MAY 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1415

Reserves in the Town of Mangaweka, Wellington Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington. 19th April, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction in the Assembly Rooms, Mangaweka, at noon on Thursday, the 9th day of June, 1904, under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF MANGAWEKA.

These sections are situated in the rising Township of Mangaweka, and all front the main road except Section 61, which fronts Koraenui Street. They comprise flat land, cleared and grassed, with good soil on papa formation. The owners of the buildings on Sections 18, 43, and 44, which are valued at £60, £70, and £25 respectively, will be allowed one month from the date of sale in which to remove them if they do not become the lessees.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments in Wellington Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 8th day of June, 1904, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Akitio County.—Pongaroa Village Settlement.

28 | .. | 19 3 0 | 1 7·2 | 0 15 10
Weighted with £73 13s. 9d., valuation for improvements.
The section is situated on the Huia Road. The access is from Pongaroa Township, which is about one mile and a quarter distant, of which one half-mile is metalled road, the remainder is 6 ft. track. The section comprises flat and low undulating land, grassed and ring-fenced; the soil is of good quality resting on papa formation. The section is watered by a creek. The improvements comprise 19¾ acres felling and grassing, 37 chains of fencing, and a whare of sawn timber, 12 ft. by 10 ft. by 7 ft.

Mauriceville County.—Mangaone Survey District.—Hastwell Village Settlement.

44 | .. | 4 3 30 | 6 4·8 | 0 15 10
Weighted with £79, valuation for improvements.
The section adjoins a public school and a creamery. The access is from Mangamahoe Railway-station, which is about three miles distant by main coach-road. The section comprises low-lying flat land; the bush is felled and burned, and the land grassed; rushes appear in places; the soil is of fair quality, resting on shingle formation. The elevation is about 750 ft. above sea-level. The improvements, which are not in good repair, comprise the felling and grassing of the whole section, 20 chains of fencing, and a four-roomed house.

Wanganui County.—Mataroa Village Settlement.

34 | .. | 7 1 15 | 2 9·8 | 0 10 4
This section is situated close to the Township of Mataroa, which is one of the rising towns on the Main Trunk Rail-way-line. There is a school, post and telegraph office, and store within about half a mile of the section, and also a saw-mill close to it. The access is from Mataroa Township, which adjoins the section, to which a dray can be taken, although there is no formed road. The section comprises all hilly land, except in the western portion, where there is a small area of easy ground sufficient for a homestead-site. The land is all open, mostly covered with flax and rough grass; the soil is of good quality, resting on a clay-and-papa formation. The section is watered by a small stream which is dry in the summer. The elevation ranges from 1,700 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands at Hanmer Springs, Canterbury Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch. 26th April, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned town sections at Hanmer Springs will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of forty-two years, at the Hanmer Sanatorium, Hanmer Springs, on Wednesday, the 15th day of June, 1904, at 11 a.m.

In the event of any of the sections not being disposed of at auction, they will immediately thereafter be open for lease on application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at the upset annual rentals stated below.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT. — AMURI COUNTY. — HANMER SPRINGS TOWNSHIP.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A deposit of a half-year’s rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer, or with the application for the lease.

2. Possession will be given on day of sale, or on approval by the Land Board of the application.

3. The leases will be for a term of forty-two years.

4. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free of all deductions whatsoever; and if not paid within twenty-one days after due date the lessor may re-enter upon the land and determine the lease.

5. The lessee shall have no right to mortgage, 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.

6. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

7. The lessee shall prevent the growth or spread of gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious weeds or plants on the land comprised in the lease; and shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lessee shall not carry on, or permit to be carried on, upon the land or any part thereof, any noisy, noxious, or offensive trade or manufacture, or do or suffer to be done thereon any act or thing whatsoever which may be an annoyance to the lessor or to any other lessee in the neighbourhood.

9. In the event of the lessee, upon the expiry of the term, not again becoming the occupier of the land under a fresh lease, he shall be entitled to payment of valuation for all improvements which he shall have effected upon the land, so far as the same are existing and unexhausted.

10. The lessee of every town section shall, within one year from the date of selection, erect upon each section a permanent building of a value of at least £50.

Sale plans may be obtained at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.