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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 26

Crown Lands in Canterbury Land District for Sale under Section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands will be offered for sale under section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on or after Wednesday, the 19th April, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—HALSWELL SURVEY DISTRICT.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Land in Wellington for Sale under Section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned Crown land will be offered for sale, under section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on or after Wednesday, the 14th June, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Aohanga Survey District.

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

Rural Land in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction for Cash.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 18th February, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned rural lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Thursday, the 27th day of April, 1899, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—RURAL LAND.

Winton Hundred.

Section 49, Block IV.: 1 acre and 22 perches; upset price, £2 5s. 6d.

Section 50, Block IV.: 1 acre 1 rood 20 perches; upset price, £2 15s.

Toetoes District.

Section 37, Block I.: 9 acres 1 rood 24 perches; upset price, £9 10s.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run, Otago, for Lease by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office, Dunedin.
15th February, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted to public auction at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, the 19th day of April, 1899.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Run 259, Tuapeka County: Area, 30,830 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £100; valuation for improvements, £372.

The above run will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Possession will be given on day of sale.

Purchaser must deposit a statutory declaration required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the sum of a half-year’s rent, valuation for improvements, and license-fee, at the fall of the hammer.

J. P. MAITLAND,
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.