Dec. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2639

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

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 13th October, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for sale or selection, at this office, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, on Wednesday, the 10th day of December, 1902.

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

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £12, valuation for grassing, garden, and fencing. Open undulating land, about half a mile from Swanson Railway-station.

• Parish.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Timber in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 24th November, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned kauri and totara timber, standing on the southern part of Forest Reserve, Block VIII., Opuawhanga Survey District, will be offered for sale by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Thursday, the 15th day of January, 1903, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHERN part of Forest Reserve, Block VIII., Opuawhanga Survey District: 591 green and 7 dry kauri-trees, containing about 2,000,575 superficial feet; and 404 green totara-trees, containing about 289,140 superficial feet: upset price, £2,273 3s. 6d.

Conditions of Sale.—One-third purchase-money in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer, one-third within six months, and the balance within twelve months from date of sale. Time for removal: Two years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotment, Wellington Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotment will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 7th day of January, 1903.

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

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—RANGITIKEI COUNTY.—MANGAWEKA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Weighted with £3, valuation for improvements.

This section is situated in the Mangaweka Village Settlement, on the Te Kapua Road, and comprises all flat land in grass. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The improvements comprise 5 chains of fencing.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in the Town of Cambridge West, Auckland Land District, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 6th October, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up till 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 10th December, 1902, for leases of the undermentioned reserves, for the term and at the upset annual rentals stated below.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Town of Cambridge West.

Term of lease, fourteen years.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land or for any other cause.

2. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land during the term of the lease without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first obtained.

3. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious weeds or plants on the land comprised in the lease, and 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.

4. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

5. 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.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.