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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 5

Crown Lands in Canterbury open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned allotment of Crown land will be open for application upon lease in perpetuity at this office, on Wednesday, 15th February, 1899, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments, and the special regulations relating to the disposal of allotments for workmen’s homes.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—SELWYN COUNTY.—WHARENUl HAMLET.
First-class Land.

This section is situated on the western side of the Wharenui Hamlet in the Riccarton Road District, having frontage to Bowen’s Lane, a few chains back from the Riccarton Road, about three miles and a half from the Christchurch Post-office. The soil is deep and of a rich quality, with a clay subsoil, and, being within the artesian area, a water-supply is obtainable. The selector of this allotment will be liable to pay the holders of the adjoining Lots, Nos. 1 and 3, one-half of the cost of the boundary-fences adjoining those lots.

Applications must be made only on the special forms, which are obtainable at the Land Office, and must be accompanied by a deposit of a half-year’s rent, and lease fee, £1 1s. Applicants will be required to attend in person at the meeting of the Canterbury Land Board at which their applications are to be considered, for the purpose of answering any questions which the Board may see fit to put to them. Should there be more than one eligible applicant for the section on the same day, then the right of selection will be determined by ballot.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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.

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.

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.