Nov. 12.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

2397

Rural Land in Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 21st October, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Crown land will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 16th day of December, 1903.

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

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—KAWHIA COUNTY.—ORAHIRI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £45 12s. valuation for improvements.

Altitude, about 800 ft. above sea-level. Mostly heavy forest; balance fern and tea-tree scrub; limestone formation; soil fairly good, and well watered. Distant fourteen miles from Otorohanga.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Clandon Settlement, Taranaki Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 13th October, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Monday, the 16th day of November, 1903, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—STRATFORD COUNTY.—NGAIRE AND HUIROA SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Clandon Settlement.

DAIRY FARMS.

Subdivision 1.

| Huiroa | 24 | XVI. | 113 2 16 | 0 10 3·8 | 29 5 6 |

Subdivision 2.

| Huiroa | 25 | XVI. | 194 2 6 | 0 11 6·6 | {56 3 5 |
| | | | | | {20 1 7* |

Subdivision 3.

| Huiroa | 26 | XVI. | 152 3 14 | 0 13 3·8 | {50 17 8 |
| | | | | | {10 2 10† |

Subdivision 4.

| Huiroa | 28 | XVI. | 141 2 10 | 0 13 11·5 | {49 8 0 |
| | | | | | {10 2 10‡ |

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £515, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £20 1s. 7d. Total half-yearly, £75 5s.

† Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £260, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £10 2s. 10d. Total half-yearly, £61 0s. 6d.

‡ Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £260, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £10 2s. 10d. Total half-yearly, £59 10s. 10d.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 2nd November, 1903.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned sections will be offered for lease by public auction at this office on Friday, the 18th day of December, 1903, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Town of Rotorua.

Lot 5, Block XXIX., containing 1 rood; upset annual rent, £8. Fronts Haupapa Street.

Suburbs of Rotorua.

Lot 70, containing 11 acres and 36 perches; upset annual rent, £10. On Utuhina Stream, about two miles from the railway-station.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, ninety-nine years.

2. Rents are payable half-yearly in advance to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Auckland; and the first half-yearly payment is to be made on the fall of the hammer.

3. Town sections to be improved within one year from the date of the lease to the value of ten times the annual rental. Suburban sections to be fenced within one year from the date of the lease. No valuation for improvements will be allowed at the end of the term of lease.

4. No lease to be assigned, underlet, or the possession thereof parted with except with the consent in writing of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland.

5. All rates, taxes, charges, and assessments whatsoever to be paid by the lessee.

6. All buildings erected to be kept in good repair and condition, and in the erection of any building upon sections within the town the lessee must abide by and conform to the alignment of streets and roads, and to all by-laws and regulations made by the local authority intrusted with the administration of the local affairs of the Township of Rotorua.

7. Privies, ashpits, and other works of a similar character to be constructed and maintained as directed by the local authority. All drains and channels, and the sanitary state and condition of the premises, to be subject to the by-laws and regulations of the local authority.

8. No wells to be sunk or any excavations to be made without the consent in writing of the local authority.

9. The trade or business of a soap-boiler, tallow-chandler, tanner, slaughterman, meat curer or preserver, or any noisy, noxious, or offensive trade or manufacture of any kind whatever will not be permitted.

10. Provision will be made in the leases for inspection of premises at all reasonable times.

11. Leases will be liable to forfeiture if rent be thirty days in arrear, and will contain provisions for re-entry and for the recovery of rents.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.