Mar. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 833

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

District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, 22nd February, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for sale or selection, at this office, 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 13th day of April, 1904, under the provisions of Part III. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £110, valuation for improvements.

Situated on Mataimoana Road. Access from Waverley, about twenty-three miles distant, twenty miles of which is formed dray-road, remainder horse-road. Rough, broken grazing country; good soil, on papa formation; well watered. The forest consists of tawa, rimu, rata, and black-birch, with dense undergrowth. Elevation, 300 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level. The improvements consist of a whare and 50 acres felled and grassed.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of five years, at this office, on Wednesday, the 13th April, 1904, at 11 a.m., under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

In the event of the leases not being sold at auction, the lands will remain open for lease on application at the upset annual rentals stated.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—HOROWHENUA COUNTY.—WAIO-PEHU SURVEY DISTRICT.—SUBURBS OF LEVIN.

These sections are situated on the Wellington–Manawatu Railway-line, about 50 chains north of the centre of Levin Township; are level, and laid down in English grasses.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A deposit of six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

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 sale.

4. The leases shall be for the term of five years, as specified above, 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 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.

8. 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.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 21st February, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction at the upset annual rental and for the term stated below, at this office, on Wednesday, the 13th day of April, 1904, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.

Run No. 525, Hokonui Survey District: Area, 8,153 acres 2 roods 15 perches; upset annual rental, £51; term, fourteen years. Weighted with £16 5s., half valuation for boundary fencing.

Possession will be given on day of sale.

Purchaser must deposit the statutory declaration as required by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and deposit amount of half-year’s rent at rate offered, license fee (£1 1s.), and amount of valuation for improvements, on the fall of the hammer.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.