JUNE 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1245

Reserves in Scarborough Township, Pahiatua County, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 5th June, 1900.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” that written tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 25th July, 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.

SCARBOROUGH TOWNSHIP.

Term, fourteen years.

These reserves are situated in the Scarborough Township, and, with the exception of Section 94, Block X., which is rough and partly wet, are all level and in grass.

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 the Wellington Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, 29th May, 1900.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 5th September, 1900.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—PALMERSTON NORTH KNIGHTS OF LABOUR BLOCK.

First-class Land.

Section 17A, Block VII., Tiriraukawa, is situated in the Palmerston North Knights of Labour Block. The access is from Hunterville, which is about twenty-four miles distant, via the Poukiore and Watershed Roads and Murray’s Track, which are formed for dray traffic for about nineteen miles; the rest is formed bridle-track only, bad in winter. The section comprises hilly broken land, with an indifferent frontage to Murray’s Track, and practically no flat land. The soil is of fairly good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising chiefly maire, miro, rata, tawa, rewarewa, &c., with a thick undergrowth of horopito, karamu, konini, &c. The section is well watered by small streams.

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

Rural Lands in the Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 25th May, 1900.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Thursday, the 19th day of July, 1900.

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 on the following day, at 4 p.m., at the Courthouse, Te Awamutu.

An officer of the Lands and Survey Department will attend at the Courthouse, Te Awamutu, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 16th, 17th, and 18th days of July, to receive applications.

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