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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 31

Commissioner of Crown Lands; and he shall, at the proper season in each year, clip and trim all gorse and other live fences on the land included in the lease, including the outer fences around the shelter plantation, and he shall be at liberty to enter upon the other portions of the section not described or included in the lease for that purpose.

9. The lessee will keep all buildings, fences, ditches, drains, watercourses, gates, fixtures, and other things upon and about the land in good order and condition, including the outer fences on boundaries of reserve which enclose the plantation, and he shall so yield them up at the end of the term.

10. The lessee shall at the expiration of the term yield up the whole of the land in permanent pasture of grasses and clovers.

11. The lessee shall not cut the cultivated grasses or clovers for hay or seed during the first year from the time of sowing as aforesaid, nor shall he at any time remove from the land or burn any straw grown upon the land. The lessee shall have no right to cut or remove any tree in the shelter plantation surrounding the land comprised in the lease without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

Lands in Township of Dromore, Canterbury Land District,
for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 31st March, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the unsold sections in the Township of Dromore, grouped as noted hereunder, will be offered for lease by public auction, at the Court-house, Ashburton, on Tuesday, 26th May, 1903, at 2 p.m., for a term of seven years, at the upset annual rentals stated. In the event of the leases of any of the allotments not being disposed of at the auction, they will immediately thereafter be open for selection at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—TOWNSHIP OF DROMORE.

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

4. Lessees will be required, within six months from the commencement of the lease, to securely fence the land, and thoroughly clear it of gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds now growing upon the land, and to so keep it 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. No crop of any kind will be permitted to be taken off the land.

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 “pan 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.

Lands in Langdale Settlement, Wellington Land District,
open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 27th day of May, 1903, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—CASTLE POINT COUNTY.
Langdale Settlement.

REWA SURVEY DISTRICT.
First-class Agricultural Land.

9 | III. | A. R. P. 49 3 0 | £ s. d. 0 6 0 | £ s. d. 7 9 3

Weighted with £23 2s. for improvements, consisting of 30 chains of fencing.

This section comprises all flat low-lying land, 80 ft. above sea-level, wet in winter, with swampy places here and there, which can be cheaply and successfully drained, excepting when the Whareama River is in high flood, at which time its level is not much under this holding. It has been partially drained, but the drains require clearing out and extending to make them thoroughly effective. It is under English and native grasses and rough vegetation, including a good deal of rushes. The soil is of a clayey nature, which cakes in summer. This fault will be lessened when the land is properly drained. There is no permanent water excepting the Whareama River, the other side of the chain reserve along the river-bank. Water is probably obtainable by sinking wells. The improvements (which go with the land) are: Half-value of 13 chains of fencing between Sections 9 and 8 (seven plain wires, posts 8 ft. apart), 51½ chains along Langdale Road (seven plain wires, posts 8 ft. apart), and 23 chains along the river, off the holding; 49 acres of grassing; 10 chains of drain 3 ft. by 3 ft., and 14 chains of drain 2 ft. by 1 ft.: the whole valued at £84 13s. 9d. The access is by the Langdale Road, south of the junction with the main Blairlogie coach-road, three-quarters of a mile; and thence about twenty-three miles and three-quarters to Masterton. An alternative route is by the Langdale Road, three miles to the junction with the Masterton—Tinui main coach-road; thence twenty-five miles to Masterton, and five miles to Tinui.

MANGAPAKEHA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Agricultural Land.

2 , xv. , 323 0 0 | 0 2 8 , 21 10 8

This section comprises 300 acres of hilly and 23 acres of flat land. The flats are about 100 ft. and the hills run up to 500 ft. above sea-level. The flat land is along the creek running easterly through the section, and is generally swampy in winter. With the exception of about 23 acres of poor land, the section may be classed fair pastoral country, the vegetation consisting of a mixture of English and native grasses. There are numerous patches of large and small manuka here and there, affording good shelter for stock. Altogether there is about 30 acres of manuka. The soil is generally of a clayey nature, with rocky places on the ridges and higher lands. The section is intersected by gullies, in which run small streams, which, however, are dry in summer months, with the exception of the Mangapakeha. The formation affords facilities for the construction of dams, and water can probably be obtained by sinking wells. The small piece of land between the present Langdale Road and the proposed deviation, containing 19 acres, is to be leased with this section till the new road is made. The improvements (which go with the land) are: Half-value of 36 chains of fencing between Sections 2 and 3 (six plain and one barbed wire, posts 18 ft. apart, and three battens), 75 chains along the main road (six plain wires, posts 8 ft. apart), 28 chains along Langdale Road (six plain and one barbed wire, posts 8 ft. apart), 40 chains of old fence through southern portion of section (six plain and one barbed wire, posts 16 ft. apart, battens here and there); and 271 acres of grassing: the