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 application 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 selection 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 declaration 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 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.

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.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

ELDERSLIE SETTLEMENT.

Waitaki County.—Kauroo Survey District, Block XI.; Awamoko Survey District, Block X.

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 (Belmont 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.

| 3 | III. | 23 2 12 | 0 8 0 | 4 14 4 |
| 24A| " | 0 2 16 | 0 8 0 | 0 2 6 |

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 Duntron Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, £55.

Waitaki County.—Awamoko Survey District.

| 55 | III. | 3 3 12 | 0 1 3 | 0 2 4 |

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

MAKAREAO ESTATE.

Waihemo County.—Moeraki Survey District.

| 70 | VIII. | 7 1 38 | 0 7 7·5 | 1 8 7 |
| 71 | " | 8 0 7 | 0 7 10·5 | 1 11 8 |
| 72 | " | 4 1 28 | 0 7 10·5 | 0 17 6 |
| 73 | " | 5 2 20 | 0 7 10·5 | 1 2 2 |

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.

| 80 | VIII. | 58 3 7 | 4 0 7 | 5 19 3 |
| 82 | " | 57 3 15 | 4 0 7 | 5 19 6 |

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 Dunback Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, £98 11s. 3d.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.