June 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1329

land) consist of fencing along the northern and western boundaries—total, 22 chains—valued at £15 12s. 6d. Height above sea-level, 197 ft. to 250 ft.

Subdivision 3.

WAIMATE SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
98 | VIII. | 106 2 20 | 1 6 7·2 | { 70 18 1
| | | | | 29 19 1*

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £768, repayable in twenty-one years in half-yearly instalments of £29 19s. 1d.: total half-yearly payment, £100 17s. 2d.

Section 98 is the homestead section. All rich agricultural land, easily ploughable, excepting about 1½ acres covered by dam and the swampy creek adjoining. A few acres on the west side of the section have been cropped once; the remainder has never been cropped. This section is divided into four paddocks, all in good grass, and is well sheltered by plantations from prevailing winds. The distance from Borough of Hawera and Hawera Railway-station, by good metalled road, is about three miles and a half. Altitude, 260 ft. to 270 ft. above the sea. The improvements which go with the land consist of 144 chains of fencing, valued at £105 3s. 9d. There is also a large garden, orchard, and shrubbery, which must be kept up to their present standard. The improvements which do not go with the land are a twelve-roomed dwellinghouse, valued at £350; workman’s cottage, £20; implement-shed, £30; stable, £100; general store and cart shed, £25; milk-shed and calf-pen, £50; dairy, £15; wash- and coal-house, £30; fruit-store, £10; wool-shed £125; sheep yards and pens, £13. The total value of these buildings is £768, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £29 19s. 1d.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Reserve in Canterbury for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 14th May, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 12 o’clock noon on Wednesday, 2nd July, 1902, for the lease of the undermentioned reserve.

In the event of no tenders being received at the time named for the land, it will remain open for lease on application at the upset annual rental, and for the term stated below.

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SCHEDULE.

CHRISTCHURCH LAND DISTRICT.—SELWYN COUNTY.—HALSWELL SURVEY DISTRICT.

This reserve is situated in the Rabbit Island Village Settlement, between the main Christchurch-Little River Road and the Halswell River, and about 30 chains northerly from the Motukarara Railway-station, and comprises low-lying land of fair quality, the soil being a light sandy loam.

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or money order for six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee, and the successful tenderer shall, before being admitted to possession of the land, pay the sum of £11 10s., being valuation of boundary-fencing surrounding the reserve.

2. Possession will be given on the day of acceptance of tender, subject to payment of rent, fee, and valuation, as provided in the preceding clause.

3. The lease will be for the term stated in the Schedule, dating from date of acceptance of tender.

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.

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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. The lessee shall, as soon as may be practicable after the commencement of the lease, lay the land down in permanent pasture of approved grasses, in a satisfactory manner, and so leave it on the expiration or sooner termination of the lease.

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.

The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Land in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction at the Public Hall, Waverley, on Tuesday, the 24th June, 1902, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and section 131 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

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SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—PATEA COUNTY.—WAIROA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £18 15s. for improvements.

This section is situated near the coast, about one mile north of the mouth of the Waitotara River. The access is from Momahaki Railway-station, which is about five miles distant from its north-west corner, by the extension south of the Okotuku Road, and thence by Durie Road. These roads are formed into a dray-track as far as the south-west corner of Section No. 12, near Trig. X; thence the track runs unformed over swarded sand-flats and sand-dunes.

The section comprises generally scrubby sand-flats and small sand-dunes, with a few patches of partially swampy land, and a further area of bare sand on which has been sown marram grass. The soil is sand, with occasional patches of free sandy loam, with intermittent beds of iron-sand, resting on sand formation, with a growth of stunted manuka, tumatakuru, fern, toetoe, and a little flax and raupo, and surface-sown in places between with English and native grasses. The section is indifferently watered. The elevation ranges from about 50 ft. to 70 ft. above sea-level. The general quality of the section is scrubby waste sand.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Land in Aparima Hundred for Sale under Section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 8th April, 1902.

IT is hereby notified, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned Crown land will be offered to the holder of the adjoining land under section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on or after the 9th July, 1902.

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SCHEDULE.

SECTION 51, Block III., Aparima Hundred: 1 acre 3 roods 11 perches.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.