Dec. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2375

Land in Maungaraki Settlement, Wellington Land District,
open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown
land in Maungaraki Settlement will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Friday, the
20th day of December, 1901, under the provisions of “The
Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and “The
Land for Settlements Amendment Act, 1901.”

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—BELMONT SURVEY DISTRICT.—
MAUNGARAKI SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

SUBDIVISION A.

29 | VIII. | 39 1 16 | 0 10 0 | 9 16 9
30 | " | 36 3 17 | 0 9 0 | 8 5 11

SUBDIVISION B.

31 | " | 25 2 28 | 0 8 0 | 5 2 8
32 | " | 24 1 9 | 0 12 0 | 7 5 11
33 | " | 19 3 36 | 0 12 0 | 5 19 10
34 | " | 18 2 21 | 0 15 0 | 6 19 9
35 | " | 15 0 4 | 0 15 6 | 5 16 5

SUBDIVISION C.

38 | " | 7 3 39 | 0 12 0 | 2 8 0
112 | XIII. | 4 3 18 | 1 4 0 | 2 18 5
113 | " | 4 2 9 | 1 4 0 | 2 14 8
114 | " | 4 3 33 | 1 9 0 | 3 11 11
115 | " | 5 1 13 | 1 1 0 | 2 16 0
116 | " | 3 2 36 | 1 4 0 | 2 4 8
117 | " | 3 1 14 | 1 9 0 | 2 8 5

SUBDIVISION D.

111 | " | 9 2 13 | 0 19 0 | 4 11 1
118 | " | 6 1 35 | 1 9 0 | 4 13 10
119 | " | 4 1 34 | 1 14 0 | 3 15 10
120 | " | 7 3 6 | 1 4 0 | 4 13 5

SUBDIVISION E.

122 | " | 15 0 32 | 1 4 0 | { 9 2 5
| | | | { 0 19 6*
123 | " | 9 1 9 | 1 14 0 | { 7 18 3
| | | | { 2 2 11†

• Interest and sinking fund on building valued at £25, repayable
  in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of 19s. 6d.: total
  half-yearly, £10 1s. 11d.

† Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £55, repayable
in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £2 2s. 11d.: total
half-yearly, £10 1s. 2d.

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

Reserve in Marlborough Land District for Lease by Public
Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 3rd December, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be
received up till 4 p.m. on Tuesday, the 7th January,
1902, at this office, and at the Survey Office, Kaikoura, for
the lease of the under-mentioned reserve for a term of fourteen years, at the upset annual rental and subject to the
terms and conditions noted below.

SCHEDULE.

RESERVE A, Puhipuhi Survey District: 1,017 acres; upset
annual rental, £75.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. The lessee shall depasture travelling stock at the
   following rates per head per night: viz., Horses and cattle—
   ten or under, 6d.; eleven to fifty, 3d.; over fifty, 1d.: sheep—twenty-five or under, 1d.; twenty-five to 250, ½d.; over 250, ¼d.

2. 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.

3. Possession will be given on day of acceptance of tender.

4. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either
   for any improvements that may be placed upon the land
   or for any other cause.

5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or
   otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land
   during the term of the lease, without the written consent
   of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first obtained.

6. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and
   shall prevent their increase and spread to the satisfaction
   of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

7. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of
   gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious weeds or plants
   on the land comprised in the lease, and 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.

8. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance free
   from all deductions whatsoever.

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

The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

C. W. ADAMS,
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, and at the Survey Office, Kaikoura,
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.

WHERNSIDE SURVEY DISTRICT.

113 | 5,660 0 0 | 0 5·3 | 61 18 1

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.

107 | 7,200 0 0 | 0 3·8 | 56 5 0

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
which go with this run consist of 60 chains interior fence
and half value of 140 chains of boundary-fence, valued
at £72.

PUHIPUHI SURVEY DISTRICT.

112 | { 2,553 0 0 | 0 1·65 | 8 15 6
| { 247 0 0 | 1 1·5 | 6 18 11

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. The improvements which go with this run are
145 chains interior fence and 400 chains boundary-fence.
The improvements which do not go with the run are a cottage valued at £40 and a woolshed at £120, total £160,
to be repaid in ten years by twenty half-yearly instalments of £2 11s. 10d. and £7 15s. 5d. There is also a
good concrete dip. Distant twenty-three miles from Kaikoura by formed main road.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.