2814
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 94

Land in Linton Settlement, Wellington Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th November, 1904.

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

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

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—OROUA COUNTY.—RANGITOTO SURVEY DISTRICT.—LINTON SETTLEMENT.

Dairy Farm.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings, valued at £470, repayable in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £23 14s. 9d.; total half-yearly payment, £70 13s 9d.

Weighted with £9, valuation for improvements.

Locality and Description of Section.—This section is situated in the Linton Settlement, in what is known as the “Manchester Block,” Oroua County, and the access thereto is from Halcombe Railway-station, which is about three miles distant by Gillett’s Line, along a formed and metalled road. The land is partly flat and partly undulating; the elevation varies from 320 ft. to 420 ft. above sea-level. The soil is of very good quality on the flat, and good on the undulating portion, resting on stiff clay and shingle formation. The forest is about 6¼ acres in extent, and comprises tawa, titoki, kahikatea, matai, miro, ramarama, hinau, cabbage-trees, with usual undergrowth. The section is watered by a stream (that may run dry in summer) and by a dam.

The improvements which are included in the price of the land are as follows—viz., half value of 44 chains of fence on southern boundary, 10 chains of fence on eastern boundary, half value of 31¼ chains of fence on Gillett’s Line, half value of 30·4 chains of fence on northern boundary, half value of 40 chains of fence on western boundary, 180¼ chains of live, stab, and wire subdivisional fences, and 90 acres ploughed and sown in grass; also two concrete cisterns and force-pumps, and paved yard, three orchards, gardens, shelter and ornamental planting, sheeypards, plough-drains, metalled roads, and existing main road to homestead.

The improvements which are not included in the price of the land, and which must be paid for by the tenant comprise the homestead dwelling (containing twelve rooms), old woolshed, implement-shed and granaries, harness-room, combined dairy and storeroom, loose-box, buggy-shed, combined shed and wash-house with brick chimney, &c., the whole valued at £470, repayable in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £23 14s. 9d.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 31st October, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, at noon on Thursday, 15th December, 1904, under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

In the event 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.

*Weighted with £10, valuation for improvements, consisting of hut and fencing.

Section 19, nearly all flat, good land. Section 88, all hill; rocky in places; limestone formation; mixed timber; distant about fourteen miles from the Port of Waitapu.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The purchaser of the lease shall, upon the fall of the hammer, deposit an amount equal to six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with the value of improvements and £1 1s. lease fee.

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

3. The leases will be for the term stated above.

4. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time resume possession of the land comprised in the lease, or any portion thereof, by giving the lessee twelve months’ notice in writing of his intention so to do.

5. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land or on account of the aforesaid resumption, or for any other cause.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

9. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

10. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within sixty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

Full particulars and sale plans can be obtained at this office, and at the post-offices throughout the district.

W. G. MURRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Otago Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 10th October, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction at this office on Tuesday, the 29th November, 1904, for a term of fourteen years, at the upset annual rentals stated, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Sections 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, Block V., Lower Wanaka District, Vincent County: Area, 2,798 acres 3 roods 15 perches; upset annual rental, £11 13s. 3d.; valuation for improvements, £14 4s. The improvements consist of half of 49 chains of fencing on the north-east boundary of Section 13, at 6s. per chain, £7 7s.; half of 13 chains of fencing between Sections 8 and 13, at 4s. per chain, £1 6s.; 37 chains of fencing between Sections 8 and 13, at 3s. per chain, £5 11s. This run is situated on the shores of Lake Wanaka, from two to four miles from Albert Town.

Sections 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, road and bridge reserves, Block XI., Mount Hyde District, and Sections 3, 4, and 6 Block XVI., Maungatua District, Taieri County: Area, 1,942 acres 3 roods; upset annual rental, £10. These sections form a peninsula bounded on the east and partly on the south side by Lee Stream. The land generally is rough and broken. Very little fencing is required, as the Taieri River and Lee Stream form good natural boundaries on three sides. Situated about six miles from Outram.

Run 261k, Maniototo County (Class I): Area, 1,005 acres; upset annual rental, £12 10s.; valuation for improvements, £14. The improvements consist of 70 chains of fencing on west and north-west boundary at 4s. per chain. This run has a southerly aspect, and being all hill-top is somewhat sour and cold. Situated about five miles from Ida Valley Railway-station.

The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.” Possession will be given on day of sale.

Purchasers must deposit statutory declaration required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the first half-year’s rent, together with license fee, £1 1s., on fall of the hammer.

Valuations for improvements must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Dunedin, before possession will be given.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,