JULY 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1539

Pastoral Run in Otago Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 29th June, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction at this office on Monday, the 31st day of August, 1903, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 29, Block VII., and 72, Block IV., Table Hill District, Bruce County: Area, 145 acres 1 rood 27 perches; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £3 12s. 6d. Valuation for improvements, £18.

Rough hilly country, well watered; fair pastoral land. Situated about three miles from Round Hill Siding, on the branch railway-line to Lawrence.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 11th May, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Tuesday, 7th July, 1903, for the term and at the upset annual rental stated below.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

RUN No. 536, Anglem and Mason Survey Districts, Stewart Island County: Class I.; area, 14,500 acres; upset annual rental, £10; term, fourteen years.

Description of Run.

Situated about two miles from the head of Paterson Inlet, and about twelve miles by water from Half-moon Bay. The country is all level, on a gradually sloping plain, very wet and spongy and poorly grassed, and consists mostly of peat-bog vegetation, with the exception of narrow margins immediately along the creeks, where very good grass is to be found. The whole country is more or less covered with manuka scrub, but with burning and careful management a considerable area is capable of improvement by surface sowing. It is more adapted in its present state for cattle than for sheep. Elevation above sea-level from 12 ft. to 400 ft.

Possession will be given on the day of sale.

The above run 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 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the first half-year’s rent, together with the license fee (£1 1s.), on the fall of the hammer.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 18th May, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Monday, the 6th day of July, 1903, for the terms and at the upset annual rentals stated, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

RUN No. 140a (Class I.), Tuapeka County: Area, 5,794 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £20; valuation for improvements, £198 17s. 6d.

Situated about two miles from Tapanui, and about the same distance from Pomahaka Railway-station. Fairly good pastoral country, though somewhat broken. The lower portions are fairly well grassed, but the higher elevations are covered with scrub and fern. The country is well watered, and has a westerly aspect.

Sections 44, Block I., and 38, Block VI., Benger District, Tuapeka County: Area, 600 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £1.

Situated at the Township of Ettrick, Section 44 being known as the Ettrick Domain. The land is of poor quality; about one-half is shingle, and the remaining portion has a light top soil on a subsoil of shingle.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 9th June, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 28th day of July, 1903, for a lease of the undermentioned lands.

In the event of no tender being received on the date mentioned, the sections will remain open thereafter for lease on application, at the annual rental stated.

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Rehu Village.

SECTIONS Nos. 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 (grouped): Area, 17 acres 2 roods 5 perches; minimum annual rental, £3 3s. 4d.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The term of lease will be for a period of ten years.
2. 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.
3. Possession will be given on the day of acceptance of tender.
4. The rent shall be payable half-yearly, in advance.
5. 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.
6. 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, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
7. The lessee shall, within three years from the date of the lease, fell the bush now growing on the land, and at the proper season burn the same, and shall thereafter sow the burnt area with a mixture of good English grasses.
8. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture if 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.

Land in Epuni Hamlet, Wellington Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 12th day of August, 1903, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—HUTT COUNTY.—BELMONT SURVEY DISTRICT.—EPUNI HAMLET.

Workmen’s Home Allotment.—First-class Land.

The section is situated in the Waiwetu portion of the Hutt Valley. The access is from Lower Hutt, which is about two miles and a half distant: first by the Main Road, then by the Middle Waiwetu Road, thence by the Wi Tako and Porutu Roads, all of which are formed and metalled. The section comprises flat grass country; the soil is of a deep loam of great depth and fertility, resting on gravel formation; water is obtainable by sinking. The elevation ranges from about 10 ft. to 15 ft. above sea-level.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.