Oct. 2. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2197

Rural Lands in the Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, 26th August, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection 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 this office, on Wednesday, the 15th October, 1902.

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

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.

Wairoa | Nuhaka North | 1 | XIII. | 479 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 479 0 0 | 1 0 | 11 19 6 | 0 9·6 | 9 11 7

Hilly fern land; soil light to good. On this section there is an area of about 60 acres of mixed bush, chiefly tawa, rimu, and matai. Good homestead-site. Well watered. Situated about thirty miles from Wairoa.

Wairoa | Nuhaka North | 5 | XIII. | 701 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 701 0 0 | 1 0 | 17 10 6 | 0 9·6 | 14 0 5

About 350 acres of fern and tutu, balance covered with tawa, rimu, matai, &c.; well watered; soil good. Altitude, 800 ft. to 1,500 ft. Distance from Wairoa about thirty miles.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Township of Pohangina, Wellington, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 16th September, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of “The Land Act, 1892,” that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, the 18th day of November, 1902, for leases of the undermentioned sections. If any of the sections are not applied for on the date mentioned they will remain open for selection at the upset rentals and for the term stated.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—POHANGINA COUNTY.—POHANGINA TOWNSHIP.

40 | X. | 0 1 0 | 1 5 0
41 | " | 0 0 38 | 0 10 0
42 | " | 0 1 0 | 0 15 0
43 | " | 0 1 0 | 0 7 6
45 | " | 0 1 0 | 0 7 6
46 | " | 0 1 0 | 0 12 6
47 | " | 0 1 0 | 0 7 6
48 | " | 0 1 0 | 0 12 6
49 | " | 0 1 0 | 0 7 6
51 | " | 0 1 0 | 0 9 6
54 | " | 0 1 0 | 0 14 0
55 | " | 0 1 0 | 0 8 6
57 | " | 0 0 28 | 0 6 0

Term of lease, seven years.

CONDITIONS.

1. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. 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 six months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

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 land shall not be cropped nor broken up, except with the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and he shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

9. The lessee shall prevent the spread and growth 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 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.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 26th August, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application at this office on Wednesday, 15th October, 1902, at the half-yearly rental noted in the Schedule.

In the event of more than one application being received for the run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

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

First-class Pastoral Land.

Undulating and broken country, consisting of light soil on papa formation; watered by numerous streams. The Gisborne-Waikaremoana Main Road and Gisborne-Rotorua Stock-track give access to the run. Distance from Gisborne via Hangaroa Village, about forty miles.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.