May 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 885

hammer, one-third within two years, and the remaining third within four years from date of sale.

The timber to be removed within seven years from date of sale.

All timber to be shipped by railway at the Whakapara booms.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in the Albury Settlement, County of Mackenzie, Canterbury, open for Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 2nd April, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land will be opened for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Offices, Christchurch and Timaru, on Tuesday, the 29th May, 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 section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

If the sections be not applied for on the 29th May, 1900, they will be open for application thereafter at the District Land and Survey Offices, Christchurch and Timaru.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT. — MACKENZIE COUNTY. — TE NGAWAI SURVEY DISTRICT. — ALBURY SETTLEMENT.

First-class Agricultural Land.

Lot 47, Albury Settlement, is situated on the north side of the Camp Valley Road, about two miles westward from Albury Railway-station by good metalled road; there is also access from the north-eastern corner of the section to Tengawai Railway-station, distant one mile and a quarter. The land consists of open flat-topped downs, sloping gradually towards the north and east, and falling abruptly towards the Camp Valley Road; the soil is a rich loam over clay subsoil. The elevation ranges from about 850 ft. to 1,100 ft. above sea-level.

Lots 62 and 63 are situated on the south side of the Camp Valley Road, about four miles westward from Albury Railway-station; they consist of open undulating land with flat-topped spurs, at an elevation of from 1,100 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level; the soil being a deep loam of good quality on clay subsoil.

The sections are weighted with valuations for improvements as follows: Lot 47, £68 17s., being valuation of small house and boundary fencing; Lots 62 and 63, £38, being valuation of small hut and boundary and internal fencing. These sums must be paid by the successful applicants before being admitted to possession of the lands.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Grazing-farm, Cheviot Estate, for Lease upon Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 31st March, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land in the Cheviot Estate will be open for lease, on application at the District Land and Survey Offices, Christchurch and Cheviot, on Tuesday, the 29th May, 1900, at the half-yearly rental noted below. In case of more than one application for the section on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot, at the District Land and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Thursday, the 31st May, 1900, at 12 o’clock noon.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT. — CHEVIOT COUNTY. — CHEVIOT SURVEY DISTRICT.

Surveyed Land.—Second-class Pastoral Land.

Locality and Description of Section.

Section 7, Block V., Cheviot Survey District, generally known as the Cheviot Bush Section, is situated on the north side of the Waiau River, about two miles and a half above its mouth, and about one mile eastward from the point where Swamp Stream (Cheviot Estate) flows into the Waiau River. The section consists of hilly country, broken by the gullies of streams flowing into the Waiau River; the south-western portion of the section is partly covered with bush, and the remainder is fair open tussock land. A fire has recently passed through a portion of the bush land, and this can now be profitably laid down in grass.

Possession of the land will be given to the successful applicant as soon as his application has been approved by the Land Board.

Special attention is drawn to the fact that the grazing-lease does not confer upon the holder thereof of any rights of felling, splitting, sawing, or in any way using or removing any of the live or dead timber upon the land; and the lease is offered subject to the rights of any persons now or hereafter to be authorised by the Canterbury Land Board to split or saw timber upon any portions of the land.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The term of lease is fourteen years.

2. Every applicant shall make the declaration prescribed, and shall, immediately after the application has been approved, or declared successful at the ballot, deposit a sum equal to one half-year’s rent of the land applied for. Such payment shall be in discharge of the half-year’s rent due on the 1st day of March or 1st day of September following the date of application. He shall also pay the sum of £1 1s. for the preparation of the lease and the registration thereof.

3. In case of more than one application being lodged on the same day for the section, priority of selection shall be decided by ballot.

4. The lessee shall prevent the destruction or burning of timber or bush on the land comprised in the lease.

5. The lessee shall prevent the growth or spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the lease, 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.

6. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land comprised in the lease, and shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner or an officer appointed by him to inspect the ground.

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

8. The lessee must once a year properly cut and trim all live fences now on the land, or which may be planted upon the land during the term.

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

10. All buildings erected upon the land shall be kept in good order and repair.

11. The lessee shall be liable for all rates, taxes, and assessments during the term.

12. Rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance during the term of the lease.

13. The lessee shall have no right to purchase any part of the land.

14. A right to search for and take gravel for making or maintaining roads from any of the lands disposed of is reserved; payment to be made for surface-damage only.

15. On the expiration or other determination of the lease the former lessee shall not have any right of renewal, but shall be entitled to full valuation from the incoming lessee for any exterior fences, appropriate to the lease, erected and then existing on the land.

16. In any case where it is determined that any lands included in any lease shall not again be offered for further lease, then the amount of the valuation of the improvements