Feb. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 567

Gisborne-Waikaremoana Main Road (formed 6 ft. wide) and the Gisborne-Rotorua Stock-track give access, the distance from Gisborne being forty-two miles via Hangaroa Village, there being a dray-road from that point to Gisborne.

Ngatapa District.

Run 76: Area, 2,580 acres. Rent per acre, 4·35d.; half-yearly rental, £23 7s. 8d. This run is mostly open fern and scrub land; 200 to 400 acres mixed bush; soil light, well watered, and frontage to Hangaroa River. The Gisborne-Rotorua Stock-track passes through the run.

Wairoa County.

Run 80: About one-third open fern ridges, one-third good mixed bush, and one-third fern and scrub; soil fair to good; some grass; well watered. Run 81: About one-third open fern and scrub ridges, remainder good bush, carrying rimu, totara, &c.; well watered; soil fair. Run 82: Rough pastoral country, a little of which is open fern land, and the remainder heavy bush land, bush consisting of rimu, kahikatea, and totara; well watered; soil poor to fair. Run 83: Heavy bush country, with the exception of a few small clear patches; soil good; well watered; the bush consists of rimu, kahikatea, and some totara. The above lands are situated near Lake Waikaremoana, from thirty to thirty-five miles from Wairoa.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Suburbs of Pongaroa, Wellington Land District, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 16th February, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 30th day of March, 1904, for leases of the undermentioned lands under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—AKITIO COUNTY.
Suburbs of Pongaroa.

The sections are in the suburbs of Pongaroa Township, which is situated on the main Alfredton-Weber Road at its junction with the Aohanga Gorge Road from Makuri, on the eastern side of the Puketois, and in the centre of a large district selected in small-farm blocks. Pongaroa is distant about thirty miles from Pahiatua, forty-two miles from Eketahuna, forty miles from Dannevirke, and seventeen miles from Aohanga Landing on the east coast.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. 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.
2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. Residence and improvements are not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.
3. Possession will be given on the day of acceptance of tender.
4. The leases shall be for the term of seven years, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.
5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly, in advance.
6. 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.
7. The land shall not be cropped or broken up, except with the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
8. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and he shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
9. The lessee shall prevent the spread and growth of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar upon 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 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.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Okauia Settlement, Auckland Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 15th February, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 6th day of April, 1904, 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—PIAKO COUNTY.—TAPAPA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Okauia Settlement.

The section comprises 285 acres good grass clearing, balance mixed forest; good site for house, yards, &c.; never-failing streams of water. Fronts Tauranga Road, about six miles from Matamata.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Pomahaka Downs Settlement, Otago Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 15th February, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 29th day of March, 1904, 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.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—CLUTHA COUNTY.—POMAHAKA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Pomahaka Downs Settlement.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.