1716
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 61

small areas of fair land in the intersecting gullies, where homestead-sites might be chosen. Surface water is not available during the summer months, but there are many indications of springs where permanent water might be obtained by sinking. Elevation up to 810 ft. above sea-level. Situated about two miles from the Town of Clyde, and adjacent to the proposed Otago Central Railway.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office.
Auckland, 27th July, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for lease by public auction, for grazing purposes only, at this office, on Monday, the 21st day of September, 1903, for a term of fourteen years, at the upset annual-rentals stated.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OTAMATEA COUNTY.—MARERETU-WAIPU STATE FOREST RESERVE.

Lot 9, 506 acres; upset annual rental, £5. Lot 10, 429 acres; upset annual rental, £4. Situated at the south end of Waipu-Mareretu State Forest, from four to six miles from Maungaturoto.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The land comprised in the lease shall continue under “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” subject only to the right of the lessee to use the land for grazing purposes.
2. The lessee shall have no right to fell or remove from the land any live or dead trees or timber, whether standing or lying on the ground.
3. All persons duly authorised in that behalf shall have free right of ingress, egress, and regress for any of the purposes of the Act mentioned, or for felling or removing from the land any trees or timber.
4. The lessee at the expiration of the term of his lease may remove all fencing and buildings erected by him on the land.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Methuen Hamlet, Auckland Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 25th July, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 30th day of September, 1903, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—EDEN COUNTY.—TITIRANGI SURVEY DISTRICT.—METHUEN HAMLET.

Workman’s Home Allotment.

Agricultural land; good soil, clay subsoil; slightly undulating, and in English grasses. North boundary fenced with post-and-wire fence; value of fence, £1 15s., included in price of section.

GERHARD MUELLER,
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.

Village-homestead Allotments, 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 village-homestead allotments 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 Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

This section is situated on the hills to the north-west of Petone Railway-station. The access is from Petone, which is about one mile and a half distant by a good metalled road. The section comprises easy-sloping land, sloping from the front to the back, and is all in English grasses; the soil is of good quality, of fair depth, resting on broken rock and sandstone formation; water can be had by sinking; the elevation ranges from about 400 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level.

HAWKE’S BAY COUNTY.—OHINEWAIRUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Oraukura Village Settlement.

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This section is situated to the north-east of Taihape, in the Oraukura Village Settlement. The access is from Taihape, which is about four miles distant—about two miles by the main trunk line, one mile and three-quarters of which is metalled; thence by the Taihape-Otuarei Road, which is formed 12 ft. wide, but not metalled. The section comprises easy undulating natural clearing in English and native grasses; most of the land is ploughable and well suited for growing oats; the soil is of good quality and depth, resting on clay and papa formation; the section is not watered by streams, but water can be had by sinking wells or making dams.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.