Feb. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 681

Land in Otago Land District for Sale under Section 115 of
"The Land Act, 1892."

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 4th January, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of
"The Land Act, 1892," that the undermentioned
land will be disposed of, under section 115 of the said Act,
on and after Tuesday, the 5th day of April, 1904.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

PART of Section 2, Block I., Pomahaka Survey District.
Estimated area, 14 acres.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Westland Land District for Lease by
Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 21st January, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public
auction, at this office, on Monday, the 29th day of Feb-
ruary, 1904, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of
Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Run 48, Moeraki River: Area, 9,150 acres; term, ten years;
upset annual rental, £9 15s. Situated on Moeraki River.
Cattle-feed country; undulating surface. Commences half
a mile back from sea-beach. Accessible by the sea-beach,
Moeraki River bed, Moeraki Road, and Main South Road.

Run 70, Haast and Waita Rivers: Area, 12,500 acres;
term, ten years; upset annual rental, £12 10s. Situated
between Haast and Waita Rivers. Fine cattle-feed; bush
slopes and spurs, Matakikaki Range; good, dry, flat tim-
bered lands between foot of range and Tawerikiti Swamp.
Access by Haast River bed and Main South Road.

Run 77, Cascade Valley: Area, 9,500 acres; term, ten
years; upset annual rental, £9 10s. Situated in the Upper
Cascade River Valley. Access by Jackson’s River to Cascade
Track. Bush feed; cattle country; principally on hill slopes
and in river valley. Altitude, 400 ft.

Run 119, Makawhio River: Area, 5,000 acres; term, ten
years; upset annual rental, £5. Situated in Upper Maka-
whio River Valley; includes all the lower slopes and ter-
races on both banks of river. Heavily timbered; cattle-feed
underscrub. Access by Makawhio River bed.

TERMS OF SALE.

Possession will be given on 1st March, 1905.

Valuation for improvements (if any) must be paid to the
Receiver of Land Revenue, Hokitika, before the licensee
will be let into possession.

Such valuations shall, exclusive of the value of a rabbit-
proof fence, in no case exceed three times the amount of the
average annual rental paid under the expired or expiring
license during the term thereof, and five times such amount
in cases where the annual rental does not exceed £50.

The runs will be sold generally in accordance with the
provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration as re-
quired by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay
the first half-year’s rent, together with the license fee
(£1 1s.), on the fall of the hammer.

G. J. ROBERTS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in the Town of Reefton, Nelson Land District, for
Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 4th January, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
municipal reserves in the Town of Reefton will be
offered for lease by public auction, at the District Lands
Office, Reefton, for a term of fourteen years, at noon, on
Thursday, the 3rd day of March, 1904, under the provisions
of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

In event of any of the reserves not being disposed of
at auction, they will remain open thereafter for lease on ap-
plication at the upset annual rentals stated.

D

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF REEFTON.

• Weighted with £14, valuation for improvements, consisting of
  clearing and fencing. † Weighted with £65, valuation for im-
  provements, consisting of cottage and fencing.

A deposit of half-year’s rent, £1 1s. lease-fee, and amount
of valuation of improvements (if any) must be paid on the
fall of the hammer.

Full particulars and sale plans can be obtained at the
District Land Offices, Nelson, Reefton, and Westport, and
at the post-offices throughout the district.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. One half-year’s rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee,
   must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

3. Each lease will be for a term of fourteen years.

4. 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.

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

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

7. 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.

W. G. MURRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.