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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 41

owners of the above-described land is or are, and believes
that such owner is, or owners are, not in the colony:
Now, this notice calls upon such owner or owners, within
six months of the date of the publication of this notice in
this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public
Trustee his or their title to the land specified in this notice ;
and, if such owner does or owners do not, within the time
limited, so establish his or their title, the Public Trustee will
exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by
“ The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”
Dated this 13th day of April, 1901.
J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Kaitangata Relief Fund.

STATEMENT of account to 31st March, 1901:—

1900. April 1. By Balance as per account to 31st
      March, 1900 .. .. .. 3,715 4 0

1901. Mar. 30. Rent from mortgage security No.2,
      1st March, 1900, to 1st December, 1900 .. .. .. 60 0 0
      Interest added by Public Trust
      Office on monthly balances from
      31st March, 1900, to 31st March,
      1901 .. .. .. 139 5 0
      £3,914 9 0

Dr.
1901.
Mar. 30. To Paid sixteen beneficiaries amounts
of their allowances from 6th
April, 1900, to 5th April, 1901.. 434 11 4
Public Trust Office Commission.. 3 0 0
Balance .. .. .. 3,476 17 8
£3,914 9 0

STATEMENT OF POSITION OF FUND.

1901. April 1. By Cash in hand .. .. .. 3,476 17 8
      Mortgage security No.2 in default
      (estimated value) .. .. 2,500 0 0
      By Value of Fund as at 1st April,
      1901 .. .. .. £5,976 17 8

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.
Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1901.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—WALTER ROBERT RYLAH, Esq., of Melbourne,
in the Colony of Victoria, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, has this day been appointed by
his Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in the Colony of Victoria, under the 2nd section of “ The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.
Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of April, 1901.
W. A. HAWKINS,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court,
Wellington.

Crown Lands Notices.

Pastoral Runs in Westland open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 22nd March, 1901.

IN accordance with section 197 of “ The Land Act, 1892,”
I hereby give notice that the under-mentioned pastoral
runs have been submitted for sale by public auction and not
sold, and will be open for application on and after the 22nd
day of May next.

Subject to the provisions of “ The Land Act, 1892,”
Part VI. All for the term of ten years. Possession to be
given on the date of granting of application after necessary
declaration taken.

W. G. MURRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands at Hanmer Plains, Canterbury, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 30th March, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
rural sections, being portions of the Hanmer Plains
Reserve, will be offered for lease by public auction for the
terms mentioned below, at Christchurch, on Wednesday,
the 5th June, 1901, at 2.30 p.m.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT. — AMURI COUNTY. — HANMER
PLAINS RESERVE.

These allotments are situated at the eastern end of the
Hanmer Springs Township, the distance from the springs
and baths varying from one mile and a half to three miles.
Sections 26, 27, 34, and 37 comprise a small portion of good
easily drained flax swamp ; the remainder is poor, dry,
shingly soil, with some manuka scrub. Sections 28 and 33
comprise about 10 acres fairly good soil; remainder poor,
dry, shingly soil, partly covered with manuka scrub.
Section 36 consists of one-half good easily drained flax
swamp, remainder fairly good tussock and manuka-covered
land.
In the event of any of the leases not being sold at auction,
they will immediately thereafter be open for application at
the rentals named above.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A deposit of a half-year’s rent, together with £1 1s.
   lease-fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer, or with
   the application for the lease.
2. Possession will be given on day of sale or on approval
   by the Land Board of the application.
3. The leases will be for terms of forty-two years.
4. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free
   of all deductions whatsoever ; and if not paid within twenty-
   one days after due date the lessor may re-enter upon the
   land and determine the lease.
5. The lessee shall have no right to mortgage, 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.
6. 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.
7. The lessee shall prevent the growth or spread of
   gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious weeds or plants
   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.
8. The lessee shall not carry on, or permit to be carried
   on, upon the land or any part thereof, any noisy, noxious,
   or offensive trade or manufacture, or do or suffer to be done
   thereon any act or thing whatsoever which may be an
   annoyance to the lessor or to any other lessee in the neighbourhood.
9. In the event of the lessee, upon the expiry of the term,
   not again becoming the occupier of the land under a fresh
   lease, he shall be entitled to payment of valuation for all
   improvements which he shall have effected upon the land,
   so far as the same are existing and unexhausted.
10. No person will be allowed to hold more than one
    allotment.
    Sale plans may be obtained at the District Lands and
    Survey Office, Christchurch.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.