JUNE 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1511

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.

Lands in Canterbury Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 23rd May, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, and at the Land Office, Timaru, on Tuesday, the 28th day of June, 1904, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

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SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

WAIMATE COUNTY.—PATITI SURVEY DISTRICT.
Pareora No. 1 Settlement.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
13 | IV. | 15 0 0 | 12 10.8 | 4 16 9

This section is situated in what is locally known as the Springbrook Settlement, fronting on the Pareora Main Road, about two miles and three-quarters north-westerly from the St. Andrew’s Township and Railway-station. It comprises open, level agricultural land of good quality. The improvements upon the section consist of a two-roomed cob hut, with iron roof, in indifferent condition, fencing on the south-eastern and north-western boundaries, planting, &c., all valued at £23 10s., which sum must be paid by the incoming tenant before being admitted to possession of the land. The fencing along the main road boundary and adjoining Lot 12 is included in the price of the section. The whole of the section having been under crop, the new tenant will be required to thoroughly clean the land, and lay it down in grass in a satisfactory manner, without crop of any kind whatever.

17 | IV. | 27 1 7 | 13 3 | 9 0 10

This section is situated in the centre of what is locally known as the Springbrook Settlement, about two miles and three-quarters north-westerly from the St. Andrew’s Township and Railway-station. It comprises open, level agricultural land of good quality. The improvements upon the section consist of a small hut, boundary and subdivisional fencing, and newly sown grass, all valued at £43 17s., which sum must be paid by the incoming tenant before being admitted to possession of the land.

Of the three 9-acre paddocks comprised in the section two have been sown down in the past season after grain-crops, and these must be left in grass for at least three years before being again broken up or cropped. The third paddock has had two grain-crops taken off it, and a green or root crop may be taken off this paddock, which must be sown down in grass either with or immediately after the crop, and then left in grass for at least three years.

LEVELS COUNTY.—AROWHENUA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Rosewill Settlement.

140 | IX. | 5 0 0 | 20 0 | 2 10 0

This section is situated on the main road from Timaru to Pleasant Point, about three-quarters of a mile south-eastward from Levels Railway-station. It comprises flat and undulating agricultural land, in grass, and is watered by a water-race.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run in Otago Land District open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 9th May, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Monday, the 27th day of June, 1904.

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

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT. — TUAPEKA COUNTY. — WAIPORI SURVEY DISTRICT.

High country, somewhat broken, but with a fair aspect. Adapted only for grazing purposes. Situated about thirteen miles from Outram, on a good road.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.