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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1]

Lands in the Southland Land District forfeited or surrendered.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 24th December, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that, the leases or licenses of the undermentioned lands having been forfeited, or the surrender accepted, by resolutions of the Southland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.

Pastoral Runs in the Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 6th January, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction, at the times and places, and subject to the terms and conditions, hereunder specified.

PASTORAL LICENSES UNDER “THE LAND ACT, 1892.”

To be offered at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Friday, 27th February, 1903, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Class I.

| 1 | 141 | Esk Head .. | Ashley .. | 35,900 | £380 | 14 Yrs. |
| 1 | 142 | The Lakes .. | " .. | 30,000 | 400 | 14 |
| 1 | 144 | Snowdale .. | " .. | 45,600 | 450 | 14 |
| 1 | 149 | Woodstock .. | " .. | 9,000 | 200 | 14 |
| 2 | 171 | Brookdale .. | Selwyn .. | 20,200 | 350 | 13 |
| 2 | 173 | Avoca .. | " .. | 6,800 | 86 | 13 |
| 2 | 121 | Craigieburn .. | " .. | 50,000 | 1,000 | 13 |
| 2 | 122 | Grassmere .. | " .. | 13,700 | 350 | 13 |
| 2 | 174 | Cora Lynn .. | " .. | 39,200 | 200 | 13 |
| 2 | 175 | Riversdale .. | " .. | 17,400 | 250 | 13 |
| 3 | 100 | Mount Hutt .. | Ashburton | 34,700 | 375 | 14 |
| 3 | 102 | Winterslow .. | " | 29,900 | 375 | 14 |
| 3 | 104 | Mount Somers .. | " | 12,100 | 260 | 14 |
| 3 | 108 | Part of Mount Possession .. | " | 29,500 | 700 | 14 |
| 3 | 109 | Ditto .. | " | 15,400 | 550 | 14 |

To be offered at the local Land Office, Timaru, on Tuesday, 24th February, 1903, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Class II.

| 4 | 210 | Pt. of Mount Peel | Geraldine | 1,170 | 100 | 13 |

Class I.

| 4 | 8 | Four Peaks .. | Geraldine | 10,300 | 450 | 10 |
| 4 | 15 | Sherwood Downs .. | " | 44,500 | 600 | 14 |
| 4 | 208 | Pt. of Ashwick.. | Mackenzie | 15,700 | 260 | 14 |
| 4 | 209 | " .. | " | 14,670 | 210 | 14 |
| 5 | 28 | Mount Nessing.. | " | 15,000 | 425 | 14 |
| 5 | 41 | Mount Nimrod.. | Waimate | 14,000 | 450 | 14 |
| 5 | 44 | Bluecliffs .. | " | 17,000 | 425 | 14 |
| 5 | 47 | Otaio .. | " | 15,372 | 575 | 14 |
| 5 | 50 | Mount Studholme .. | " | 6,300 | 230 | 10 |
| 5 | 61† | Pt. of Hakatarama .. | " | 15,228 | 580 | 14 |
| 5 | 62† | " .. | " | 5,400 | 180 | 14 |
| 5 | 61A | " .. | " | 6,650 | 175 | 14 |
| 5 | 62A | " .. | " | 9,700 | 162 | 14 |
| 5 | 64 | " .. | " | 11,000 | 275 | 14 |
| 5 | 66 | Waitangi .. | " | 49,250 | 950 | 14 |

• Canterbury College Endowment Reserve.
  † Lincoln Agricultural College Endowment Reserve.

CONDITIONS.

1. Possession of the runs will be given to the purchasers of the licenses on the 1st March, 1904.

2. No person or company may become the holder of more than one run under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892”: Provided that the holder of any run under the said Act of a carrying-capacity of less than ten thousand sheep or two thousand head of cattle may become the lessee of an aggregate area sufficient to carry such a number of sheep or cattle. The holder of any small grazing-run under Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892,” shall not be the holder of any run under Part VI. of the said Act.

3. The licenses shall be dated on the 1st March, 1904, and shall in each case be for the years specified above, from that date.

4. The license shall be subject to the following conditions, amongst others:—

(1.) That if the licensee, or any person claiming an interest through or under him, shall make or cause to be made any agreement or contract, or shall give or cause to be given or taken any negotiable security, for the purpose of defeating or evading the provisions of, or shall in any way whatsoever directly or indirectly, commit or be privy to a fraud upon, “The Land Act, 1892,” the license shall be liable to be forfeited and revoked;

(2.) That the licensee shall prevent the destruction or burning of timber or bush on the land comprised in the license;

(3.) That the licensee shall prevent the growth or spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the license, and shall with all reasonable speed remove or cause to be removed all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner;

(4.) That the licensee shall destroy all rabbits on the land comprised in the license, and shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner or an officer appointed by him to inspect the ground; and

(5.) That during the months of December to June, inclusive, or such other months, not exceeding altogether seven in any one year, as the Commissioner shall from time to time determine, the licensee shall not burn the grass on the land comprised in the license.

5. The licensee shall have the exclusive right of pasturage over the lands specified in his license, but shall have no right to the soil, or timber, or minerals thereon or therein.

6. One half-year’s rent and a license-fee of £1 1s. shall be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the purchaser shall make a declaration in terms of section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892.” The rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance, on the 1st day of March and the 1st day of September in each year during the term of the license, the half-year’s rent paid on the fall of the hammer being for the half-year commencing on the 1st March, 1904. Should the half-yearly rental at any period not be paid within thirty days, a penalty of 10 per cent. in addition will be enforced.

7. No liability is accepted by or on behalf of the Crown in respect of any fencing existing upon the Crown lands offered