Jan. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 129

Land at Levin Township for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 9th January, 1900.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Land Act, 1892,” that written tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, the 6th March, 1900, for the lease of the under-mentioned sections. If any sections are unapplied-for on the above date, they will remain open for selection at the upset rentals and for the terms stated below.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—HOROWHENUA COUNTY.—LEVIN TOWNSHIP.

Term, fourteen years.

CONDITIONS.

1. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease-fee.

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 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.

Land in Marlborough open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 8th January, 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 Office, Blenheim, on Monday, the 12th day of March, 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 allotment on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim. If the section be not applied for on the 12th March, 1900, it will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—RICHMOND BROOK ESTATE.
Second-class Agricultural Land.

All in native grass; 200 acres of small flats, ploughable. Water part of the year. Altitude, 600 ft. to 1,100 ft. 35 chains wire fence; 100 chains netted fence. Nine miles and a half from Seddon Railway-station, by formed road three miles, and unformed six miles and a half.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Native Land Court Notices.

“The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”—Notice under Rule 133.

Registrar’s Office, Wellington, 17th January, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that applications have been made to a Judge of the Court for certificates under section 55 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” confirming the alienations hereunder specified. All objections to the granting of such certificates must be lodged with me within fourteen days from the publication of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette.

[Sec. 55, 1900-2.]

R. C. SIM, Registrar.

THE ALIENATIONS ABOVE REFERRED TO.