JULY 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1635

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.
Commissioner’s Order No. 779.]

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Reserves in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 19th June, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction, under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” at the time and place specified in each case, and for the terms and at the upset annual rentals stated.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

At the Post-office, Cheviot, on Wednesday, 9th August, 1905, at 12 noon.

Reserve 3713, Block IX., Cheviot Survey District: Area, 2 acres 2 roods 28 perches; upset annual rental, £2 13s. 6d.; term of lease, seven years.

At the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Friday, 11th August, 1905, at 12 noon.

Reserve 1839, Block II., Mairaki Survey District: Area, 77 acres 3 roods 10 perches; upset annual rental, £15 11s.; term of lease, fourteen years.

At the Post-office, Morven, on Tuesday, 15th August, 1905, at 12.30 p.m.

Reserve 3488, Block IX., Waitaki Survey District: Area, 269 acres 3 roods 15 perches; upset annual rental, £40 10s.; term of lease, seven years.

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 Waikakahi 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.