Dec. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2435

Reserves in the Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 22nd October, 1901.

WRITTEN tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 p.m. on Monday, the 23rd December, 1901, for the leases of the under-mentioned sections. If any sections are unapplied-for on the 23rd December, 1901, they will remain open for selection at the upset rentals and for the terms stated below.

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
Subdivisions of Opunake Railway Reserve.

This reserve is contiguous to the Town of Opunake, between the Otahi and Waiaua Streams.

CONDITIONS.

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

2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. Residence is not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.

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

4. The leases shall be for the term of years as specified above, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly, in advance.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose 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 not be cropped nor broken up.

8. 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.

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

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Otago, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 4th November, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral runs will be submitted for lease by public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Monday, the 23rd day of December, 1901, at 11 o’clock a.m. :

VINCENT COUNTY.—EARNSCLEUGH STATION.

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

1. Run No. 249, comprising Original Runs 249, part 249A and 325B: Area, 26,219 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £55: Class II.

The purchaser of this run will be required to take a license (expiring at the same time as the run-license), under section 55 of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” over Section 1, Block XI., Section 1, Block XIV., and part of Section 3, Block X., Leaning Rock District, and Homestead Freehold P. R. “B”: area, 850 acres; annual rental, £69 9s. The capital value of the land is £1,072, and the value of the improvements £316 17s. The improvements consist of fencing, woolshed, yards, and wool-scouring plant.

2. Run No. 249A, comprising Original Runs part 249A, 249B, and 437: Area, 39,217 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £40: Class II.

The purchaser of this run will be required to take a license (expiring at the same time as the run-license), under section 55 of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” over Homestead Freeholds P. R. “A” and “C”: area, 103½ acres; annual rental, £52 4s. The capital value of the land is £605 3s. 9d. The improvements consist of fencing, stone walls, stables, iron hut, dwellinghouse, outhouses, orchard, &c., valued at £438 15s. 9d.

Description.

These runs are situated in the vicinity of Clyde and Alexandra, Vincent County, Central Otago. Run 249 is locally known as the Cairnmuir, Shepherd’s Flat, and Sugarloaf Run. Run 249A is locally known as the Butcher’s and Conroy’s Run. A portion of the homestead freehold, purchased by the Crown, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, goes with each run, as above indicated. The country is warm, low-lying, healthy, and well adapted for breeding either merino or long-wooled sheep. It is well subdivided, and can be stocked without much further expenditure.

CONDITIONS.

Possession will be given on day of sale.

The term is for twenty-one years from 1st March, 1902, and also includes the period between the day of sale and that date.

The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892,” and with a special condition providing for the maintenance in a reasonable and workable state of repair of all improvements on both runs and homestead freeholds.

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. for each run-license, on fall of the hammer; such rent being for the six months from 1st March next to 31st August, 1902.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Oue State Forest, Auckland Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 26th November, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned areas in the Oue State Forest (Hobson and Whangarei Counties) will be offered for lease for grazing purposes, by public auction, for a term of fourteen years, at the upset annual rentals noted, at this office, on Friday, the 24th day of January, 1902, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

Mixed-forest and fern lands, from which the kauri timber has been removed. Situated two to three miles from Parakau Post-office, and twenty-five miles from Whangarei.

| 4 | X. | 579 0 0 | Mangakahia | 5 0 0 |
| 5 | " | 15 2 0 | " | 4 0 0 |

Chiefly open land. The lease of Lot 5 is weighted with £100, valuation of store.

| 6 | X. | 340 0 0 | Mangakahia | 7 0 0 |
| 7 | " | 625 0 0 | " | 8 0 0 |
| 8 | " | 75 0 0 | " | 4 0 0 |

Lots 6 and 7, chiefly open land; part mixed bush and tea-tree. Lot 8, good level land, adjoining Mangakahia River. Situated about two miles from Parakau Post-office, and about twenty-five miles from Whangarei.

| 28 | X. | 814 0 0 | Mangakahia | 8 0 0 |

Partly open and partly burnt bush, about two miles from Parakau Post-office, and about twenty-three miles from Whangarei.

Term of Leases.

Fourteen years from 1st March, 1902, for grazing purposes only. One half-year’s rent and lease fee (£1 1s.) to be paid on fall of the hammer.

The leases will convey no right to fell or remove any live or dead trees or timber, whether standing or lying on the ground.

No compensation for improvements at any time, but lessees may remove all fencing and buildings erected on the lands.

The leases will be subject to the conditions of section 232 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.