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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 100

Reserve No. 1667 is situated in the Township of South Rakaiа, close to the railway-station. There are upon the reserve a large store, stable, and trap-shed, iron hut, yards, and fencing, all of which are let with the land.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or money order for six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.
2. Possession will be given on the day of acceptance of tender.
3. The leases will be for the term stated in the Schedule, dating from date of acceptance of tender.
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, or on account of the aforesaid resumption, or 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, sweetbriar, broom, 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.
12. The lessee of Reserve No. 1667 will be required, at his own cost in all things, to put the buildings, fences, and other erections on the reserve into a good and proper state of repair, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, within one year from the date of taking up the lease, and to so maintain them during the whole of the term; to paint the main store once within the first three years of the term with at least two coats of good paint; and to keep the buildings insured in the name of His Majesty the King for the full insurable value thereof during the whole of the term, all policies and receipts in respect thereof to be deposited with the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 20th November, 1901.

IT is hereby notified that the leases of the under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted for sale by public auction at this office on Friday, the 24th day of January, 1902, at 11 a.m.

EAST TAUPŌ COUNTY.

Pastoral Agricultural Lands within the Ngongotaha, Tatuа, Paeroa, and Takapau Survey Districts.

Run No. 64 (Class II.), comprising 11,700 acres; upset annual rent, £23.

Run No. 65 (Class II.), comprising 5,400 acres; upset annual rent, £12.

These lands are situated between Orakei Korako Hot Springs Reserve and the bridge over the Waikato River on the Waiotapu Wairakei–Taupo coach-road. They are generally covered with fern and tussock.

The leases will be submitted under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Term of lease, twenty-one years from 1st March, 1902.

Full particulars, plans, and forms of declaration may be obtained on application at this office.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Marlborough, open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 20th November, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for selection on application at this office on and after Tuesday, the 7th day of January, 1902, at the half-yearly rental stated.

In the event of more than one application being received for the same run on the same day, priority of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—KAIKOURA COUNTY.

Second-class Land.

Altitude varies from 200 ft. to 4,100 ft. About one-fourth forest, parts of which have been burnt and sown with grass, the remainder tussock spurs and faces, from good to poor, with rock and scrub. The bush consists of manuka, mahoe, kowhai, with a little totara and pines on the lower slopes; near the top it is chiefly birch. About 1,200 acres of easy forest slopes and terraces capable of improvement; well watered; homestead-site at the south corner of the run, near the Clarence River, where there is about 30 acres of open sandy flat, which was subject to the flood of 1868, and a flat terrace of larger area, about 60 ft. above the level of the river. The homestead-site is distant about eleven miles from the Clarence Bridge by unformed road.

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Altitude varies from 200 ft. to 4,000 ft. About half bush, consisting of manuka, mahoe, and kowhai, with a little totara and pine on the lower slopes; near the top it is mostly birch; the remainder is tussock land, varying from good to poor, with stony faces, mixed with fern and scrub. There are about 30 acres of terraces near the Clarence. There is a homestead-site at the McLean, about nine miles from the Clarence Bridge by unformed road. The improvements on this run consist of 60 chains interior fence and half value of 140 chains of boundary-fence, valued at £72.

PUHIPUHI SURVEY DISTRICT.

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About 10 acres good flat land, remainder steep hills, mostly bush, with some fair tussock spurs and tops. The bush land, when cleared, would carry grass well; well watered. Altitude from sea-level, 3,945 ft. Homestead at Taylor’s paddock. 145 chains interior fence, 400 chains boundary fence, a cottage valued at £40 and a woolshed at £120, are to be paid for in ten years by twenty half-yearly instalments of £2 11s. 10d. and £7 15s. 5d.; and there is also a good concrete dip. Distant twenty-three miles from Kaikoura by formed main road.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri and Totara Timber Land in Auckland District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 29th October, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned green, dry, and singed kauri and totara timber, standing upon Blocks IV. and VIII., Hukerenui Survey District, in the Puhipuhi State Forest, Bay of Islands and Whangarei Counties, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 3rd day of January, 1902, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Lot No. 5: 278 green kauri-trees, containing about 987,245 superficial feet; 264 dry kauri-trees, containing about 550,683 superficial feet; 1,438 singed kauri-trees, containing about 4,320,581 superficial feet; 142 totara-trees, containing about 118,222 superficial feet. Total quantity of kauri timber, about 5,858,509 superficial feet, £3,661 12s.; total quantity of totara timber, about 118,222 superficial feet, £101. Total upset price of timber, £3,762 12s.

Conditions of Sale.

One-third of the purchase-money to be paid in cash, or by marked cheque, on the fall of the hammer; one third within two years, and the remaining third within four years, from date of sale.