Jan. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 125

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

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF REEFTON.

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

W. G. MURRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Township of Horndon (Darfield), Canterbury Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 15th December, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for lease by public auction, at the Courthouse, Darfield, on Thursday, the 11th February, 1904, at 12 o’clock noon, for a term of seven years, at the upset rentals stated.

In the event of the leases of any of the allotments not being disposed of at auction, they will immediately thereafter be open for lease on application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—TOWNSHIP OF HORNDON (DARFIELD).

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The term of lease will be for a period of seven years, commencing on the day of sale, subject to termination upon six months’ notice in the event of the land being otherwise required.

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

3. One year’s rent, and a lease fee of £1 1s., must be paid on the fall of the hammer, or with the application for the lease.

4. Lessees will be required, within six months from the commencement of the lease, to securely fence the land, and thoroughly clear it of gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds now growing upon the land, and to so keep it cleared during the whole of the term. Not later than the sixth year of the term the lessee will be required to have the land satisfactorily laid down in grass and clover, and it must be so left at the expiration of the term. No crop of any kind will be permitted to be taken off the land.

5. No compensation will be paid for any improvements effected by the lessees; but they will be allowed, on the expiration of their leases, or in the event of the land being resumed as hereinbefore provided, to remove any fencing or buildings erected by them upon the land.

6. In addition to the above, the leases will be subject to the general conditions applicable to leases of Crown lands under “The Land Act, 1892.”

THOMAS HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.