Jan. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 47

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The term of lease will be for a period of seven years, commencing on the day of sale, subject to termination upon six months’ notice in the event of the land being otherwise required.

2. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

3. One half-year’s rent and a lease fee of £1 1s. must be paid on the fall of the hammer, or with the application for the lease.

4. Lessees will be required, within one year from the commencement of the lease, to thoroughly clear the land of gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds now growing upon the land, and to keep it so cleared during the whole of the term. Not later than the sixth year of the term, the lessee will be required to have the land satisfactorily laid down in grass and clover, and it must be so left at the expiration of the term.

5. No compensation will be paid for any improvements effected by the lessees, but they will be allowed, on the expiration of their leases, or in the event of the land being resumed as hereinbefore provided, to remove any fencing or buildings erected by them upon the lands.

6. In addition to the above, the leases will be subject to the general conditions applicable to leases of Crown lands under “The Land Act, 1892.”

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run, Otago Land District, liable to Forfeiture.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 22nd December, 1902.

PURSUANT to section 215 of “The Land Act, 1892,” notice is hereby given to the following persons that the undermentioned pastoral license is liable to forfeiture, and that if the rent overdue thereon, together with the full amount of the penalty, be not paid within three months from date, the license will be declared forfeited.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri and Totara Timber in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 30th December, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned totara and kauri timber standing on Section 4A, Block I., Punakitere Survey District, Hokianga County, will be offered for sale by public auction at this office on Thursday, the 26th day of February, 1903, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

460 kauri-trees, containing about 865,430 superficial feet.
87 totara-trees, containing about 93,144 superficial feet.
Upset price, £519 6s.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half of the purchase-money to be paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer, and the remaining half within six months from date of sale, supported by promissory note. All timber to be cut and removed within two years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments, Wellington Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 24th day of February, 1903.

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

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

HUTT COUNTY.—BELMONT SURVEY DISTRICT.—KOROKORO VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

This section is situated on the hills on the north-west of Petone. The access is from Petone, which is about one mile and three-quarters distant by good metalled road. The section comprises undulating open country in English grasses, falling from the front to back of section, with good building-site on front of the section. The soil is of good quality, and of fair depth, resting on sandstone formation.

HAWKE’S BAY COUNTY.—OHINEWAIRUA SURVEY DISTRICT.—ORAUKURA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Weighted with £46 19s., valuation for improvements.

This section is situated in the Awarua Block. The access is from Taihape, which is about four miles distant, via Main Trunk Road for two miles and a half, and Taihape-Otuarei Road for one mile and a half. With the exception of about three-quarters of a mile the former is a metalled road; the latter is a clay road formed 12 ft. wide. The section comprises flat and undulating country. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. All open country, roughly grassed with English and natural grasses. The elevation ranges from about 1,800 ft. to about 1,950 ft. above sea-level. The improvements consist of 21 chains of fencing; garden; house, partly built; dairy, stable, and fowlhouse.

AKITIO COUNTY.—MOUNT CERBERUS SURVEY DISTRICT.—PONGAROA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Weighted with £81 17s. 6d., valuation for improvements.

Weighted with £58 2s. 6d., valuation for improvements.

Section 28 is situated on the Huia Road. The access is from Pongaroa Township, which is about one mile and a quarter distant, of which one half-mile is metalled road, the remainder a 6 ft. track. The section comprises flat and low undulating land, grassed, ring-fenced, and whare erected. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is cleared. The section is watered by a creek. The elevation ranges from about 500 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. The improvements consist of 19¾ acres of felling, 19¾ acres grassing, 37 chains fencing, and whare.

Section 15 is situated on the Taraingahuata Road. The access is from Pongaroa Township, which is about two miles distant by dray-road and horse-track. The section comprises undulating and hilly land. The soil is of fair quality, resting on papa formation. The forest comprises rimu, rata, matai, kahikatea, tawa, and a few totara-trees, with a light undergrowth of supplejack, rangiora, lawyers, scrub, &c. The section is well watered by a creek traversing the frontage. The elevation ranges from about 500 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise 27 acres felling and grassing, and whare.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.