MAY 21. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1261

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 OHawe.

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

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.

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 1s., 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 upon 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.