742
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—KAITAWA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Wellington Fruitgrowers’ Block.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Hutt County.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
35, pt. 37 | X. | 173 1 18 | 1 9·6 | 7 16 1
Weighted with £475 for improvements.
36, pt. 37 | X. | 165 3 32 | 1 7·2 | 6 12 9
Weighted with £316 for improvements.

Horowhenua County.

40, 41, 42, | X. | 309 2 23 | 2 4·8 | 18 11 7
44, 56 |
Weighted with £1,044 for improvements.

58 | X. | 300 0 0 | 1 4·8 | 10 10 0
Weighted with £950 for improvements.

59 | X. | 300 0 0 | 1 0 | 7 10 0
Weighted with £644 for improvements.

43, 45, 47, | X. | 100 2 0 | 2 9·6 | 7 0 9
49 |
Weighted with £582 for improvements.

Locality and Description of Sections.
These sections are all situated in the Wellington Fruit-growers’ Association Block, about four miles from Wai-kanae Railway-station on the Wellington and Manawatu Railway-line, all more or less in a high state of improvement, the total value of which is noted against each section.

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

Town Lands in the Township of Mackenzie, Cheviot, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 24th February, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be offered for lease by public auction, at the Land Office, Mackenzie, on Tuesday, the 25th April, 1899.

TOWNSHIP OF MACKENZIE.

In the event of any of the sections offered for lease not being disposed of at auction, they will remain open for lease on application, at the upset rental specified above.

Conditions.

1. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of blocks or sections which one person may acquire, and no declaration is required. Residence and improvements are not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessees, nor shall any be allowed by the Government on account of improvements effected by the lessee, nor from any other cause; but lessees shall be allowed one month from the date of determination of their leases within which to remove any buildings or fences which they may have erected upon the lands comprised in their leases.
2. Possession will be given on the day of sale.
3. The leases shall be for the term of seven years, but will be subject to termination at any time upon six months’ notice, in writing, being given to the lessee by the Commissioner of Crown Lands in the event of the land being required by Government for any purpose.
4. The leases shall be subject to the following conditions, amongst others:—
   (1.) That the lessee shall prevent the destruction or burning of trees or plantations on or adjacent to the land comprised in the lease; and
   (2.) That the lessee shall prevent the growth or spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the lease, and shall with all reasonable speed 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.
5. The lessee shall have the exclusive right of pasturage over the lands specified in his lease, but shall have no right to the soil, or timber or minerals thereon or therein.
6. One year’s rent and the lease-fee of £1 1s. shall be paid in every instance on the fall of the hammer.
7. The lessee shall not cut or trim the live fences now on the land without the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and he shall stub all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious plants.
8. The lessee must properly clean, clear from weeds, and keep open all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses which now are or may be upon the land, and the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall have the power at any time to enter upon and make any drain through the land that he may deem necessary.
9. The lessee shall be liable for all rates, taxes, and assessments during the term.
10. A right to search for and take gravel for making or maintaining roads from any of the lands disposed of is reserved; payment to be made for surface-damage only.
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.

Land in Southland open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 28th February, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Wednesday, the 26th April, 1899.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—WAIAU SURVEY DISTRICT.
Merrivale Estate.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

A. R. P. d. £ s. d.
3 | VII. | 327 0 0 | 6·6 | 4 10 0

Open, flat, dry, shingly, with patches of good land; no permanent water; twenty-two miles from Otautau; altitude, about 200 ft. There is a valuation of £17 4s. for improvements as follows: Fencing (32 chains at 7s.), £11 4s.; ploughing (30 acres at 4s.), £6.

DAVID BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.