Nov. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2093

Conditions of Lease.

1. Term of lease, ninety-nine years.

2. Rents are payable half-yearly in advance to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Auckland; and the first half-yearly payment is to be made on the fall of the hammer.

3. Town sections to be improved within one year from the date of the lease to the value of ten times the annual rental. Rural and suburban sections to be fenced within one year from the date of the lease. No valuation for improvements will be allowed at the end of the term of lease.

4. No lease to be assigned, underlet, or the possession thereof parted with except with the consent in writing of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland.

5. All rates, taxes, charges, and assessments whatsoever to be paid by the lessee.

6. All buildings erected to be kept in good repair and condition, and in the erection of any building upon the sections within the town the lessee must abide by and conform to the alignment of streets and roads, and to all by-laws and regulations made by the local authority intrusted with the administration of the local affairs of the Township of Rotorua.

7. Privies, ashpits, and other works of a similar character to be constructed and maintained as directed by the local authority. All drains and channels, and the sanitary state and condition of the premises, to be subject to the by-laws and regulations of the local authority.

8. No wells to be sunk or any excavations to be made without the consent in writing of the local authority.

9. The trade or business of a soap-boiler, tallow-chandler, tanner, slaughterman, meat curer or preserver, or any noisy, noxious, or offensive trade or manufacture of any kind whatever will not be permitted.

10. Provision will be made in the leases for inspection of premises at all reasonable times.

11. Lease liable to forfeiture if rent be thirty days in arrear, and the lease will contain provisions for re-entry and for the recovery of rents.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Otahu Settlement, Southland, open for Application on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 15th October, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Wednesday, 5th December, 1900, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT. — WALLACE COUNTY. — OTAHU SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Mostly flat land, with exception of 50 acres at eastern end, Section 8, which is hilly and broken fern land. Soil good, but shingly towards the west of Section 9. Elevation, from 260 ft. to 580 ft. Distance from Otatau Railway-station, about twenty-four miles. Section 9 contains 5 acres bush. Improvements: 86¼ chains fencing on eastern boundary, valued at 6s. per chain, right to half value, £12 18s. 9d.; 8 chains standard-and-wire fence on road-boundary of Section 8, valued at 6s. per chain, £2 8s.; 30¼ chains good cattle- and rabbit-proof fence on western boundary of Section 8, at 15s. per chain, right to half value, £11 5s.; 40¼ chains good cattle- and rabbit-proof fence on southern boundary of Section 8, valued at 15s. per chain, £30 7s. 6d.; 279 chains division-fences, valued at 3s. per chain, £41 17s. No cash-payment will be required for these improvements; the sections, however, are burdened with £133, valuation for buildings and fencing erected by former lessee, which amount must be deposited with the application. These improvements consist as follows: 156 chains boundary- and division-fences, at 10s. per chain, £78; house, £20; stable, £20; sheep-yards, £5; bridge across channel, £4; ploughing, 20 acres at 6s., £6.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Totara, Matai, Rimu, and Maire Timber, Pohangina Survey District, Wellington, for Sale by Public Auction for Cash.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the timber on the under-mentioned Crown lands (twenty trees, containing 58,000 superficial feet of timber, in Pohangina Survey District) will be offered for sale by public auction, in one lot, at Ashhurst, on Tuesday, the 27th November, 1900, at 2.30 p.m. If not sold by auction the timber shall remain open for application at upset price.

Part of Section 9, Block IV., Pohangina: Area, 31 acres 1 rood 4 perches.

Totara: 1 tree, containing about 2,000 superficial feet.
Matai: 2 trees, containing about 4,000 superficial feet.
Rimu: 16 trees, containing about 50,000 superficial feet.
Maire: 1 tree, containing about 2,000 superficial feet.
Total upset price, £20 10s.

TERMS OF SALE.

The timber is offered subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and of the Timber Regulations.
The purchaser shall pay the purchase-money in cash or by marked cheque in one instalment, together with £1 1s. license-fee, on the fall of the hammer.
The purchaser shall have the sole use of the land contained in license, and the right to cut and remove all timber specified in above schedule, during a period of six months from the date of sale.
Plans containing full particulars may be obtained at the principal post-offices in the district, and at this office.

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

Sections in the Township of Te Araroa, Hawke’s Bay Land District, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 15th October, 1900.

THE under-mentioned sections in the Township of Te Araroa will be offered for lease by public tender for a term of twenty-one years, with the right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, on the 14th day of December, 1900. Sections not applied for on the 14th December, 1900, will be open thereafter at the upset ground-rentals noted below.

TOWNSHIP OF TE ARAROA.

• Valuation for improvements on Section 74, £200.
  † Valuation for improvements on Section 75, £10.