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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Land in Glenham Settlement, Southland Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 1st 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 22nd day of July, 1903, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—WYNDHAM SURVEY DISTRICT.—GLENHAM SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

*Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £120, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £4 13s. 7d. Total half-yearly payment, £27 1s. 7d.

Open agricultural land, at an altitude of from 300 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. The land is undulating, and well supplied with water by the Kuriwai and other streams; the soil is good; 190 acres have been ploughed and sown in English grass, which requires renewing. The distance to Glenham Railway-station is a mile and a quarter by an unmetalled dray-road, a mile and a quarter by main road, or two miles and a half total distance.

The improvements which go with the land consist of the half-value of 40 chains of fencing on northern boundary, and the full value of 74 chains of fencing, western and southern boundaries; also 100 chains of subdivisional fencing and two gates: all valued at £59 15s. The improvements which do not go with the land comprise a five-roomed cottage of wood, with weatherboard walls, iron roof, and one double chimney; the front door opens into a central room 12 ft. by 11 ft.; there are two front rooms 12 ft. by 10 ft., a kitchen 18 ft. by 10 ft., and back bedroom 11 ft. by 10 ft.; the ceiling and walls of kitchen are T. and G. lining, the centre room is lined with T. and G. lining, all other walls being scrimmed and papered; the kitchen is lighted by two double-sashed windows, and each room has one large double-sashed window; there is a porch at back 9 ft. by 7 ft., a colonial oven in the kitchen, and one round tank; size of cottage, 31 ft. by 23 ft. by 10 ft.; in good order—value, £95: also a milking-shed 60 ft. by 15 ft., with lean-to, iron roof, twelve bails, two doors, and floored 8 ft. across; chaff-house at end, with door and window, in good repair—value, £25: total value of buildings, £120, repayable by the tenant in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £4 13s. 7d.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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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.”

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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.