Nov. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2539

Reserves in the Township of Shannon, Wellington Land District, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 1st October, 1902.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” that written tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to noon on Monday, the 24th November, 1902, for the leases of the undermentioned sections.

In the event of no tenders being received for the lands at the time named, they will remain open for lease on application at the upset rentals and for the terms stated below.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—SHANNON TOWNSHIP.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 ls. 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 three 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 lessees shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the leases, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

7. The lessees shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the leases; and they 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 leases shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessees shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions 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.

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.

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.

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 undermentioned 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 ls. lease fee, and shall deposit the statutory declaration required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.