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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

Reserves in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 30th March, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 p.m. on Monday, the 1st day of June, 1903, for the leases of the undermentioned reserves.

If the sections are not applied for on the 1st June, 1903, they will remain open for selection at the upset rentals and for the terms stated below.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

TOWNSHIP OF OHAWA.

| 191, 231 | 0 2 0 | Free | First 3 years. |
| | | 6 0 0 | Next 4 years. |
| | | 20 0 0 | Remaining 7 years. |

TOWN OF STRATFORD.

MANGAMINGI VILLAGE (SUBURBAN).

| 62 | 8 2 36 | 2 2 6 | 5 years. |

BLOCK XI., OMONA SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 8 | 26 3 24 | 1 6 0 | 10 years. |

BLOCK I., OPAKU SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 8 | 4 2 4 | 0 8 0 | 10 years. |

REHU VILLAGE.

| 3 | 1 3 32 | 0 4 0 | 10 years. |

MANGAEHU VILLAGE.

| 14 | 0 1 0 | 0 5 0 | 14 years. |
| 18 | 0 3 28 | 0 10 0 | " |

PUNIWHAKAU VILLAGE.

| 1 | 0 1 0 | 0 5 0 | 14 years. |
| 6 | 0 1 0 | 0 5 0 | " |
| 11 | 0 1 0 | 0 5 0 | " |
| 20 | 0 1 0 | 0 5 0 | " |
| 22 | 0 1 0 | 0 5 0 | " |
| 23 | 1 3 6 | 1 0 0 | " |

PURANGI VILLAGE.

| 12 | 0 1 0 | 0 7 6 | 5 years. |
| 13 | 0 1 0 | 0 7 6 | " |
| 16 | 0 2 0 | 0 15 0 | " |
| 40 | 3 3 26 | 2 0 0 | Year to year.|

PUNEHU VILLAGE, BLOCK XI., OPUNAKE SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 23 | 0 2 0 | 0 15 0 | 14 years. |
| 24 | 0 1 0 | 0 7 6 | " |
| 25 | 0 1 0 | 0 7 6 | " |

MAKAKA VILLAGE, BLOCK X., KAUPONONUI SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 15 | 1 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 14 years. |
| 22 | 0 1 0 | 0 5 0 | " |
| 23 | 0 2 0 | 0 7 6 | " |
| 24 | 0 1 0 | 0 5 0 | " |

BLOCK VIII., CAPE SURVEY DISTRICT.

| Part 132 | 0 3 8·6 | 1 0 0 | 7 years. |

CONDITIONS.

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

7. The land shall not be cropped nor broken up.

8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar upon the land comprised in the lease; and he 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.

9. The lessee of Sections 191 and 231, Town of Stratford, shall, during the first three years of the term of the lease, fill in with earth the gully on both sections to level of street, during which term no rent will be payable.

10. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee should 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.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 14th March, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, the 5th May, 1903, for a lease of the undermentioned section under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

If the land is not applied for on the date mentioned it will remain open thereafter for selection at the upset annual rental and for the term stated below.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—PATEA DISTRICT.

PART of Section No. 534, Block XI., Hawera Survey District: Area, 53 acres 2 roods 32 perches; minimum upset rental, £41 10s. 9d.; term of lease, 14 years.

Description and Locality of Reserve.

Situated on the Main South Road, which is metalled; distant about 15 chains from the Mokoiā Railway-station, and about six miles from the Hawera Railway-station by the South Road. The land is practically level, in good pasture, and is ring-fenced, there being a belt of plantation with fencing on both sides.

It is in every respect a desirable property for depasturing purposes, being well sheltered from the prevailing and cold southerly winds.

CONDITIONS.

1. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.

2. Residence is not compulsory, and no statutory declaration is required. 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 lease shall be for the term of fourteen years, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government at the end of the fifth and tenth years.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

7. The lessee shall not take more than two crops, one of which must be a root-crop, from the same land in succession; and either with or immediately after a second crop of any kind he shall sow the land down with good permanent cultivated grasses and clovers, and allow the land to remain as a pasture for at least three years from the harvesting of the last crop before again being cropped.