Oct. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2447

Examinations for Free Places in Secondary and Technical Schools.—Extension of Time.

Education Department,
Wellington, 30th September, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the time for receiving entries for examination for free places in secondary and technical schools is extended to the 15th October. This extension does not apply to scholarship examinations, nor to any other examinations.

GEORGE HOGBEN,
Inspector-General of Schools.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Rural Land in Otago Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 15th October, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 17th day of January, 1906, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT. — WAIHEMO COUNTY. — ROCK AND PILLAR SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £29 1s. 6d., valuation for fencing. Open land, somewhat broken, and partly covered with rocks. A small portion is suitable for cultivation, and the balance is pastoral land; well watered. These sections are easy of access, being on the main road from Hyde to Palmerston, and are within three miles of the Hyde Railway-station.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Methuen Hamlet, Auckland Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 14th October, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 28th day of November, 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—EDEN COUNTY.—TITIRANGI SURVEY DISTRICT. — METHUEN HAMLET.

Workmen’s Home Allotment.

Agricultural land, in English grasses; slightly undulating; loamy soil and clay subsoil; surface drained by shallow watercourse. Contains 129 pine-trees and gum-trees, from 12 in. to 18 in. in diameter. South boundary abuts on New Windsor Road, and is fenced with gorse hedge and post-and-rail fence.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Hanmer Springs Township, Canterbury Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 25th September, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of forty-two years, at the Hanmer Sanatorium, Hanmer Springs, on Wednesday, the 22nd day of November, 1905, at 11 a.m.

In the event of the sections not being disposed of at auction, they will immediately thereafter be open for lease on application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

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

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT. — AMURI COUNTY. — HANMER SPRINGS RESERVE.

Hanmer Springs Township.

Section 7 of Block IV. is weighted with a sum of £2 for fencing existing upon the land.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A deposit of a half-year’s rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, and the amount of valuation for improvements, if any, must be paid on the fall of the hammer, or with the application for the lease.
2. Possession will be given on day of sale, or on approval by the Land Board of the application.
3. The leases will be for a term of forty-two years.
4. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free of all deductions whatsoever; and if not paid within twenty-one days after due date the lessor may re-enter upon the land and determine the lease.
5. The lessee shall have no right to mortgage, 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.
6. 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.
7. The lessee shall prevent the growth or spread of gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious weeds or plants on the land comprised in the lease, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
8. The lessee shall not carry on, or permit to be carried on, upon the land or any part thereof any noisy, noxious, or offensive trade or manufacture, or do or suffer to be done thereon any act or thing whatsoever which may be an annoyance to the lessor or to any other lessee in the neighbourhood.
9. In the event of the lessee, upon the expiry of the term, not again becoming the occupier of the land under a fresh lease, he shall be entitled to payment of valuation for all improvements which he shall have effected upon the land, so far as the same are existing and unexhausted.
10. The lessee of each section shall, within one year from the date of selection, erect upon each section a permanent building of a value of at least £50.

Sale plans may be obtained at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.