Dec. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3025

Mixed agricultural and pastoral land, at an elevation varying from 500 ft. to 700 ft. About 570 acres are ploughable, the balance consisting of deep gullies of tussock, fern, and tutu; the soil is fair to good, with clay subsoil. Access by road, and distant about five miles from Lovell’s Flat Railway-station. The improvements which are included in the price of the land consist of half value of 272 chains of fencing and gorse hedge, full value of 206 chains of fencing, and three gates; total value, £79 6s. 6d. The improvements which are not included in the price of the land, but which must be paid for by the tenant, consist of buildings on Section 10A, comprising barn with sheds attached, valued at £50; hut, valued at £7; stable, valued at £10: total value of buildings, £67, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £2 12s. 4d.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in the Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 23rd November, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the under-mentioned reserves will be offered for sale by public auction at the times and places specified hereunder.

Leases not disposed of at auction will immediately thereafter be open for application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, and the local Land Office, Timaru.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

To be offered at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, 11th January, 1905, at 12 noon.

Mairaki Survey District.

To be offered at the local Land Office, Timaru, on Friday, 13th January, 1905, at 3 o’clock p.m.

Geraldine Survey District.

| Part Reserve 1862 | X. | 77 0 0 | 15 8 0 | 14 years. |

Waitaki Survey District.

| 3459 | VII. | 4 1 15 | 5 0 0 | 7 years. |
| Part Reserve 1816 | XI. | 63 2 8 | 12 14 0| 14 " |

Locality and Description of Reserves.

Reserve 1737 is situated about three miles and a half northward from Cust Railway-station, and comprises open downs land of fairly good quality, now in pasture. There is some gorse growing on the land. Present occupier, Mr. J. Sail.

Reserve 1738 is situated about three miles northward from Cust Railway-station, and comprises fairly good hill-side land, all ploughable, and now in grass. Present occupier, Mr. D. Garrett.

Reserves 1739 and 1740 are situated about four miles and a half north-easterly from Cust Railway-station, and comprise fairly good hill land, all ploughable, and now in grass. Present occupier, Mr. M. Kennedy.

Reserve 1839 is situated about four miles north-westerly from Cust Railway station, and comprises hilly land of good grazing quality, now in tussock. It is too steep and broken for cultivation. About 30 acres of this reserve has been planted with trees, and it will be a condition of the lease that this portion shall be fenced off by the lessee, and used for grazing sheep only, no cattle or horses to be allowed into the plantation.

Part of Reserve 1862 is situated on the south bank of the Orari River, about one mile and three-quarters north-westerly from Orari Railway-station, and comprises open level land of fair quality, most of which is in tussock pasture; a small portion has been cropped with turnips. Present occupier, Mr. T. Bates.

Reserve 3459 is situated at the south-eastern corner of the Morven Township, opposite the school. Present occupier, Mr. P. A. Henderson.

Part of Reserve 1816 is situated on the eastern side of the Main South Line of railway, about two miles southward from Morven Railway-station. The whole of it consists of open level land, about half of which is of light stony character, and the remainder is of good quality.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The purchaser of the lease shall, immediately upon the fall of the hammer, or with his application for the lease, deposit an amount equal to six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.

2. Possession will be given on the 1st January, 1905, or on the day of approval of application by the Land Board.

3. The leases will be for the terms stated above.

4. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time resume possession of the land comprised in the lease, or any portion thereof, by giving to the lessee twelve months’ notice in writing of his intention so to do.

5. The lessee shall have no claim against the Crown for compensation either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land, or on account of the aforesaid resumption, or for any other cause: Provided, however, that if at the expiration of the term the land shall be again offered for lease, then such lease shall be weighted with valuation for any fencing then on the land which has been erected by the outgoing lessee during the term of his lease, and such valuation shall be paid by the then incoming tenant before being admitted to possession of the land.

6. The lessee shall have no right to 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.

7. The land shall be used for grazing purposes only, and shall not be broken up or cropped without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

8. 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.

9. 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, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

10. The lessee shall once a year during the said term, and at the proper season of the year, properly cut and trim all live fences now on the demised land, or which may be planted thereon during the said term.

11. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

12. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within sixty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

13. The lease of Reserve 1839 will contain a provision that the lessee shall forthwith fence off the portion of the reserve which has been planted with trees, and that this portion shall be used for grazing sheep only, and no cattle or horses shall be allowed into the plantation.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

MAORI LAND ADMINISTRATION NOTICES.

Convening Meeting of the Aotea District Maori Land Council under the Provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900.”

Maori Lands Administration Office,
Wellington, 20th December, 1904.

IT is hereby notified that a meeting of the Aotea District Maori Land Council will be held at Whangamui, on Tuesday, the 17th day of January, 1905, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, for the transaction of all such business as may be lawfully brought before it.

R. C. SIM, Recorder.