of Weymouth.

Lot 11: 3 acres 3 roods 35 perches; total upset price, £7 18s. 9d.

Lots 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 (together): 22 acres 2 roods 30 perches; £45 7s. 6d.

Lot 33: 13 acres 3 roods 36 perches; £28.

Lot 34: 21 acres 2 roods 29 perches; £43 7s. 6d.

Lot 35: 16 acres and 8 perches; £32 2s. 6d.

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.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Taranaki for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 28th February, 1899.

WRITTEN tenders, marked on the outside, will be received at this office, up to noon of Monday, the 22nd day of May, 1899, for the lease of the reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereunder, for the term of years stated, and subject to the following conditions. If no tenders are received on the 22nd May, 1899, it will remain open thereafter for selection.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—SUBURBS OF MANGAMINGI.

Conditions 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. Possession will be given on the day of acceptance of tender.

3. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time (should the land be required for public purposes) resume possession of the land comprised in the lease by giving twelve months’ notice in writing to the lessee of his intention to do so.

4. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for improvements made upon the land or on account of the aforesaid resumption, nor for any other cause.

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

6. The lessee shall fell and burn the bush, and shall sow the land comprised in his lease with a suitable mixture of English grasses and clovers, consisting of not less than 25 lb. weight of seed to each acre. All seeds to be of best quality; the proportions of mixture as well as the quantity and quality of seeds to be submitted before sowing for the approval of the Crown Lands Ranger.

7. The lessee shall, within two years from the date of his lease, enclose the whole of the lands comprised therein with a good and substantial fence (in terms of the Fencing Act); the style of fence and also the materials to be used in the construction thereof shall, previous to erection, be approved by the Crown Lands Ranger, and such fence shall be maintained and left in good tenantable repair at the expiration of the term.

8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of scrub, gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious weeds on the land included in the lease. Should any such be found on the land the lessee shall with all reasonable despatch remove the same in such manner as shall be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in the Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, 11th March, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that a lease of the under-mentioned pastoral runs will be submitted to public auction at this office on Thursday, the 11th day of May, 1899, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Pastoral Land under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Possession will be given on the day of sale.

The purchaser must deposit the statutory declaration required by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the sum of the half-year’s rent and license-fee on the fall of the hammer.

Valuation for improvements must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Invercargill.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.