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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

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 of part 2166 will be given on the day of acceptance of tender, and of others on the day of commencement of lease.

3. The leases will be for the terms stated in the Schedule.

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.

The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Township and Rural Lands, Nelson Land District, for Sale by Auction for Cash.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 26th March, 1900.

THE under-mentioned sections will be submitted to public auction for sale for cash, at the Courthouse, Takaka, on Wednesday, the 16th May, 1900, at noon.

SCHEDULE.

Lot 1.—Part Section 21, Block X., Township of Takaka, 1 rood, fronting the main Takaka Valley Road, about two miles and a half from the Port of Waitapu; upset price, £25.

Lot 2.—Part 2 of Section 113, Block X., Waitapu Survey District, 34 acres 3 roods 7 perches; upset price, £2 10s. per acre.

Lot 3.—Part 3 of Section 113, Block X., Waitapu Survey District, 35 acres 1 rood 11 perches; upset price, £2 10s. per acre.

The above sections are situated near the Village of Takaka, distant about four miles from the Port of Waitapu, Golden Bay.

Part 2 of Section 113 is about one-half terrace land, medium soil for grass; timber, birch and rimu, and scrub in gullies. Remaining half nearly flat, fair soil; timber, rimu, birch, with a little rata and pukatea.

Part 3 of Section 113, two-thirds high terrace land, medium soil for grass on slopes and in gullies; timber, chiefly birch with some rimu. Remaining one-third nearly flat, rather wet, medium soil for grass; timber, chiefly brown-birch with some rimu.

Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee, within thirty days thereafter; otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Aorangi Settlement, Wellington Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 27th February, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands in the Aorangi Settlement will be open for selection upon lease in perpetuity on Thursday, the 5th April, 1900.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—AORANGI SETTLEMENT.

First-class Agricultural Land.

OROUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £260, repayable in twenty-one years in half-yearly instalments of £10 2s. 10d.: total half-yearly, £30 1s. 4d.

† Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £330, repayable in twenty-one years in half-yearly instalments of £12 17s. 5d.: total half-yearly, £48 10s. 1d.

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

Pastoral Run, Marlborough, for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 21st February, 1900.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned run will be open for application for lease at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Wednesday, the 4th April, 1900. If not selected on the 4th April it will remain open thereafter at the same rental.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—ONAMALUTU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Pastoral License under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Run No. 140: Area, 1,860 acres; upset annual rental, £12. Term of lease, twenty-one years.

Broken pastoral country, well watered, poor soil, covered with fern and scrub, accessible by road; twenty-three miles from Blenheim.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.