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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 18

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS PASTORAL COUNTRY.
Vincent County.

Situated between Ida Valley and Ophir on the main road. About two-thirds of the area is rocky and broken, and contains very little vegetation; the remaining one-third is good grazing-land, although somewhat steep. Valuation for improvements, to be paid with application, or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £475 10s.

Taieri County.

Open tussock land; fair grazing; well watered. Situated about ten miles from Middlemarch. Valuation for improvements, to be paid with application, or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £948 12s. 7d.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 9th January, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to noon on Thursday, the 28th February, 1901, for the leases of the under-mentioned reserves.

In the event of no tender being received at the time named for either of the lots, they will remain open for lease on application at the upset rentals and for the terms stated herein.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—NIMROD SURVEY DISTRICT.

These reserves are situated on the western side of the Whiterock River, at the foot of the eastern slope of Mount Nimrod, about four miles and a half southward from the Cannington Homestead, and about eleven miles south-westward from Cave Railway-station. They comprise stony terrace land and river-flats, with native vegetation.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. 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.

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

3. The leases will be for the terms stated in the Schedule.

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, nor on account of the aforesaid resumption, nor 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, broom, sweetbriar, 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.

The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Lands in the Otago Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 9th January, 1901.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted to public auction at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Thursday, the 28th day of February, 1901, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.
PASTORAL LANDS.

(Under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”)

Run 10 (Class I.), Wakatipu, Lake County: Area, 12,000 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £23.
Situated about one mile from Queenstown.

Run 13 (Class I.), Wakatipu, Lake County: Area, 14,780 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £7 10s.
Situated about one mile from Skipper’s.

Run 15 (Class I.), Wakatipu, Lake County: Area, 8,910 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £7 10s.
Situated about one mile from Skipper’s.

Run 32 (Class I.), Wakatipu, Lake County: Area, 2,400 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £10.
Situated about one mile from Queenstown.

Run 16 (Class I.), Wakatipu, Lake County: Area, 5,500 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £6.
Situated about five miles from Skipper’s.

Runs 338A and 430B (Class I.), Vincent County: Area, 30,300 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £10.
Situated about eight miles from Makarora.

Sections 20, Block II., and 4 to 6, Block III., Cairnhill District (Class I.), Vincent County: Area, 1,205 acres; term, seven years; upset annual rental, £10.
Situated about one mile from Bald Hill Flat.

Runs 94, 429, and 429C (Class I.), Waitaki County: Area, 50,770 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £30.
Situated about thirty miles from Omarama.

Sections 66, 67, and 71, Block IV., Table Hill District (Class II.), Bruce County: Area, 518 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £13.
Situated about four miles from Waitahuna.

Run 24A, and Sections 10, 11, and 13, Block IV., Kuriwao District (Class II.), Clutha County: Area, 1,707 acres; term, ten years; upset annual rental, £25.
Situated about eight miles from Clinton.

Sections 27 to 30, Block I., Glenorchy District, and Section 39, Block I., Upper Wakatipu District (Class II.), Lake County: Area, 221 acres; term, seven years; upset annual rental, £1.
Situated about two miles from Glenorchy.

Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1902.

Valuations for improvements in respect to the above runs must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Dunedin, before the licensee will be let into possession.

Such valuations shall, exclusive of the value of a rabbit-proof fence, in no case exceed three times the amount of the average annual rental paid under the expired or expiring license during the term thereof, and five times such amount in cases where the annual rental does not exceed £50.

The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Purchasers must deposit statutory declarations required by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the first half-year’s rent, together with license-fee (£1 1s.), on fall of the hammer.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.