JULY 13. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1693

TOWNSHIP OF WARD.
GROUP B.—TOWN ALLOTMENTS.

HENRY TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 10th July, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Tuesday, the 22nd day of August, 1905, for the terms and at the upset annual rentals stated, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TUAPEKA COUNTY.

Run 494: Area, 21,300 acres; term, 21 years; upset annual rental, £88 15s.; valuation for improvements, £40. Situated about one mile from the Town of Lawrence.

Run 51c: Area, 1,400 acres; term, 14 years; upset annual rental, £25; valuation for improvements, £64 12s. Situated about three miles south of Waipori Township.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 19th day of July, 1905, for a lease of the undermentioned land for a term of fourteen years, subject to the conditions stated.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

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.

Reserve in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 26th June, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 16th day of August, 1905, at 11 a.m., under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT. — KAWHIA COUNTY. — PIRONGIA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Section 17, Block IX., containing 150 acres; upset annual rental, £5. Undulating and broken land covered with mixed bush; soil good, and will carry grass well. There is a butter-factory within three-quarters of a mile from the reserve, situated at Te Rau-a-Moa, on the Kawhia-Pirongia Road.

If the area is not applied for on the date mentioned it will remain open thereafter for lease on application.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Term of lease, seven years. Possession given on the date of sale.

2. Payment of the first half-year’s rent and lease fee, £1 1s., to be made on fall of the hammer.

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

4. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for improvements put upon the land or on account of the aforesaid resumption, or for any other cause. The lessee may on the expiration of the lease, or if resumed prior thereto, remove all fences and buildings erected by him.

5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease or any part thereof, except with the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

6. The lessee shall with all reasonable despatch remove or cause to be removed all noxious weeds or plants, and prevent the growth and spread of same, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

7. 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.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.