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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION OF RESERVES.

Reserve 3713 is situated between the mouths of the Jed and Buxton Rivers, in the Cheviot Estate, about two miles northward from Port Robinson and five miles eastward from Mackenzie Township. It comprises limestone of good quality.

Reserve 1839 is situated about four miles north-westerly from Cust Railway-station, and comprises hilly land of good grazing quality, now in tussock; it is too steep and broken for cultivation. About 30 acres of this reserve has been planted with trees.

Reserve 3488 is situated at the southern end of the Wai-kakahi Settlement, between the Middle and Redcliff Roads, about seven miles westward from Glenavy Railway-station, and comprises open level land of light quality. About 90 acres of the northern portion of the reserve has been in crop (30 acres in oats, and 60 acres in turnips), and the remainder is all in grass.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The purchaser of the lease shall, immediately upon the fall of the hammer, or with his application for the lease, deposit an amount equal to six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.

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

3. The leases will be for the terms 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 to the lessee twelve months’ notice in writing of his intention so to do.

5. The lessee shall have no claim against the Crown for compensation either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land, or on account of the aforesaid resumption, or for any other cause: Provided, however, that if at the expiration of the term the land shall be again offered for lease, then such lease shall be weighted with valuation for any fencing then on the land which has been erected by the outgoing lessee during the term of his lease, and such valuation shall be paid by the then incoming tenant before being admitted to possession of the land.

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

9. The lessee shall once a year during the said term, and at the proper season of the year, properly cut and trim all live fences now on the demised land, or which may be planted thereon during the said term.

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

11. 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.

12. The lease of Reserve 3713 will contain provisions that the land shall be used for quarrying and burning lime only, and that such work shall be carried on continuously during the term of the lease, and that the lessee shall sell lime for agricultural purposes at a price not exceeding £1 5s. per ton at the kiln, and for building purposes at a price not exceeding 5s. per sack at the kiln.

13. The lease of Reserve 1839 will contain a provision that the land shall be used for grazing sheep only, but that if the lessee desires to graze cattle or horses upon any portion of the reserve he shall first securely fence off the planted portion of the reserve with a good and sufficient fence, and shall not allow any cattle or horses to enter the plantation so fenced off.

14. The lease of Reserve 3488 will contain provisions that the lessee may break up the portion of the reserve in grass at the commencement of the lease, and may take therefrom one crop and no more either of oats or turnips, with either of which the land must be sown down with grass and clover in a thoroughly satisfactory manner, and then left in pasture for at least three years from the harvesting or feeding off of such crop; at the end of such three years another crop of oats, sown with grass and clover as before, may be taken. The portion of the reserve, about 60 acres, which was in turnips before the commencement of the lease may be treated in the same manner. The portion which was in oats during the season before the commencement of the lease, about 30 acres, shall immediately be sown with grass and clover, with a green crop. All portions laid down in grass must be thoroughly well sown down with an ample quantity of seed of approved quality, and left in pasture for at least three years after the harvesting of the last crop, and the whole of the reserve must be left in good pasture at the end of the term.

The fencing upon the reserve will be valued at the commencement of the term, and at the end of the lease, with a view to the next lease being loaded with any increase of value.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
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.

Rural Land in Otago Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 1st June, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Tuesday, the 4th day of July, 1905, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TUAPEKA COUNTY.—TEVIOT SURVEY DISTRICT.

Weighted with £598 6s., valuation for improvements.

Fruit-growing land, situated at Coal Creek, on the bank of the Molyneux River, about five miles above the Town of Roxburgh.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.