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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 39

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lease will be issued in terms of section 116 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

3. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.

4. A deposit of six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

5. The lessee will hold the land for a term of one year, and thereafter from year to year until he is notified that it is required for other purposes, and upon being so notified shall give up possession immediately. He will, however, be allowed one month in which to remove any improvements he may have effected. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, for any improvements that may be made on the land, nor for any other cause.

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

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.

G. J. ROBERTS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District, Hauraki Mining District, open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office.
Auckland, 11th April, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection, at this office, on Wednesday, the 31st day of May, 1905, under the regulations for the occupation of pastoral lands within the Hauraki Mining District published in Gazette No. 19, of the 2nd March, 1905, page 627.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—COROMANDEL COUNTY.

Auckland Museum Endowment.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, situate in Blocks IV., V., and VI., Harataunga Survey District, and containing by admeasurement 2,560 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by the Waikanae No. 3 Block; towards the east by Matamataharakeke Block; towards the south-east by Crown land formerly known as the Moehau No. 3c Block; towards the south-west by the Moehau No. 3r, Rangihau, Kairau mati No. 1, Kairau mati No. 2, and Waikanae No. 4 Blocks; and towards the north-west by Section No. 4 of Block V., Harataunga Survey District, and the Moehau No. 1e Block, to the point of commencement.

JAS. MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, 10th April, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for sale or selection, at this office, either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on Wednesday, the 31st day of May, 1905, under the provisions of Part III. 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.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Hilly forest land, covered with tawa, rimu, kahikatea, matai, totara, rewarewa, hinau, miro, black-birch, &c.; well watered, and soil good. Altitude, 800 ft. to 2,000 ft. Distant from Wairoa by road twenty-eight miles.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Land in Taranaki Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, 27th March, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for sale or selection, at this office, either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on Wednesday, the 17th day of May, 1905, under the provisions of Part III. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £1,000 valuation for improvements, consisting of 400 acres felled, £600; 250 acres grassed, £187 10s; 78 chains of fencing, £45 10s.; well, £3; orchard, £12; shed, £2; logging up, stumping, and clearing, £100; house, £50.

Situate on Maben Road; access from Patea, distant about sixteen miles—two miles metalled dray-road, ten miles formed dray-road, remainder formed bridle-road. Generally low hills; about 50 acres level and easy slopes on Patea River, remainder rough and broken; soil fair, on papa formation; forest fairly heavy, comprising tawa, rimu, rata, and black-birch, with thick undergrowth. The section is well watered. Elevation, 100 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level.

FRANCIS SIMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.