1946
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

Small Grazing-runs, Marlborough, open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 12th September, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for selection on Monday, 13th November, 1899.

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

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

About 300 acres birch bush, remainder fern and scrub; very broken; pastoral only; well watered. Average altitude, 1,500 ft. Twenty-two miles from Blenheim—by formed road nineteen miles, and unformed three miles.

ONAMALUTU SURVEY DISTRICT.

128 | 412 0 0 | 0 3 | 2 11 6
About 170 acres birch bush, remainder fern and scrub; very broken; pastoral only; well watered. Average height, 1,000 ft. Twenty-three miles from Blenheim—by formed road nineteen miles, and unformed four miles.

129 | 1,026 0 0 | 0 2½ | 4 16 2
About 600 acres birch bush, remainder fern and scrub; very broken; pastoral only; well watered. Average height, 1,500 ft. Twenty-three miles from Blenheim—by formed road nineteen miles, and unformed four miles.

130 | 1,325 0 0 | 0 3 | 8 5 8
About 500 acres birch bush, remainder fern and scrub; very broken; pastoral only; well watered. Average height, 1,200 ft. Twenty-four miles from Blenheim—by formed road nineteen miles, and unformed five miles.

138 | 992 0 0 | 0 3 | 6 4 0
About 150 acres birch bush, 650 acres burnt bush, 200 acres fern and scrub; very broken; pastoral only; well watered. 150 acres of the burnt bush is sown with English grass. Gold is found in small quantities in Flower’s and Nutmeg Creeks. Weighted with £45, value of improvements, which consist of the 150 acres of English grass. Eighteen miles from Blenheim—by formed road seventeen miles, and unformed one mile.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Marlborough, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 12th September, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands will be offered for lease by auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Monday, the 13th day of November, 1899.

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—PASTORAL LICENSES UNDER PART VI. OF “THE LAND ACT, 1892.”

Onamalutu Survey District.

Run No. 140: Area, 1,860 acres; upset annual rental, £12.
Run No. 141: Area, 2,213 acres; upset annual rental, £15.
Run No. 142: Area, 1,670 acres; upset annual rental, £11.
Term in each case, twenty-one years.

Arapawa Survey District.

Run No. 19: Area, 335 acres; upset annual rental, £1.
Term, ten years.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND.

Run No. 140: Broken pastoral country, well watered; poor soil, covered with fern and scrub; accessible by road; twenty-three miles from Blenheim.

Run No. 141: Broken pastoral country, well watered; about 1,100 acres bush, 250 acres burnt bush, remainder fern and scrub; accessible by road; about twenty-five miles from Blenheim.

Run No. 142: Broken pastoral country, well watered; covered with fern and scrub; accessible by road; about twenty-four miles from Blenheim.

Run No. 19: All hill, covered with fern, scrub, and birch bush; about twelve miles from Picton by water.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands, Canterbury Land District, for Lease by Public Tender.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 12 noon on Wednesday, the 25th October, 1899, for the leases of the under-mentioned Crown lands.

In the event of no tender being received at the time named for any of the lots, they will remain open for lease on application at the upset rentals and for the terms stated herein.

SCHEDULE.

Reserve 3418 forms the western portion of the Waiau Dip Reserve, situated between the south bank of the Waiau River and the road from Waiau to Culverden, about one mile and a half from the first-named township; and comprises open flat land about 500 ft. above sea-level. About 126 acres is agricultural land, fair to good soil, in stubble and grasses; the balance is light stony land, carrying tussock pastures and liable to floods.

Reserve 3421 forms part of the Hurunui Stock Reserve, and is situated on the north bank of the Hurunui River, adjacent to the Hurunui Traffic-bridge, and is intersected by the main road to Waiau. It comprises open flat land of light quality, with a considerable area of manuka scrub.

Rural Section 36628 is situated on the north-eastern bank of the Rakaia River, about two miles above the railway-bridge, and comprises open flat land of light quality.

Reserve 948 is situated in the Township of Arowhenua, fronting on Whitcombe Street, adjacent to the Railway-station, and comprises stony land of light quality.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or money-order for the amount of 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 leases will be for the terms stated in the Schedule, dating in each case from 1st January, 1900.

4. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time resume possession of the land comprised in the lease, or any portion thereof, by giving to the lessee twelve months’ notice in writing of his intention so to do.

5. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land, nor on account of the aforesaid resumption, nor for any other cause.

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

7. The land shall be used for grazing purposes only, and shall not be broken up or cropped without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

8. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and shall prevent their increase or spread to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

9. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall, with all reasonable despatch, 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.

10. The rent shall be payable half-yearly, in advance, free of all deductions whatsoever.

11. 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 be fulfilled.

12. The lessees of Reserves 3418 and 3421 will be required to at all times keep and provide upon the said lands accommodation for travelling stock at rates not exceeding the following:—