Oct. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1935

Crown Lands Notices.

Small Grazing-run, Hawke's Bay, open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 23rd October, 1900.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
small grazing-run will be open for lease on applica-
tion on Wednesday, the 12th December, 1900, at the half-
yearly rental stated.

SCHEDULE.
Hawke's Bay Land District.--Cook County. -- Mangatu
Survey District.
Second-class Pastoral Country.

Ferny country, well watered, with one or two small
patches of manuka scrub, &c. Distance from Gisborne,
about thirty-six miles.

This run is burdened with £1,234 for house, sheep-yards,
fencing, grass-sowing, &c.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Leases of Subdivisions of Railway Reserve, Opunake, for
Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 2nd October, 1900.
WRITTEN tenders will be received at the District
Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to
4 p.m. on Wednesday, 28th November, 1900, for the leases of
the under-mentioned sections. If any sections are unapplied-
for on the 28th November they will remain open for selec-
tion at the upset rentals and for the terms stated below.

SCHEDULE.
Taranaki Land District.--Opunake Railway Reserve.

This reserve is contiguous to the Town of Opunake,
between the Otahi and Waiaua Streams.

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 de-
   claration is required. Residence is not compulsory. No
   compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any
   be allowed by the Government, on account of any improve-
   ments 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 Go-
   vernment.
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 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.
9. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee
   should fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease
   within thirty days after the date on which the same ought
   to be fulfilled.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 2nd October, 1900.
THE under-mentioned Crown land will be opened for
application upon lease in perpetuity, at this office, on
Wednesday, 28th November, 1900, under the provisions of
"The Land Act, 1892," and "The Land for Settlements
Act, 1894," and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Mixed agricultural and pastoral country, consisting of
open, undulating, and rising land, from 340 ft. to about
700 ft. above sea-level, broken and rough in places, especially
on the faces lying into the main intersecting stream (Bel-
mont Stream), in which, however, there is always permanent
water. The waste and grazing land amounts to about 106
acres. The soil on the northern portion and central spur is
very good, and the section generally has been very lightly
cropped, having been down in grass for nine years. When
cropped, very good results have been obtained in grain,
roots, and rape. Distant two miles and a quarter from
Windsor Railway-station. With the exception of about 50
chains, the allotment is ring-fenced with gorse hedges, and
is subdivided into two main paddocks, the smaller being
about 235 acres in extent. Value of improvements, £167
4s. 6d.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.
MAEREWHENUA ESTATE.
Waitaki County.--Maruwenua Survey District.

Level and gently rising ground ; soil good, on old alluvial
and limestone formations. No water on allotment, but
good water, to which there is access, within 20 chains.
Accessible by formed road, and situated a mile and a quarter
from Duntroon Railway-station. Valuation for improve-
ments, £55.

Waitaki County.--Awamoko Survey District.

Shingly, flat land; adjacent to Borton's railway-siding.
Oamaru water-race reserve on southern boundary; four
miles and a quarter from Duntroon Railway-station.

MAKAREAO ESTATE.
Waihemo County.--Moeraki Survey District.

Open for selection as one allotment. Open, river-terrace,
agricultural land ; soil rather shingly. Accessible to Shag
River, and is distant one mile from Dunback Railway-
station. Valuation for improvements, £188 2s.

Open for selection as one allotment. Flat, river-terrace,
agricultural land ; soil good, watered by a creek at the
north-west corner. Situated about half a mile from Dun-
back Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, £98
11s. 8d.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.