1094
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 49

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 seven 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.

Village-homestead Allotment, Wellington, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1900.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Thursday, the 19th July, 1900.

If more than one application is received on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—KIWITEA COUNTY.
Village-homestead Allotment.—First-class Land.

The access to this section, which is situated in the Birmingham Special Settlement, is from Birmingham, which is about two miles distant by a road fit for dray traffic for one mile and three quarters. The section comprises mostly flat land; the rest is easy-sloping ground. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest, comprising rimu, matai, tawa, rata, &c., is heavy on the flats, but light on the slopes, with a thick undergrowth of supplejacks, mokomoko, pukapuka, rangiora, &c. A fire has been through most of the bush. The section is well watered by a constant-running stream. The elevation ranges from 1,200 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea-level.

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

Leases of Reserves, Township of Taylorville, Grey County, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 27th April, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the under-mentioned reserves will be submitted to public auction at Kaye’s Hall, Taylorville, on Wednesday, the 13th day of June, 1900, at 12 o’clock noon.

SCHEDULE.

TOWNSHIP OF TAYLORVILLE.

Locality of Sections.

The above sections are situate in the Township of Taylorville, contiguous to the Brunner Coal-mine, eight miles from Greymouth on the Greymouth—Reefton Railway, and are connected with the Town of Brunnerton by suspension-bridge over the Grey River.

The improvements consist chiefly of cottages occupied by coal-miners; there is also a public hall erected on Section 1, and two shops on Section 9.

A deposit of a half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and in addition the amount of the valuation of improvements, should the purchaser not be the outgoing tenant.

Full particulars, plans, and conditions of sale may be obtained at the District Land Offices at Nelson, Greymouth, and Reefton.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.