Jan. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 127

Reserves in Torere Village, Wellington Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction, at the Assembly Rooms, Mangaweka, on Thursday, the 25th day of February, 1904, under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

In the event of the lands not being disposed of at auction, they will immediately thereafter be open for lease on application, upon the same terms, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT. — RANGITIKEI COUNTY. — TORERE VILLAGE.

Torere Village is situated in the Awarua Block, on the left bank of the Hautapu River, between Mangaweka and Taihape. The access is either from the latter township, which is about four miles distant, or from Mangaweka, which is about twelve miles distant by main coach-road; thence by Torere Road, on opposite side of river. All of the above reserves are level; the bush has been felled, and the land laid down in good English grasses. The back and front lines of Section 7 are fenced.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A deposit of six months’ rent, 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 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.

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.

Village-homestead Allotment, Otago Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotment will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 17th day of February, 1904, under the provisions 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.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT. — MANIOTOTO COUNTY. — KOMAKO TOWNSHIP.

Weighted with £13 12s. 3d. valuation for improvements. This section is adjacent to the Waipiata Railway-station, on the Otago Central Railway. It is well watered, and is laid down in English grass.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES.

Order under Section 39 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

IN THE NATIVE LAND COURT OF NEW ZEALAND.

In the matter of the succession to the interest of Haira Tamanoho, deceased, in the Mangatoro Block, and of the application of Hare Pine, under section 39 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS the above application was referred by me to the Native Land Court for inquiry and report, and the same has been duly reported on: And whereas the said Haira Tamanoho was one of the original owners in the Mangatoro Block: And whereas after his decease the Court, by its order dated the 2nd day of October, 1875, appointed his sister Maata Hoewaka the sole successor to his interest therein: And whereas the Court made the said order in the belief that there was no other person in the same degree of relationship to the said Haira Tamanoho, but it has been ascertained that the said Haira had a brother named Rapana Hauerangi, who was equally entitled with the said Maata: And whereas, as the result of the said inquiry, I am satisfied that the omission to include the said Rapana Hauerangi in the said order was due to the mistaken belief aforesaid: And whereas the said Rapana is now dead, and the persons named in the Schedule hereto are his living representatives, and entitled as such to one-half of the interest of the said Haira Tamanoho in the said block: And whereas on the partition of the said block that portion thereof, containing 5,141 acres 2 roods, called by the Court Mangatoro No. 1A No. 3 was awarded to the said Maata Hoewaka as the successor to the said Haira Tamanoho:

Now, therefore, for the purpose of rectifying the said omission, and in exercise of the power in that behalf vested in me as Chief Judge of the Native Land Court by section 39 aforesaid, I hereby order that the said order of the 2nd day of October, 1875, and the order of the Court ascertaining the title to Mangatoro No. 1A No. 3, be amended by including in the said orders respectively the names of the persons specified in the Schedule hereto, as successors jointly with the said Maata Hoewaka to the interest of the said Haira Tamanoho in the Mangatoro Block, and as the owners in the proportions specified in the said Schedule of one half of the said interest—that is to say, one-half share of Mangatoro No. 1A No. 3—and that the said orders be further amended by reducing to that extent the share of the said Maata Hoewaka therein. And I further order that the said amendments shall take effect as from the date of the succession order of the 2nd day of October, 1875, and as nearly as may be as if the names of the persons hereby added had been originally included therein.

As witness my hand, this 26th day of November, 1903.

GEO. B. DAVY, Chief Judge,