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shall be one of the conditions of the new lease
that the new lessee pays to the Commissioner the
amount at which the improvements (if then exist-
ing) have been valued as aforesaid, or such less
amount as the Commissioner thinks just, having
regard to the extent to which such improvements
have deteriorated since the date of the original
valuation; and all moneys actually received by
the Commissioner in respect of such valuation
shall be paid over to the lessee under this present
lease as soon as the Commissioner is satisfied
that the new lessee has been admitted into full
and quiet possession of the premises: Provided,
further, that in no case shall the lessee under
this present lease have any claim against the
Crown or the Commissioner in respect of any
such improvements, or of the value thereof, save
to the extent of the moneys which are actually
received as aforesaid from the new lessee, and
available for payment, and which the lessee under
this present lease becomes actually entitled to.

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

Pastoral Land in the Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral land will be offered for lease by public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, the 25th April, 1900, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT. — HUTT AND WAIRARAPA SOUTH COUNTIES.

Pastoral Lease (under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892”).

Pastoral Run.

Term: Twenty-one years.

This land is situated on the Rimutaka Range to the north of Rimutaka Road, between the Featherston and Rimutaka Districts. A portion of the area is more or less cleared through bush-fires. Special attention is directed to a condition of license which provides that all rabbits on the land shall be destroyed and their increase prevented to the satisfaction of the Commissioner or of the Inspector of Stock.

TERMS OF SALE.

1. Possession of the run will be given to the purchaser of the license on the day of sale.

2. No person or company may become the holder of more than one run under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892”: Provided that the holder of any run under the said Act of a carrying-capacity of less than ten thousand sheep or two thousand head of cattle may become the lessee of an aggregate area sufficient to carry such a number of sheep or cattle. The holder of any small grazing-run under Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892,” shall not be the holder of any run under Part VI. of the said Act.

3. The license shall be dated on the 1st March, 1901, and shall include in addition the whole period between the date of possession and the said 1st March, 1901. The Crown or its assigns, or the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Wellington Land District for the time being, may at any time determine the license by giving to the licensee, or sending to him through the ordinary course of post, or leaving on the run, one year’s previous notice in writing of their intention so to do; the last payment of rent in such case to be a proportionate part of the said annual rent from the last day for payment of rent up to the date of such determination. No compensation whatever shall be payable to the licensee on account of such determination.

4. The license shall be subject to the following conditions, amongst others:—

(1.) That if the licensee, or any person claiming an interest through or under him, shall make or cause to be made any agreement or contract, or

shall give or cause to be given or taken any negotiable security, for the purpose of defeating or evading the provisions of, or shall in any way whatsoever, directly or indirectly, commit or be privy to a fraud upon, “The Land Act, 1892,” the license shall be liable to be forfeited and revoked:

(2.) That the licensee shall prevent the destruction or burning of timber or bush on the land comprised in the license:

(3.) That the licensee shall prevent the growth or spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the license, and shall with all reasonable speed remove or cause to be removed all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner: and

(4.) That the licensee shall destroy all rabbits on the land comprised in the license, and shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner or an officer appointed by him to inspect the ground, or of the Inspector of Stock.

5. The licensee shall have the exclusive right of pasturage over the lands specified in his license, but shall have no right to the soil, or timber or minerals thereon or therein.

6. One half-year’s rent and a license-fee of £1 1s. shall be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the purchaser shall make a declaration in terms of section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892.” The rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance, on the 1st day of March and the 1st day of September in each year during the term of the license. Should the half-yearly rental at any period not be paid within thirty days, a penalty of 10 per cent. in addition will be enforced.

7. No liability is accepted by or on behalf of the Crown in respect of any fencing existing upon the Crown lands offered for license.

DECLARATION.

I, __, of __, do solemnly and sincerely declare,—

1. That I am the person who, subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” am desirous of becoming the purchaser of a lease or license of pastoral lands.

2. That I am purchasing the lease or license of such lands solely for my own use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever.

3. That I am not the holder of any lease or license in any part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any lease or license in contravention of section 193 of the said Act.

4. That I am not the holder of a small grazing-run in any part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any such run.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

(Signature.)

Declared at __, this __ day of __, 19 __, before me—

__, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

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

Village-homestead Land, Ngamatea Village, Wellington, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 28th March, 1900.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on and after Tuesday, 29th May, 1900.

If more than one application be received for the section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington. If the section be not applied for on the 29th May, 1900, it will be open thereafter for application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT. — NGAMATEA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Weighted with £226 2s. 6d. for improvements.

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