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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 53

Land in Wellington open for Selection on Perpetual Lease.

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

THE under-mentioned section will be open for selection
on perpetual lease, in terms of section 159 of “The
Land Act, 1892,” on and after Thursday, 19th July, 1900.

SCHEDULE.
PAHIATUA COUNTY.—MAKURI SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Weighted with £147 10s. for improvements and £54 7s. 4d.
for survey-fees.

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

• Crown Land in Wellington open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.*

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
Crown land will be open for application upon lease
in perpetuity, at this office, on Thursday, 19th July, 1900.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—PAHIATUA COUNTY.—MAKURI
SURVEY DISTRICT.—NORTH-EAST PUKETOI BLOCK.
Second-class Land.

Weighted with £75 for improvements.

Section 52, Block XVI., Makuri, is situated on the Ma-
kairo Road, and is distant about six miles from Makairo
Post-office and School. The access is from Pahiatua or
Woodville, via Makairo, which are about twenty miles
distant, sixteen miles being dray-road, and the remainder
formed bridle-track. The approach is somewhat difficult,
owing to the land rising steeply from the road. The section
comprises hilly and undulating land with easy ridges and
spurs. The soil is of fair quality, resting on shale or rotten-
rock formation. The forest is medium in density and size,
and comprises rata, rimu, birch, konini, jack, &c. The sec-
tion is at present watered by small creeks in gullies. The
elevation ranges from 2,000 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level.

The improvements comprise 30 acres grassed, 8 acres
felled only, sheep-yards; where, 14 ft. by 10 ft. by 6 ft., split,
iron roof, &c.; and cultivations.

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

Reserves for Lease by Public Tender.

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

WRITTEN tenders will be received at the District
Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 p.m.
on Tuesday, 26th June, 1900, for the leases of the under-
mentioned sections. If any sections are unapplied-for on
the 26th June, 1900, they will remain open for selection at
the upset rentals and for the terms stated below.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Part 3 of Section 83: The section is situated on the road
to Ballance. The access is from Pahiatua Railway-
station, which is about three miles distant, also about
one mile and a half from Ballance Creamery, by metalled
road. The section comprises all level land, partly covered
by mixed forest; marketable timber removed. The soil
is of alluvial deposit, resting on gravel formation. The
forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rata, kahikatea, with an
open undergrowth of supplejack, lawyer, makomako, &c.
The section is at present watered by a small watercourse.
The elevation ranges from about 400 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-
level.

Sections 48, 55, 89: These sections are situated in the
Parkville Township, and are in the vicinity of a creamery.
They are about a mile from Eketahuna, by metalled road.
Good soil, on shingle formation.

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 Govern-
   ment.

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.

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 Com-
   missioner 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.

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

Village-homestead Land, Croydon Village, Southland, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 8th May, 1900.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for selec-
tion on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and
Survey Office, Invercargill, on Tuesday, 26th June, 1900.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—CROYDON VILLAGE.
First-class Land.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The land enumerated above is first-class land, and is
   a village-homestead allotment, open for selection on lease in
   perpetuity under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892”
   (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”).

2. The day on which the land shall be open for selection
   shall be Tuesday, the 26th day of June, 1900.

3. The rental stated shall be the price at which the
   land shall be open for selection.

4. Applications for a lease shall be made in manner as pro-
   vided in Part I. of the said Act; and all such applications