APRIL 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 959

Rural Lands in the Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 13th March, 1901.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 8th May, 1901.

If more than one application be received for the same section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot at this office on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

More or less broken land and forest-clad. About five miles from Towai.

Open land, mostly wiwi swamp, with patches of good land. About three miles from Taipa and eight miles from Mangonui.

About three-fourths open land, balance mixed forest and broken; soil good and well watered. Six miles from Te Puke Post-office.

Generally open land; a few acres scrubby bush. About four miles from Lucas’s Creek Post-office at head of Paremoremo Creek. Subject to payment of £10 for clearing and grassing.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 13th March, 1901.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” that written tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, the 30th April, 1901, for the lease of the under-mentioned sections. If any sections are unapplied-for on the above date, they will remain open for selection at the upset rentals and for the terms stated below.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT. — KIWITEA COUNTY. — ONGO SURVEY DISTRICT.

Term, seven years.

These reserves are situated near the Kiwitea Stream, in what is called the Beaconsfield District, about fifteen miles from Feilding, by a good metalled coach-road. The land around them has been occupied for a number of years. The nearest post-office is Cunningham’s, about four miles distant. The sections comprise good clay soil on a papa-and-shingle formation. The timber comprises rimu, matai, &c., with usual undergrowth.

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 and improvements are 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 three 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. If any portion of Section 3, Cemetery Reserve, is required for burial purposes during the currency of the lease, the right to determine the lease for the whole or a portion is reserved.

8. The lessee shall prevent the spread and growth 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 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.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

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

Small Grazing-run, Auckland, for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 27th March, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for application at this office on Wednesday, the 29th day of May, 1901, at the rental stated. In the event of more than one application being received on the same day, the right to select will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.—KERIKERI SURVEY DISTRICT AND BAY OF ISLANDS SURVEY DISTRICT.

Blocks V. and IX., Small Grazing-run No. 28, Tunapohe-pohe Block: 2,170 acres 1 rood 28 perches. Annual rental, £33 18s. (Museum Endowment.)

Term of lease, twenty-one years.

Chiefly open land, with some forest; broken, and covered in parts with rough grass. Frontage to sea and Bay of Islands at Cape Wiwiki; about eight miles by water from Russell.

The lease will be under Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892.” Forms of application and poster plans obtainable at this office.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.