1576
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

3. The leases will be for a term of forty-two years.

4. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free of all deductions whatsoever; and if not paid within twenty-one days after due date the lessor may re-enter upon the land and determine the lease.

5. The lessee shall have no right to mortgage, sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion 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 destroy all rabbits on the land, and shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

7. The lessee shall prevent the growth or spread of gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious weeds or plants on the land comprised in the lease; and 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.

8. The lessee shall not carry on, or permit to be carried on, upon the land or any part thereof, any noisy, noxious, or offensive trade or manufacture, or do or suffer to be done thereon any act or thing whatsoever which may be an annoyance to the lessor or to any other lessee in the neighbourhood.

9. In the event of the lessee, upon the expiry of the term, not again becoming the occupier of the land under a fresh lease, he shall be entitled to payment of valuation for all improvements which he shall have effected upon the land, so far as the same are existing and unexhausted.

10. The lessee of every town section shall, within one year from the date of selection, erect upon each section a permanent building of a value of at least £50.

Sale plans may be obtained at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the unsold lands in the Township of Winslow, grouped as noted hereunder, will be offered for lease by public auction, at the Court-house, Ashburton, on Wednesday, the 26th day of August, 1903, at 2 p.m., 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 WINSLOW.

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.

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.

Lands in Te Puru Township, Auckland Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of twenty-one years (with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years), at the Native Land Court Hall, Kawhia, on Thursday, the 13th August, 1903, at 10 a.m., under the provisions of “The Native Townships Act, 1895,” and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—KAWHIA COUNTY.—TOWNSHIP OF TE PURU.

Te Puru Township adjoins the Town of Kawhia, on the west coast, about 140 miles south of Auckland, and comprises undulating grass and tea-tree land; altitude, about 100 ft. above sea-level. There is steamer communication weekly from Onehunga, and coach-road from Pirongia to Oparau, thence about eight miles by steam-launch to the township. The swamp lots facing Motutara Street can be drained easily.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The respective lots shall be offered by auction on Thursday, the 13th August, 1903.

2. The bidder of the highest rent shall be declared to be the lessee, and, if any dispute arises as to the last or highest bidding for any lot, the lot in dispute shall be put up again at the last preceding bidding.

3. The highest bidder for each lot shall, upon the fall of the hammer, pay to the auctioneer the first half-year’s rent in advance by way of deposit, which shall represent the half-year’s rent as from the 1st January, 1904, and shall cover the period between the date of sale and such day.

4. The second half-year’s rent shall become payable on the 1st July, 1904, and thenceforth shall be paid half-yearly in advance.

5. As soon as may be after the highest bidder is ascertained, a lease will be prepared, for which there will be a charge of £1, to be paid by the lessee. Such lease shall be for the term of twenty-one years, commencing from the 1st January, 1904, and the lessee shall execute the same in triplicate at the office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland, whenever requested so to do.

6. Should the highest bidder neglect or fail to comply with any of the conditions, his deposit-money shall thereupon be forfeited to the Commissioner, who shall be at full liberty