2080
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

Reserves in Wellington for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 12th August, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to noon on Monday, 6th October, 1902, for the lease of the undermentioned reserves.

In the event of no tenders being received for the lands at the time named, they will remain open for lease on application at the upset annual rentals and for the terms stated below.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Taihape Township.

| 14 | I. | A. R. P. | £ s. d. | 7 years. |
| 16 | IV. | 0 1 8 | 1 5 0 | " |
| 15 | VI. | 0 1 0 | 1 5 0 | " |
| 10 | VIII. | 0 1 0 | 1 5 0 | " |
| 14 | " | 0 1 0 | 1 5 0 | " |
| 4 | XII. | 0 1 0 | 0 12 0 | " |
| 7 | " | 0 1 0 | 0 12 0 | " |
| 14 | XIII. | 0 1 20 | 0 15 0 | " |
| 1 | XI. | 0 1 0 | 0 15 0 | " |
| 5 | " | 0 1 10 | 0 15 0 | " |
| 6 | X. | 0 1 36 | 0 12 0 | " |
| 16 | " | 0 1 0 | 1 5 0 | " |
| 9 | XVI. | 0 1 0 | 0 15 0 | " |
| 13 | " | 0 1 0 | 1 0 0 | " |
| 2 | XVIII. | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | " |

Mangaweka North Township.

| 5, 6 | IV. | 0 1 36 | 3 0 0 | 7 years. |

Mangaweka Township.

| 86 | .. | 0 1 0 | 2 0 0 | 7 years. |

Bunnythorpe Township.

| 1232 | .. | 0 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 7 years. |
| 1113 | .. | 0 1 16 | 0 5 0 | " |
| 1114 | .. | 0 1 16 | 0 5 0 | " |

Manakau Township.

| 44 | .. | 1 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 7 years. |

Suburbs of Pohangina.

| 32B | .. | 8 0 18 | 1 12 6 | 7 years. |

Umutai Village.

| 23, 24 | .. | 0 2 39 | 1 0 0 | 7 years. |

Makukupara Village.

| 17 | .. | 8 1 20 | 1 5 2 | 14 years. |

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 ls. 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, except in the cases of Sections 44, Manakau Township, 5 and 6, Mangaweka North Township, 17, Makukupara Village, and 23 and 24, Umutai Village, of which the leases may be determined on three months’ notice being given.

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 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.

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.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 18th August, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Crown land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 22nd October, 1902, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.

KAWHIA COUNTY.—MAUNGAMANGERO SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Altitude, 1,000 ft.; heavy tawa bush; part limestone, part sandstone; well watered; superior grazing country; about twenty-three miles by formed road and six miles by pack-track from Te Kuiti Railway-station.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Hawke’s Bay Land District, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 2nd September, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing run will be open for lease on application, under Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892,” at this office, on Wednesday, the 29th October, 1902.

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

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—COOK COUNTY—HANGAROA AND PATUTAHI SURVEY DISTRICTS.

First-class Pastoral Country.

An area of about 1,100 acres of this run is open land, covered with fern, grass, and scrub, with small patches of light bush. The balance consists of hilly country, covered with tawa, rata, rimu, kahikatea, totara, &c. The open country is principally light clay, with some very poor pumice patches. The soil on the portion of the bush land west of the Rangiora Stream is partly light, and a good deal of land poor, whereas that to the east of the stream is very good. The run is well watered, and lies at an elevation of from 600 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level. Situated on the main road from Gisborne to Wairoa, about thirty-eight miles from the former town.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.