2088
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 95

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A deposit of one half-year's rent and £1 1s. lease fee must be made on the fall of the hammer.

2. The land comprised in the lease shall remain under “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” subject only to the right of the lessee to use it for grazing purposes.

3. The lessee shall have no right to fell or remove from the land any live or dead trees or timber, whether standing or lying on the ground.

4. All persons duly authorised in that behalf shall have free right of ingress, egress, and regress for any of the purposes of the Act last aforesaid, or for felling or removing from the land any trees or timber.

5. The lessee shall have no claim for compensation for improvements at any time, but at the expiration of his lease may remove all fencing and buildings erected by him on the land.

6. The Commissioner of State Forests may issue licenses at any time during the currency of grazing-lease to the lessee or other persons to cut and remove either standing or felled timber under the State Forest Regulations, without compensation to lessee of grazing-right.

7. In the event of any of the timbered or cleared portions of the land leased being damaged by fire, the area so burned shall be sown by the lessee with approved English grasses and clovers to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

Pastoral Runs, Otago Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 13th November, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted to public auction for lease on Wednesday, the 16th day of January, 1901, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, at 11 o'clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

(Pastoral Lands under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”)

Run No. 333 (Class I.), Lake County: Area, 51,560 acres; term, 21 years; upset annual rental, £25. Situated on western shores of Lake Wanaka, about nine miles from Pembroke.

Run No. 333A (Class I.), Lake County: Area, 28,780 acres; term, 21 years; upset annual rental, £30; valuation for improvements, £36. Situated on western shores of Lake Wanaka, about nine miles from Pembroke.

Possession of these runs will be given on day of sale.

The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Purchasers must deposit statutory declarations required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the first half-year's rent, together with license fee (£1 1s.), on the fall of the hammer. Valuation for improvements on Run No. 333A must be paid before the purchaser will be allowed into possession.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve at Timaru for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 12th November, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to noon on Thursday, the 27th December, 1900, for the lease of the under-mentioned reserve.

In the event of no tender being received at the time named for either of the lots, they will remain open for lease on application at the upset rentals and for the terms stated herein.

SCHEDULE.

PATITI SURVEY DISTRICT.

This reserve is situated at Patiti Point, immediately to the southward of Timaru, and comprises undulating land well covered by English grasses.

The leases are offered without right to any fencing placed upon the land by the outgoing tenant, who has the right of removing the same, failing disposal thereof to the successful tenderer.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

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

2. Possession will be given on the 1st January, 1901, or on the day of acceptance of tender, not being sooner than such 1st January, 1901.

3. The leases will be for the terms stated in the Schedule, dating in each case from 1st January, 1901.

4. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time resume possession of the land comprised in the lease, or any portion thereof, by giving to the lessee twelve months’ notice in writing of his intention so to do.

5. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land, nor on account of the aforesaid resumption, nor for any other cause.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion 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 be used for grazing purposes only, and shall not be broken up or cropped without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

8. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and 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, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

10. The rent shall be payable half-yearly, in advance, free of all deductions whatsoever.

11. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall 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.

The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Southland Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 13th November, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that leases of the under-mentioned pastoral runs will be submitted to public auction at this office, on Wednesday, the 9th day of January, 1901, at 11 o'clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

(Pastoral Land under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”)

Run No. 530 is situated about twenty-eight miles by road from Mossburn Railway-station. Hilly country; front half well grassed with white and blue tussock; back portion poorly grassed, rocky, and steep. Height above sea-level, 1,400 ft. to 5,000 ft.

Run No. 531 is situated about fourteen miles by road from Mataura Township. About one-half covered with scrub, rest open; soil black loam; land broken and stony in parts. Height above sea-level, 600 ft. to 1,400 ft.

Possession will be given on day of sale.

The purchaser must deposit a statutory declaration as required by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the sum of the half-year's rent and the license fee on the fall of the hammer.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.