JAN. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 47

Lands in the Town of Rotorua, Auckland Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 25th November, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned town and suburban lands will be offered for lease by public auction, at the Courthouse, Rotorua, on Friday, the 26th day of January, 1906, at 10 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of “The Thermal-Springs Districts Act, 1881.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF ROTORUA.

Block LIII.

| 9 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 25 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 10 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 26 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 11 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 27 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 12 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 28 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 13 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 29 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 14 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 30 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 15 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 31 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 16 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 32 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 17 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 || 33 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 |

Block LXIII.

| 13 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 30 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 14 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 31 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 15 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 32 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 16 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 33 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 17 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 34 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 18 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 35 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 19 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 36 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 20 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 37 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 21 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 || 38 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 |

Block LXIV.

| 9 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 21 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 10 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 22 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 11 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 23 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 12 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 24 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 13 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 25 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 14 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 26 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 15 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 27 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |

Block LXV.

| 2 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 || 9 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 3 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 || 10 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 4 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 || 12 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 5 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 13 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 6 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 14 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 7 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 15 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 8 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 16 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |

Block LXVI.

| 6 | 0 1 16 | 4 0 0 || 11 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 7 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 26 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 8 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 27 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 9 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 28 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 10 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || | | |

Block LXVII.

| 2 | 0 0 38·8 | 4 0 0 || 5 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 3 | 0 1 2 | 4 0 0 || 16 | 0 1 10·8 | 4 0 0 |
| 4 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || | | |

Block LXVIII.

| 3 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 19 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 4 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 20 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 5 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 21 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 6 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 22 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |
| 7 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 || 23 | 0 1 0 | 4 0 0 |

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease: 99 years.

2. Rents are payable half-yearly in advance, to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Auckland. The first half-yearly payment is to be made on the fall of the hammer.

3. Sections to be improved within one year from the date of the lease to the value of ten times the annual rental. No valuation for improvements will be allowed at the end of the term of lease.

4. No lease to be assigned, underlet, or the possession thereof parted with, except with the consent in writing of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland.

5. All rates, taxes, charges, and assessments whatsoever to be paid by the lessee.

6. All buildings erected to be kept in good repair and condition; and in the erection of any building upon the sections within the town the lessee must abide by and conform to the alignment of streets and roads, and to all by-laws and regulations made by the local authority intrusted with the administration of the local affairs of the Township of Rotorua.

7. Privies, ashpits, and other works of a similar character to be constructed and maintained as directed by the local authority. All drains and channels, and the sanitary state and condition of the premises, to be subject to the by-laws and regulations of the local authority.

8. No wells to be sunk, or any excavations to be made, without the consent in writing of the local authority.

9. The trade or business of a soap-boiler, tallow-chandler, tanner, slaughterman, meat curer or preserver, or any noisy, noxious, or offensive trade or manufacture of any kind whatever will not be permitted.

10. Provision will be made in the leases for inspection of premises at all reasonable times.

11. Leases will be liable to forfeiture if rent be thirty days in arrear, and the leases will contain provisions for re-entry and for the recovery of rents.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 27th November, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 17th day of January, 1906, for leases of the undermentioned lands under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Pahiatua County.—Makuri Township.

A. R. P. £ s. d.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 5 0 12 | 5 2 0 | Fourteen years.

Low-lying, flat, grassed land. Good soil, on a sandstone formation.

Akitio County.—Suburbs of Pongaroa.

15 | 9 0 12 | 1 16 6 | Seven years.

Comprises undulating clay land covered with manuka. The soil is of fair to good quality, resting on papa formation.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. 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, and addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wellington.

2. No declaration is required, and residence and improvements are not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.

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

4. The lease shall be for the term stated above, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.