Oct. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2341

Reserves in the Town of Cambridge West, Auckland Land District, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 6th October, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up till 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 10th December, 1902, for leases of the undermentioned reserves, for the term and at the upset annual rentals stated below.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Town of Cambridge West.

Term of lease, fourteen years.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land or for any other cause.

2. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land during the term of the lease without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first obtained.

3. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious weeds or plants on the land comprised in the lease, and 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.

4. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

5. 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.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments, Southland, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 30th September, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” at this office, on Monday, the 24th day of November, 1902.

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

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT. — INVERCARGILL HUNDRED. — TISBURY VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.
First-class Land.

• Weighted with £4 12s., valuation for fencing.
  Situated in Seaward Bush, near Tisbury Railway-station. Bush land; soil fair; land nearly level, and well watered.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Marlborough for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 7th October, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction, at the Courthouse, Kaikoura, on Wednesday, the 26th day of November, 1902, for the term and at the upset annual rental stated below.

SCHEDULE.
SECTION 203, Block X., Mount Fyffe Survey District: Area, 29 acres; upset annual rental, £15. Term, fourteen years.

The land is limestone loam, upon limestone subsoil; is all in grass, and has permanent water; situated on South Coast Road, about one mile from Kaikoura Post-office.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Possession will be given on the 1st January, 1903.

2. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land or for any other cause.

3. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land during the term of the lease, without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first obtained.

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

5. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious weeds or plants on the land comprised in the lease, and shall with all reasonable despatch remove or cause to be removed all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

6. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

7. 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.

C. W. ADAMS,
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.