APRIL 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 931

Land in Wellington Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, 15th April, 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, at the option of the selector, on and after Tuesday, the 27th May, 1902.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—WELLINGTON FRUITGROWERS’ BLOCK.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £264 7s. 6d. for improvements.

This section is situated in the Wellington Fruitgrowers’ Block, in the Waikanae Valley. The access is from Waikanae Railway-station, which is about four miles and a half distant; two miles and a half are metalled dray-road, and the rest is formed sufficiently wide to enable a dray to be taken over it. The section comprises some nice flat and undulating land on the front, rising and becoming rather broken at the back. The whole lies well to the sun. The soil is of good quality in front, and fair at the back, resting on clay-and-rock formation. The forest is fairly heavy, comprising mainly rimu, matai, hinau, rata, tawa, birch (on ridges), &c., with a thick undergrowth of supplejack, keakea, horopito, ponga, &c. The section is well watered by springs and small streams. The improvements, which are out of repair, comprise 160 acres grassed, stumping, fencing, orchard, two-roomed cottage, old whare: total, £264 7s. 6d.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
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 ls. lease fee.

2. Possession will be given on the day of sale or on 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.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 15th April, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned kauri timber, standing on forest reserve, Block VIII., Opuawhanga Survey District, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Friday, the 6th day of June, 1902, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Forest Reserve, Block VIII., Opuawhanga Survey District.

332 green kauri-trees, containing about 1,218,099 sup. feet; 8 dry kauri-trees, containing about 14,172 sup. feet; 165 totara-trees, containing about 111,018 sup. feet: total upset price, £1,020 8s.

Time for removal of timber, eighteen months from date of sale.

One-half purchase-money payable in cash, or by marked cheque, on the fall of the hammer; the balance within six months thereafter.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.