MAY 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1185

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 Hanmer Sanatorium, on Wednesday, the 5th June, 1901, at 2.30 p.m.

SCHEDULE.

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

Locality and Description of Land.

These sections 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.

Small Grazing-run, Takitu Settlement, Canterbury, open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 24th April, 1901.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for application under “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and “The Land Act, 1892,” at this office, on Wednesday, the 29th May, 1901.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Elephant Hill Survey District, Takitu Settlement.

*Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £490, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £19 2s. 2d.: total half-yearly rent, £159 12s. 11d.

Run No. 85 (southern portion); Section 2a; 508 acres 3 roods.

Mixed agricultural and pastoral land, at an altitude about 450 ft. above sea-level. With the exception of two low terraces and watercourses, the section is level throughout, and well watered by the River Waitaki, natural springs, and streams. It is subdivided into nine paddocks by substantial post, standard, and wire fencing, seven and eight wires. The soil varies considerably, ranging from rich deep alluvial loam to light and stony, the whole being well adapted to growing oats, root-crops, turnips, and rape. It has nearly all been cultivated and laid down in English grass five to ten years, and at the present time is laid down to English grasses. Distance from Hakataramea Railway-station, ten miles and a half; from Glenavy, twenty-two miles; and adjoins school reserve. The improvements, which go with the land, consist of 388½ chains of substantial seven- and eight-wire fencing, with posts and standards, valued at £149 9s. There are also a substantial dwellinghouse of six rooms, bath-room, wash-house, &c., overseer’s house of five rooms, iron wool-shed for eight shearers, shearers’ quarters, dip, stable, and coach-house, garden, plantations, and ornamental trees and willows, valued at £490, repayable in twenty-one years, in half-yearly instalments of £19 2s. 2d.

Run No. 85 (northern portion); Section 2b; 985 acres 1 rood.

Consists of mixed agricultural and pastoral land, comprising flat-topped, undulating, and rolling downs, intersected by gullies, some of which are very rough and rocky. Water is obtained from springs in the gullies. The section is ring-fenced, with the exception of the road running through the section and the reserves therein, and is subdivided into three paddocks. About 670 acres have been cultivated and laid down in English grass for five and six years, the remainder in native grasses. The soil on the downs is generally a fair depth and good, on a loamy clay subsoil on a limestone formation, which crops out in the terrace near the south-east corner. A large portion would yield good crops of wheat. The ploughable portion is very suitable for oats, rape, and turnips. The soil on the flat is lighter, but suitable for growing turnips. Altitude, from 436 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level. Distance from Hakataramea, eleven miles; from Glenavy, twenty-two miles; and adjoins school reserve. The improvements, which go with the land, consist of 505 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, valued at £159 19s.

Possession of the run will be given to the successful applicant ten days after the ballot, to enable the present occupier to remove his stock.

The half-yearly rent payable with the application counts as from the 1st September next: the next half-yearly rent will be due on 1st March, 1902.

SIDNEY WEETMAN.
Commissioner of Crown Lands.