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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 96

Crown Lands Notices.

Leases in the Township of Denniston, Buller Coalfield Reserve, Karamea Mining District, for Sale by Public Auction.

Warden’s Office, Westport,
14th November, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the town lands enumerated below will be submitted to public auction at the Courthouse at Westport on Wednesday, the 19th day of December, 1900, at 12 o’clock noon, on the terms and conditions specified hereunder, a synopsis of the terms of the leases being also given.

SCHEDULE.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The highest bidder shall be the purchaser of the lease, and the amount bid shall be the annual rental thereof.
2. The bidding shall be an increase on the upset rental, and shall advance at the rate of not less than 10 per cent.
3. The purchaser shall forthwith deposit the sum of £1 10s. for the cost of survey and preparation of the lease, and also the first year’s rent, being the amount of his bid.
4. Should the purchaser of the lease fail to comply with the third condition hereof, or should any dispute arise, the lease shall be put up again and resold.
5. The lease shall be executed by the purchaser within thirty days from the date of notice that it is ready for execution, or the right to lease shall become forfeited, and any deposit paid on account thereof shall become forfeited also.
6. No person can purchase or hold a lease of more than one section.
7. No married woman, not having obtained a decree of judicial separation or protection order, shall be capable of becoming a lessee, excepting under a will or an intestacy.

SYNOPSIS OF CONDITIONS OF LEASES.

1. Term of lease, sixty-six years.
2. Rents payable annually in advance.
3. Leases not to be transferred or holdings subdivided or sublet without the consent of the Minister of Mines.
4. No transfer will be allowed until lessee has been twelve months in legal occupation, and complied with the conditions of his lease.
5. A fee of £1 1s. shall be paid for recording every transfer of any lease.
6. The lessee will be required to occupy his leasehold in a bonâ fide manner for business purposes or residence within six months from the commencement of the term of lease.
7. Any lessee who shall fail to comply with any of the conditions of lease in any respect shall, upon sufficient proof thereof to the satisfaction of the Warden of the district, forfeit his interest in the said lease and his right to hold the land thereunder.

ROBERT S. HAWKINS,
Warden.

Village-homestead Lands, Southland, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 19th November, 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 and after Wednesday, 30th January, 1901.

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 11 a.m. If the lands be not applied for on the 30th January, 1901, they will remain open thereafter for application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Seaward Bush Township.

67, 80 | II. | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d.
| | 9 2 26 | 4 0 | 1 0 0
Situated about three-quarters of a mile from Seaward Bush Siding. Land all cleared, soil fair. Burdened with £63 valuation for improvements, consisting of house, clearing, and fencing. Limit of holding in Block II., 10 acres.

18 | III. | 5 0 0 | 2 0 | 0 5 0
Situated one mile from Seaward Bush Siding. Bush land. Limit of holding in Block III., 20 acres.

Waimatua Village Settlement.—Invercargill Hundred.

3, 4 | XXIII. | 9 2 26 | 1 7·2 | 0 7 9
5 | " | 11 2 11 | 1 7·2 | 0 9 3
6 | " | 11 2 2 | 1 7·2 | 0 9 3
16 | " | 14 1 16 | 1 7·2 | 0 11 6
Situated at Waimatua Siding. Land level; soil good; bush light, fit for firewood only. Sections 3 and 4 (grouped) are burdened with £15, valuation for hut and fencing. Limit of holding, 50 acres.

Centre Bush Village.—Hokonui Survey District.

729 | .. | 31 0 21 | 1 2·4 | 0 18 8
Situated two miles and a half from Centre Bush Railway-siding. Bush land; soil inferior. Burdened with £5, valuation for clearing. Limit of holding, 60 acres.

Makarewa Township.

14 | V. | 13·3 0 | 3 2·4 | 1 2 0
Situated about six miles from Invercargill. Bush land; soil fair. Limit of holding, 20 acres.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waikawa Village Settlement.—Waikawa Survey District.

40, 41 | VII. | 53 2 35 | 0 7·2 | 0 16 2
Situated three miles from Waikawa Township. Land partly open and partly bush-clad; soil inferior. Burdened with valuation for improvements, consisting of grassed land, stumping and ploughing and fencing, £55.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lands enumerated above are divided into village-homestead allotments, open for selection on lease in perpetuity under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”).