May 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 961

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.

Small Grazing-runs, Marlborough, open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 22nd April, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease, upon application at this office, on Wednesday, 7th June, 1899, at the half-yearly rental stated.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—PINE VALLEY, MOUNT OLYMPUS, AND PATRIARCH SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Second-class Land.

Run No. 121: About 3,000 acres open, mostly fern and scrub, with native grass in the valleys; 600 acres of this are rocky tops, covered with snow in winter; 1,500 acres birch bush. Well watered. Nearly all steep hills, rising to 4,500 ft.; very broken. Thirty miles from Blenheim by road.

Run No. 122: Two-thirds fern and scrub, one-third birch bush; 100 acres flat in fern and grass. Well watered. The whole run is very broken; 400 acres rocky tops, rising to 4,500 ft., covered with snow in winter. Thirty-two miles from Blenheim by road.

Run No. 123: Two-thirds open, of which 600 acres are small flats and downs—fair agricultural land; remainder fern, scrub, flax, and native grass—very broken, pastoral only: one-third birch bush. Six hundred acres rocky tops, rising to 4,000 ft., covered with snow in winter. Thirty-five miles from Blenheim by road.

Run No. 124: About 20 acres English grass, 150 acres birch bush, remainder fern and scrub. Thirty acres flat; remainder steep hills, pastoral only. Altitude, 550 ft. to 2,365 ft. Well watered. Two-roomed cottage, small orchard. Twenty-two miles from Blenheim by road.

Run No. 125: Ten acres English grass, 140 acres birch bush, remainder fern and scrub. Nearly all steep hills, very broken; pastoral only. Well watered. Small orchard. Altitude, 550 ft. to 2,712 ft. Twenty miles from Blenheim by road.

Run No. 126: About 40 acres flat; remainder steep hills, very broken, pastoral only. Twenty acres birch bush; remainder fern and scrub. Well watered. Thirty acres English grass. Small orchard. Thirty chains boundary-fence, 30 chains interior fence. Twenty-two miles from Blenheim by road.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown land will be offered for lease by public auction on Wednesday, 21st June, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
Mount Robinson Survey District.

The section is situated on the Manawatu River, near the main road between Foxton and Shannon, the access being from Foxton, which is about seven miles and a half distant by dray-road.

The section is open, and mostly in grass. The soil is alluvial, of rich quality, and rests on a shingle formation. It is well watered.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
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.

Village-homestead Allotments, Wellington, open for Lease upon Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 21st day of June, 1899.

If more than one application is received for the same section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

PAKIHİKURA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

KAREWAREWA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.