Jan. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 25

Lands in Taranaki District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the leases and licenses of the under-mentioned lands have been forfeited by resolutions of the Taranaki Land Board, and that the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892”:

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Land in Pawaho and Tamai Hamlets, near Christchurch, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land will be opened for selection on lease in perpetuity, as workmen’s homes allotments, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, 7th February, 1900, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” the Land for Settlements Act Amendment Acts, 1895 and 1896, and the regulations made thereunder.

If more than one application be received for the same allotment on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot, on Thursday, 8th February, at noon, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

If the sections be not applied for on the 7th February, they will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—SELWYN COUNTY.—CHRISTCHURCH SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

TAMAI HAMLET.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
23 | XII. | 1 0 0 | 3 10 0 | 1 15 0

This section is situated on the eastern side of the Tamai Hamlet, fronting on Smith’s Road, about 28 chains back from the Ferry Road, in the Borough of Woolston, the total distance from Cathedral Square, Christchurch, being about two miles and a half. The section comprises flat agricultural land, with from 6 in. to 8 in. of loamy soil on clay sub-soil.

PAWAHO HAMLET.

2 | XVI. | 1 0 30 | 2 6 6 | 1 7 7

This section is situated near the eastern end of the Pawaho Hamlet, fronting on the Hills Road, about 20 chains from the Heathcote Railway-station, and comprises low-lying flat agricultural land of good quality, partly liable to be flooded in winter.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,

Lease of a Public Reserve at Moeraki, Otago Land District.

Crown Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 12th December, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that a lease of the under-mentioned lands will be submitted to public auction under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, the 21st day of February, 1900:

Part Section 76, Block IV., Moeraki District: Area, 4 acres (approximate); upset annual rental, £1 5s.; term of lease, fourteen years.

Full particulars can be obtained at this office.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Town and Rural Lands at Hanmer Springs for Lease on Application.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned town and rural sections at Hanmer Springs will be opened for lease on application, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 31st January, 1900. In the event of more than one application being received on the same day for the same section, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 o’clock a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

HANMER SPRINGS TOWNSHIP.

A. R. P. £ s. d.
12 | I. | 1 0 0 | 2 0 0

HANMER SPRINGS VILLAGE.

13 | .. | 18 3 25 | 2 0 0

This section consists partly of good flax and manuka swamp, and partly of poor shingly soil covered with tussock.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Applications must be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch, and must be accompanied by a deposit of a half-year’s rent, together with £1 1s. lease-fee.
2. Possession will be given immediately on approval by the Land Board of the application.
3. The leases will be for terms of forty-two years.
4. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free of all deductions whatsoever; and if not paid within twenty-one days after due date the lessor may re-enter upon the land and determine the lease.
5. The lessee shall have no right to mortgage, 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.
6. 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.
7. The lessee shall prevent the growth or spread of gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious weeds or plants 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.
8. The lessee shall not carry on, or permit to be carried on, upon the land or any part thereof, any noisy, noxious, or offensive trade or manufacture, or do or suffer to be done thereon any act or thing whatsoever which may be an annoyance to the lessor or to any other lessee in the neighbourhood.
9. In the event of the lessee, upon the expiry of the term, not again becoming the occupier of the land under a fresh lease, he shall be entitled to payment of valuation for all improvements which he shall have effected upon the land, so far as the same are existing and unexhausted.
10. The lessee of any town section shall, within two years from the date of his lease, erect upon the land buildings to the value of at least £50.
11. No person shall be eligible to apply for or to hold more than one allotment in the township and one allotment in the village.

Sale plans and forms of application may be obtained at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,