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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 98

Land in the Canterbury Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 26th November, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Crown land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, as a workman’s-home allotment, at this office, on Wednesday, the 7th January, 1903, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—SELWYN COUNTY.—CHRISTCHURCH SURVEY DISTRICT.—TARAWAHI HAMLET.

First-class Land.

This section is situated at the south-eastern corner of the Tarawahi Hamlet, on the north bank of the Heathcote River, about 12 chains westward from Colombo Road, two miles and a quarter southward from the Christchurch Post-office, and one mile ten chains from the Sydenham Post-office. It comprises flat agricultural land, light loamy soil with gravel and sand.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 3rd November, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up till 4 p.m. on Monday, the 29th December, 1902, for a lease of the undermentioned reserve for a term of fourteen years, at the upset annual rental stated below.

SCHEDULE.

HOWICK (SMALL LOTS NEAR).

ALLLOTMENT 8, Section 7, containing 7 acres 3 roods 12 perches. Upset annual rent, £1.

The reserve is situated about three-quarters of a mile from the Howick Wharf.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, fourteen years from 1st January, 1903.
2. Possession will be given on the day of sale. One year’s rent, and lease fee, £1 1s., to be paid on fall of the hammer.
3. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may, in the event of the land being required for burial purposes, resume any portion of the land comprised in the lease under a duly proportionate rebate of rent by giving to the lessee three months’ notice of his intention so to do.
4. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land, or on account of the aforesaid resumption, or for any other cause; but, before the expiration of the term of lease or notice of resumption as aforesaid, the lessee may remove all fences and buildings that may have been erected by him during the currency of the lease.
5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.
6. The rent shall be paid yearly in advance free of 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 sixty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

GERHARD MUELLER,
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.

Village-homestead Allotment, Wellington, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotment will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 3rd day of December, 1902, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,”

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

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—BELMONT SURVEY DISTRICT.—PETONE BOROUGH.—KOROKORO VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

This section is situated on the hills to the west of Petone, from which it is distant about one mile and a half by a good metalled road. It comprises rough hilly land, having about 2 acres in grass, 2 acres overrun with gorse, and the remainder in light bush, which consists of tawa, karaka, miro, maire, hinau, and a few rimu, with thick undergrowth of karamu, makomako, supplejacks, &c. The soil is of rather light quality; the section is fairly well watered by small streams. The elevation ranges from about 200 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.