Dec. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2541

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.

Lands in Kokatahi Village Settlement, Westland Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 7th November, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 23rd day of December, 1903, at 12 o’clock noon, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—KOKATAHI VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Kokatahi Village is situated within seven miles of Kanieri Township, which is connected with Hokitika by daily tram and coach service.

G. J. ROBERTS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Auckland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 7th November, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 23rd day of December, 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.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAITEMATA COUNTY.—TITIRANGI SURVEY DISTRICT.—PLUMER HAMLET.

Workmen’s Homes.

Level agricultural land; loam soil, clay subsoil; in native grass. The northern boundary of these lots is fenced. Lot 7 contains a race pavilion, which is dilapidated. Value of improvements, £2, which is included in price of section. Plumer Hamlet is situated at Henderson, fourteen miles from Auckland, and close to Henderson Railway-station, on the Auckland–Kaipara Railway-line.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 7th November, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 22nd day of December, 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 for selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—WAIAU SURVEY DISTRICT.—MERRIVALE SETTLEMENT.

Open undulating land of fair quality; clay and limestone formation. Access by gravelled road from Otatau, distant fifteen miles. The section is about two miles and a half from schoolhouse. Permanent water. Improvements: 27½ chains wire fence and gorse hedge on main road, valued at £13 15s. No cash payment will be required for these improvements. The section, however, is weighted with valuation for the following improvements erected by the former lessee: Half-value of 55 chains wire fence on boundary of Section 14, £8 5s.; full value of 16 chains fence on road on western boundary, £4 16s.; half-value of 20 chains fence on boundary of Section 17, £4 10s.; half-value of fence bounding Section 16, £12 7s. 6d. Total valuation to be paid by incoming lessee: £29 18s. 6d.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.