Nov. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2203

Reserves in the Townships of Mangaweka and Pipiriki for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1901.

WRITTEN tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, the 26th November, 1901, for the leases of the under-mentioned reserves. If the lands are not applied for on the above date they will remain open for lease for the term and at the upset annual rentals noted below.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

This section is situated in the Mangaweka Township, on the corner of Bank and Koraenui Streets. It comprises all flat land in grass. The soil is of good quality, resting on gravel formation. The Rangitikei County Council has a claim against this reserve of 6s. 7d. for rates.

PIPIRIKI TOWNSHIP.

| 10 | III. | 1 0 22 | 1 0 0 | Seven years. |
| 13 | " | 0 3 28 | 1 0 0 | " |
| 7 | VIII.| 0 1 0 | 1 0 0 | " |

These reserves are situated in the Native Township of Pipiriki, on the Wanganui River, about fifty-six miles from Wanganui, and on the main road to Raetihi and Tokaanu. The sections comprise flat and undulating land in grass, the soil being of good quality, resting on papa formation. Section 7 is watered by a small stream.

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

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

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

Grazing-lease of Forest Reserve and Crown Land in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 1st October, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned forest reserve and Crown land will be offered for lease for grazing purposes by public auction on Wednesday, the 20th November, 1901, at the Survey Office, Wanganui, at 11 a.m., under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.” If not sold on the 20th November, 1901, the land will remain open for lease on application at this office for the term and at the upset annual rental stated.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

• State forest.
  † Crown land.

Term, three years; upset annual rental, £67 10s.

This land is situated in the Waimarino Block, on the main road from Raetihi and Ohakune to Taumarunui, and the North Island Main Trunk Railway will pass through the block. The access is from Raetihi and Ohakune on the south, which are about twenty miles distant, and from Taumaranui on the north, distant about thirty miles, and from Tokaanu on the east, distant about thirty-five miles. The run comprises level and undulating tussock plains, intersected by many streams, with numerous shallow swamps and some patches of bush. The soil is of pumice and pumice-sands, resting on volcanic formation. The elevation ranges from about 2,400 ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A deposit of one half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease fee must be made on the fall of the hammer.
2. The lease will comprise 4,090 acres of State forest, offered under the provisions of section 232 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and 4,010 acres of Crown land; and the lessee shall have the right to use the whole of the land comprised in the lease for grazing purposes only.
3. The lessee shall have no right to fell or remove from the land any live or dead trees or timber, whether standing or lying on the ground.
4. All persons duly authorised in that behalf shall have free right of ingress, egress, and regress for any of the purposes of the Act last aforesaid, or for felling or removing from the land any trees or timber.
5. The lessee shall have no claim for compensation for improvements at any time, but at the expiration of his lease may remove all fencing and buildings erected by him on the land.
6. The Commissioner of State Forests may issue licenses at any time during the currency of grazing-lease to the lessee or other persons to cut and remove either standing or felled timber under the State Forest or Timber Regulations, without compensation to lessee of grazing-right.

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

Crown Lands in Rapuwai Settlement, Canterbury, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 22nd October, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Monday, the 9th December, 1901, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and “The Land for Settlements Amendment Act, 1901.”

If more than one application is received for the same section on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—OPIHI SURVEY DISTRICT.—GERALDINE COUNTY.

Rapuwai Settlement (classified as Ordinary Farms).

*Interest and sinking fund on buildings, comprising two-roomed sod-and-plastered cottage and shed, woolshed and lean-to combined, valued at £85, repayable in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £4 5s. 10d.: total half-yearly payment, £63 7s. 1d.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.