Mar. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 753

Lands in the Town of Rotorua for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 25th March, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned town and suburban sections in the Town and Suburbs of Rotorua will be submitted for lease by public auction at the Courthouse, Rotorua, on Friday, the 16th day of May, 1902, at 10 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Suburbs of Rotorua.

| 73 | .. | 10 0 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 78 | .. | 10 0 0 | 6 0 0 |

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, ninety-nine years.

2. Rents are payable half-yearly in advance to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Auckland; and the first half-yearly payment is to be made on the fall of the hammer.

3. Town sections to be improved within one year from the date of the lease to the value of ten times the annual rental. Suburban sections to be fenced within one year from the date of the lease. No valuation for improvements will be allowed at the end of the term of lease.

4. No lease to be assigned, underlet, or the possession thereof parted with except with the consent in writing of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland.

5. All rates, taxes, charges, and assessments whatsoever to be paid by the lessee.

6. All buildings erected to be kept in good repair and condition, and in the erection of any building upon the sections within the town the lessee must abide by and conform to the alignment of streets and roads, and to all by-laws and regulations made by the local authority intrusted with the administration of the local affairs of the Township of Rotorua.

7. Privies, ashpits, and other works of a similar character to be constructed and maintained as directed by the local authority. All drains and channels, and the sanitary state and condition of the premises, to be subject to the by-laws and regulations of the local authority.

8. No wells to be sunk or any excavations to be made without the consent in writing of the local authority.

9. The trade or business of a soap-boiler, tallow-chandler, tanner, slaughterman, meat curer or preserver, or any noisy, noxious, or offensive trade or manufacture of any kind whatever will not be permitted.

10. Provision will be made in the leases for inspection of premises at all reasonable times.

11. Lease liable to forfeiture if rent be thirty days in arrear, and the lease will contain provisions for re-entry and for the recovery of rents.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Timber in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 25th March, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned kauri and totara timber in Block XI., Kaeo Survey District, Bay of Islands County, will be submitted for sale by public auction at this office on Wednesday, the 14th day of May, 1902, at 11 a.m.

Kaeo Survey District, Block XI., Bay of Islands County: The green and dry kauri and totara timber standing at the head of the Waipapa River, comprising 585 dry kauri-trees, or 1,339,724 sup. ft.; 78 green kauri-trees, or 292,499 sup. ft.; and four totara-trees, or 4,322 sup. ft.: total upset price, £1,061.

Terms of Sale.—One-third cash on fall of the hammer, one-third within six months, and the balance within twelve months from date of sale. Timber to be removed before 1st January, 1905.

The timber is situated at the head of the Waipapa River, about eighteen miles by the river from tidal waters.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve near Yaldhurst, in the Canterbury District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 25th March, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned reserve will be offered for sale by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 14th May, 1902, at 12 o’clock noon.

In the event of the lease not being sold at the auction it will immediately thereafter be open for application at the upset annual rental and for the term stated below.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Reserve No. 702 is situated at a distance of about eight miles in a north-westerly direction from the Templeton Railway-station, and one mile and a quarter from Yaldhurst, and comprises open, stony river-bed land, light soil, and sand. The reserve is subdivided into four paddocks by the intersecting road-lines, which are fenced, and it is watered by a county water-race which flows along Baxter’s Road through the centre of the reserve. Most of the boundary and subdivision fences are old and out of repair; they consist principally of stakes or gorse and wires. Gorse has spread from some of the fences, especially those on the north, south-west, and part of south boundaries, and gorse and broom are scattered to some extent over the whole of the reserve.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The purchaser of the lease shall, immediately upon the fall of the hammer, deposit an amount equal to six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.

2. Possession will be given on the day of approval of application by the Land Board.

3. The leases will be for the term stated in the Schedule.

4. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time resume possession of the land comprised in the lease, or any portion thereof, by giving to the lessee twelve months’ notice in writing of his intention so to do.

5. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land, or on account of the aforesaid resumption, or for any other cause.

6. The lessee shall have no right to 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.

7. The land shall be used for grazing purposes only, and shall not be broken up or cropped without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

8. 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.

9. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread 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.

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

11. 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.

12. The lessee shall, within two years from the date of the lease, satisfactorily clear and eradicate from the reserve all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds or plants, except gorse properly growing in the line of fences; and he shall put the whole of the boundary and other fences upon the reserve into proper legal repair and condition.

The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.