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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 81

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.

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.

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 Town of Rotorua, Auckland, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 16th August, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that the leases of the undermentioned lots in the Town of Rotorua will be submitted for sale by public auction at the Courthouse, Rotorua, on Friday, the 31st October, 1902, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

TOWN OF ROTORUA.

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. Sections to be improved within one year from the date of the lease to the value of ten times the annual rental. 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. Leases liable to forfeiture if rent be thirty days in arrear, and the leases will contain provisions for re-entry and for the recovery of rents.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Kokatahi Settlement, Westland, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 23rd September, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 4th November, 1902, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WESTLAND COUNTY.—KANIERI AND TOAROHA SURVEY DISTRICTS.—KOKATAHI SETTLEMENT.

Dairy Farms.—First-class Land.

G. J. ROBERTS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.