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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 88

Reserves in Scarborough Township for Lease by Tender.

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

WRITTEN tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 29th November, 1899, for the leases of the under-mentioned sections. If any sections are unapplied-for on the 29th November, 1899, they will remain open for selection at the upset rentals, and for the terms stated below.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Scarborough Township.

Term, seven years.

These reserves are situated in the Scarborough Township, and, with the exception of Section 94, Block X., which is rough and partly wet, are all level and in grass.

CONDITIONS.

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. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. Residence and improvements are not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.

3. Possession will be given on the day of acceptance of tender.

4. The leases shall be for the term of years as specified above, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose 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 not be cropped nor broken up, except with the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and he 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, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

10. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee should 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.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

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

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

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 12th September, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for application upon lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 15th November, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—WAITAKI COUNTY.

First-class Land.

Gently undulating agricultural land; soil good. There is no permanent water on this section, but it can be obtained by sinking. Situated three miles distant from Town of Oamaru and two miles from Waiareka Dairy Factory. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £70 13s. 9d.

OAMARU SURVEY DISTRICT.—ARDGOWAN ESTATE.

{ 3 | III. | 23 2 12 | 8 0 | 4 14 4 }
{ 24A | " | 0 2 16 | 8 0 | 0 2 6 }

Level and gently rising ground; soil good, on old alluvial and limestone formations. No water on allotment, but good water, to which there is access, within 20 chains. Accessible by formed road, and situated a mile and a quarter from Duntroun Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £69 16s.

OAMARU SURVEY DISTRICT.—TEANARAKI ESTATE.

17 | XII. | 10 0 0 | 18 2 | 4 10 10

Rich agricultural land, all ploughable. Situated two miles from Enfield Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £30.

• Grouped.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Waimarie Settlement, Hawke’s Bay Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 26th September, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, and the Land Office, Gisborne, on Thursday, the 16th November, 1899. If more than one application be received for the allotment on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot. If the allotment be not applied for on the 16th November, 1899, it will be open thereafter for application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne:—

WAIMARIE SETTLEMENT, WAIMATA SURVEY DISTRICT, COOK COUNTY.

First-class Land.

Section 12, Block VIII.: Area, 5 acres; half-yearly rental, £2 16s; weighted with £84 for improvements.

Description of Land.—First-class flat land, in grass. The following improvements are now on the land: Dwelling-house and sheds; 1½ acres cleared of rushes, being ploughed and cropped last season and now lying fallow; garden and young orchard with live hedge and ornamental trees; while 8 chains of the boundary-fence have been erected (of which a share belongs to the lessee) and 8 chains of subdivisional fencing.

The Waimarie Settlement is situated ten miles from Gisborne on the main road from that town to Motu and Opotiki, the upper end reaching to within half a mile of the Orfmond Village. There is a cheese-factory in the vicinity, but just at present it is not in operation. The main road from Gisborne is of the best, level, and gravelled the whole distance, and at the present time two lines of coaches are running, making communication with the town and port easy, frequent, and inexpensive.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.