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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Broken and undulating land; about 500 acres mixed forest at north end of run; balance fern and tea-tree and tussock; light soil. Fronts the old Taupo-Atiamuri Road, about five miles from Taupo.

93 | 12,310 | Tuhingamata East, Tata, and Tauhara | East Taupo | 24 12 6

The run contains two small clumps of mixed forest; balance fern, tea-tree, and tussock. The land is broken and undulating; light soil. Fronts Lake Taupo; access by track about four miles from Taupo.

94 | 10,144 | Kaingaroa | Rotorua | 20 6 0

Broken and undulating land, covered with fern, tea-tree, and tussock; soil light and partly overlaid with deposits from Tarawera eruption. This run fronts Rerewhakaitu Lake, and is otherwise watered by several streams. Situated about twenty-five miles from Rotorua by the Rotorua-Galatea Road, passing through the south end of the run.

TERMS OF SALE.

These runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.” Term of leases, twenty-one years from 1st September, 1903.

All hot springs, fumaroles, ngawas, geysers, mud volcanoes, and other centres of thermal action, with right of way thereto, are specially excluded from these pastoral leases.

Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the sum of half-year’s rent and lease fee on fall of the hammer.

These runs are to be disposed of with right of resumption; and in the event of the Government deciding to resume possession of the whole or any part of the land comprised in a run, after twelve months’ notice, in terms of “The Land Act, 1892,” the lease in respect of the land comprised in such notice shall determine and be void.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 26th February, 1903.

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 21st day of April, 1903.

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

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Situated about one mile from Tisbury Railway-station. Bush land; soil fair; well watered. Weighted with £7 10s., valuation for fencing and clearing. Limit of holding, 10 acres in Block III., Seaward Bush Township.

SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—INVERCARGILL HUNDRED.—TISBURY VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

73 | XXII. | 19 1 30 | 0 9·6 | 0 7 10

Situated about one mile and a half from Tisbury Railway-station. Land covered with mixed bush; nearly level; soil fair; portion of land liable to flood. Limit of holding, 50 acres.

WALLACE COUNTY.—LONGWOOD SURVEY DISTRICT.—LONGWOOD VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

9 | VII. | 43 0 35 | 0 9·6 | 0 17 4

Situated about one mile from Wakapatu Railway-station. Bush land; soil inferior. Weighted with £58, valuation for fencing and grassing. Limit of holding, 100 acres.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 9th February, 1903.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction, at the Courthouse, Ashburton, on Thursday, 26th March, 1903, at 2 o’clock p.m.

In the event of the lots not being disposed of at auction, they will immediately thereafter be open for lease on application, upon the same terms, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—ASHBURTON COUNTY.

Locality and Description of Reserve.

Reserve 2012 is situated adjacent to Mr. John Studholme’s Coldstream Estate, at a distance of about eight miles and a half in a south-westerly direction from the Hinds Railway-station, and near to the north bank of the Rangitata River, and comprises open plain land, light soil, in native pasture. The reserve as a whole has been fenced in, and there is a subdivision fence running parallel to the south-western boundary. The lessees will be required to maintain the fences and other improvements to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands. A county water-race intersects the reserve.

CONDITIONS.

1. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of lots which one person may acquire, 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 improvements, nor for any other cause; but, in the event of the lands being again offered for lease after the expiration of the term, they will be weighted with valuation for buildings, fencing, or plantations effected by the outgoing tenant. Such valuation shall be made by an appraiser appointed by the Land Board, and in the event of the lessee not agreeing with the valuation so made, then the amount of the valuation shall be determined by arbitration. The outgoing tenant shall not have any right or claim against the Crown or the Board in respect of the value of any improvements made by him, but the incoming tenant shall pay the amount of the aforesaid valuation of the same before being admitted to possession of the lands.

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

3. The leases shall be for the term specified in the Schedule, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the lands being required by Government.

4. The lands are let for grazing purposes, and lessees will not be permitted to break up or crop any of the same without the written permission of the Land Board first had and obtained.

5. Upon the fall of the hammer, every lessee shall pay a lease fee of £1 1s., together with a half-year’s rent.

6. The lessee shall not plant any gorse fences upon the land, but shall prevent the growth or spread of gorse, broom, or sweetbriar upon the land comprised in the leases; and shall with all reasonable speed remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

7. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits upon the lands comprised in the leases, and shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, or an officer appointed by him to inspect the ground.

Further particulars may be obtained on application to the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.