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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 82

Rural Land in Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 13th October, 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, on Wednesday, the 10th day of December, 1902.

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

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Weighted with £12, valuation for grassing, garden, and fencing. Open undulating land, about half a mile from Swanson Railway-station.

• Parish.

GERHARD MUELLER,
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.

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 seven years, 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 sweetbrier on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbrier, 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.

Land in Epuni Hamlet, Wellington, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land 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 section on the same day, priority of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—HUTT COUNTY.—BELMONT SURVEY DISTRICT.—EPUNI HAMLET.

First-class Land.

Weighted with £2 16s., valuation for 8 chains of fencing.

This section is situated in the Epuni Hamlet, the access being from the Lower Hutt, which is about two miles distant by formed dray-road, which is metalled to within half a mile of the section. The section comprises flat land laid down in good English grasses. The soil is a rich loam of great depth, resting on shingle and clay formation. Water can probably be obtained by sinking. The section is fenced on its north-western boundary by a quick hedge and wire fence combined, valued at £2 5s., which is included in the price of the land.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.