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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 3

Authorising the Laying-off of the Main Streets in the Town of Tukekeru of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 8th January, 1903.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I, Thomas Young Duncan, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of the main streets in the Town of Tukekeru, Auckland Land District, of a width of 66 ft., instead of 99 ft., as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Pastoral Lands in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 8th January, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Crown lands will be offered for lease by public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday, the 27th day of February, 1903, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
Pastoral License under Sections 219 and 232 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

This land is situated on the eastern flank of Mount Torlesse and the southern slope of Staircase Gully; it ranges up to an elevation of 6,495 ft., and comprises steep, rough country, partly covered with native pasture.

CONDITIONS.

1. Possession of the run will be given to the purchaser of the license on the 1st March, 1903.

2. The license shall be dated on the 1st March, 1903, and shall be for the years specified above, from that date.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. One half-year’s rent and a license fee of £1 1s. shall be paid on the fall of the hammer. 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, 1903. 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.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Southland Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 8th January, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be submitted to public auction, for lease, at the upset annual rentals and for the terms stated below, on Friday, the 27th February, 1903, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
Pastoral Runs under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”
Run No. 352A, Southland County (Class I.): Area, 28,710 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £150.
Runs Nos. 420A and 6 (grouped), Lake County (Class I.): Area, 44,640 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £48.
Run No. 5, Lake County (Class I.): Area, 15,130 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £25.
Run No. 415c, Wallace County (Class I.): Area, 9,800 acres; term, seven years; upset annual rental, £2 10s.

Descriptions of Pastoral Runs.

Run No. 352A contains 28,710 acres, situated in Eyre District, Southland County, about one mile from Fairlight Railway-station, or about six miles from Athol Railway-station; country hilly and broken, ranging in height from 1,100 ft. to 3,500 ft. above sea-level. This run is fairly well grassed in places with white tussock and snow-grass on the lower portion, but the steep faces are becoming yearly more denuded of vegetation, and are one sheet of loose running shingle.

Runs Nos. 420A and 6 (grouped) contain 44,640 acres; situated in Eyre Side, Eyre North, Kingston, and South Wakatipu Districts, Lake County, about one mile up lake from Kingston Railway-station, or about seven miles from Fairlight Railway-station; very high and broken, containing little summer country, ranging in height from 1,100 ft. to 6,800 ft. above sea-level. The country is now poorly grassed, the lower slopes carrying white tussock and snow-grass, with the higher portions poorly grassed with snow-tussock. All the steep faces are quite denuded of vegetation, and are fast becoming one moving mass of shingle.

Run No. 5, containing 15,130 acres, situated in Eyre North District, Lake County, about four miles from Half-way Bay, or sixteen miles from Kingston Railway-station; very high country, ranging from 1,300 ft. to 6,000 ft. above sea-level, fairly well grassed with white and snow tussock, but, as in all other cases of high country, the steep faces are denuded of vegetation, and are one mass of loose shingle.

Run No. 415c, containing 9,800 acres, situated in Takitimo District, Wallace County, about forty-five miles from Otataua Railway-station; very high and broken country, poorly grassed with principally snow-tussock, but the steep faces are quite denuded of vegetation, and consist mostly of loose shingle. Country ranges from 4,000 ft. to 5,700 ft. above sea-level.

TERMS OF SALE.

Possession of above runs will be given on the 1st March, 1904.

Valuations for improvements must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Invercargill, before the licensees will be let into possession.

The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Purchasers must deposit statutory declarations as required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the first half-year’s rent, together with the license fee (£1 1s.), on fall of the hammer.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.