JUNE 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1437

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE:

1. The lessee will have only the right to graze sheep, and such grazing shall be on the open land or portion of the section clear of bush.

2. The lessee will, before stocking the land, fence off the bush-clad area.

3. The lessee shall have no right to fell or remove from the land any live or dead trees or timber, whether standing or lying on the ground.

4. All persons duly authorised in that behalf shall have free right of ingress, egress, and regress for any of the purposes of “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” or for felling or removing from the land any trees or timber.

5. The lessee, at the expiration of the term of his lease, may remove all fences and buildings erected by him on the land.

6. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.

7. Possession will be given on the day of acceptance of tender.

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

9. 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.

10. The land shall not be cropped or broken up, except with the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

12. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar upon 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.

13. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee should 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.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Puhuka Hamlet, Canterbury Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 16th May, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 5th day of July, 1905, 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.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—PUHUKA HAMLET.

Workman’s Home.

Weighted with £28, valuation for improvements, consisting of small wooden cottage, 12 ft. by 10 ft., iron roof, match lined, no chimney; well and windlass; and fencing on the east, north, and west boundaries.

This section is situated on the south side of the Puhuka Road at Washdyke, about two miles and three-quarters north of the centre of Timaru and three-quarters of a mile from the Smithfield Freezing-works. It comprises open land, sloping from both the north and south ends to a ridge in the middle, the elevation ranging from 15 ft. to 50 ft. above sea-level. The soil is of good quality, on clay subsoil.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 8th May, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction at this office on Tuesday, the 13th day of June, 1905, for the term and at the upset annual rental stated, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

RUNS Nos. 254, 254A, and 260 (grouped), Taieri and Maniototo Counties (Class I.): Area, 76,020 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £400.

This run, known as Rocklands Station, and situated about twenty-five miles from Outram, on the old Dunstan Road, comprises high pastoral country, the elevation ranging from 1,500 ft. to 3,700 ft. About 16,000 acres of good lambing country lie between Deep Stream, Deep Creek, Sutton Creek, and the eastern boundary of the run. The higher lands, situated on the Lammerlaw Range, are mostly summer country.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Auckland Land District liable to Forfeiture.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th May, 1905.

PURSUANT to section 215 of “The Land Act, 1892,” notice is hereby given that the license of the pastoral run mentioned in the Schedule hereto is liable to forfeiture, and that if the rent overdue thereon, together with the full amount of the penalty for non-payment at due date, be not paid within three months from the date hereof, the license will be declared forfeited.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—ROTORUA COUNTY.

RUN No. 85, Ruawahia Survey District: Area, 8,181 acres; licensee, D. W. Steele.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 17th May, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction at the Land Office, Timaru, at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, the 28th day of June, 1905, for the term and at the upset annual rental stated, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

In the event of the run not being disposed of at auction it will immediately thereafter be open for lease on application at this office and the Land Office, Timaru.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMATE COUNTY.

RUN No. 44, Bluecliffs (Class I.): Area, 17,000 acres; upset annual rental, £200. Term of lease, twelve years.

This run is situated on the western slopes of the Hunters Hills, between the summit and the River Waihao, about twenty-three miles distant from St. Andrew’s Railway-station, at an altitude of from 2,000 ft. to 5,000 ft. above sea-level. It comprises high spurs, falling steeply into the creeks, but becoming less rugged as they approach the Waihao River, mostly covered with tussock, snow-grass, and other native grasses. The run is weighted with a sum of £200 as valuation for improvements: this comprises the half value of about thirteen miles of boundary fence, full value of about three miles and a quarter of fencing which lies entirely within the run although used as a boundary fence, full value of nearly three miles of subdivisional fencing, and two huts, each 12 ft. by 12 ft., built of wood and roofed with iron. The amount of this valuation must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Christchurch, before possession is given.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.