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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 32

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Kokatahi Settlement, Westland Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 20th March, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 26th 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.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WESTLAND COUNTY.—KOKATAHI SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

KANIERI SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 4 | XIV. | 191 0 7 | 4 1½ | £ s. d. 19 14 0 |

Weighted with £12, valuation for fencing.

Altitude above sea-level, 100 ft. 15 acres white-pine and scrub; 18 acres mixed scrub, ribbonwood, and cabbage-tree; remainder grass, rushes, and scattered cabbage-trees. Level agricultural and pastoral land; most of cleared portion ploughable. Light sandy soil, 2 ft. to 3 ft. in depth. Water in hollows for considerable time after rain. Small patches of gorse from old hedges. Access by Bladier’s and Base-line Roads and Kokatahi River bed. Fenced on northern and eastern boundaries with barbed wire. Situated three miles from Kokatahi Dairy Factory, and thirteen miles from Hokitika Railway-station.

TOAROA SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 1 | I. | 351 0 32 | 2 3 | 19 15 1 |

Altitude above sea-level, 150 ft. 18 acres scrub, 12 acres black- and white-pine bush; remainder in grass, and covered with a scattered second growth. Level agricultural and pastoral land. Sandy soil, 2 ft. to 3 ft. deep, with gravel subsoil. Water in hollows for considerable time after rain. 65 chains of fencing—posts, standards, and barbed wire—with two iron gates on Whitcombe Valley Road boundary. Access by Whitcombe Valley Road and Hokitika River bed. Three miles from Koi-ti-rangi Creamery; sixteen miles and a half from Hokitika Railway-station.

| 2 | I. | 351 3 8 | 2 7½ | 23 1 9 |

Altitude above sea-level, 150 ft. 100 acres thick scrub, with scattered white-pine; remainder grass and rushes and scattered second growth. Level agricultural and pastoral land. Sandy soil, with gravel subsoil. Water may be obtained in hollows. A few chains of interior fencing. Situated three miles from Koi-ti-rangi Creamery; sixteen miles and a half from Hokitika Railway-station.

| 3 | I. | 352 1 23 | 2 4½ | 20 18 6 |

Altitude above sea-level, 150 ft. 90 acres thick scrub and patches of white-pine; remainder grass, rushes, and scattered second growth. Level agricultural and pastoral land. Sandy soil, with gravel subsoil. Access by Whitcombe Valley Road. Water may be obtained in hollows after rain. Three miles and a half from Koi-ti-rangi Creamery; seventeen miles from Hokitika Railway-station. 38 chains of interior fencing on this section.

G. J. ROBERTS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run in Southland Land District open for Lease on Application.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Tuesday, the 26th May, 1903, under the provisions of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

If more than one application is received for the run on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

Weighted with £23 2s. valuation for improvements.

Open undulating country; pastoral; hilltops stony; clay soil; well watered; height above sea-level, from 1,230 ft. to 1,530 ft. Distance from Eyre Creek Railway-station, about 40 chains.

JOHN HAY,
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 Mokoa 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.

8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on 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