Nov. 6. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2439

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.

Pastoral Runs, Otago, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 28th October, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the under-mentioned pastoral runs will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Tuesday, the 30th day of December, 1902, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—VINCENT COUNTY.
Pastoral Runs under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Possession will be given on the day of sale.

The above runs form part of what is known as the Cromwell Commonage, from which town they are distant about three miles on a good road. The country is ridgy, broken, and somewhat dry, though there is permanent water in the various creeks. It is good winter country, rising gradually from the Clutha and Kawarau Rivers, and has a good aspect.

Conditions.—The purchaser of each run shall, immediately on fall of the hammer, pay to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Dunedin, a deposit of the first half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease fee, and shall deposit the statutory declaration required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 p.m. on Thursday, the 18th December, 1902, for a lease of the undermentioned reserve.

If the section is not applied for on the date mentioned, it will remain open for selection at the upset annual rental and for the term stated below.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—POHANGINA COUNTY.—APITI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Term of lease, seven years.

This section is situated in the Feilding Special Settlement Block, on the right bank of the Oroua River. The access is from Apiti Township, which is about 60 chains distant by unformed road. The section comprises about 30 acres of river-flats and about 36 acres of cliff and steep hills; the soil is of rather light quality, resting on clay formation; the forest comprises rimu, kahikatea, tawa, &c., with usual undergrowth. The section is well watered by the Oroua River, and the improvements on it comprise 50 acres felled and grassed.

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. 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 lease 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.

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 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.

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.