Feb. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 617

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Situated on the south bank of the Makawakawa or Diggers’ Stream, about eighteen miles north of Ashhurst. Access from Ashhurst via Pohangina Village Road for seventeen miles and a half, and for remaining distance by road reserve. Comprises rough, broken country, with some steep cliffs. Soil of fair quality, resting on papa-and-sandstone formation. Forest light, comprising hinau, maire, tawa, &c., with some rimu and white-pine, and thick undergrowth of the usual variety. Well watered by the Makawakawa Stream.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 23rd January, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 28th day of February, 1906, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of Part VI of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.
Class II.

Locality and Description of Runs.

Run No. 136A is situated on the north side of the south branch of the Kowai River, about nine miles westward from the Amberley and Balcairn Railway-stations, and consists of low downs, carrying tussock pasture, with some mixed fern and scrub. Altitude, about 700 ft. above sea-level. Access is by the Kowai River bed.

Run No. 139 is situated in the forks of the Grey River, south-west of Mount Grey, and about fifteen miles northward from Ashley Railway-station. It consists of tussock pasture and scrub, at an altitude of from 2,000 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level.

Run No. 169A is situated in the upper valley of the Selwyn River, about twenty-three miles north-westward from Glen-tunnel Railway-station, by road via Snowdon. It consists of open, hilly, tussock country, ranging up to an elevation of about 3,000 ft. above sea-level, and is bounded on the north-west by the Thirteen-mile Bush.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

Possession of these runs will be given on the 1st March, 1907.

The runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Valuations for improvements must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Christchurch, before licensees will be let into possession.

Purchasers must deposit statutory declarations as required by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the first half-year’s rent, together with license fee, £1 1s., on the fall of the hammer.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 27th January, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction, at the Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, on Wednesday, the 28th day of March, 1906, under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

SCHEDULE.

COOK COUNTY.—HANGAROA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Land of good quality; about 15 acres flat and in grass.

WAIROA COUNTY.—TARAMARAMA SURVEY DISTRICT.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. One half-year’s rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. 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 sale.

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

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

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

8. The land shall be used for grazing purposes only, and shall not be broken up or cropped without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

9. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

10. The lease of Section 50, Block XIV, will contain a provision that all persons shall have free right of ingress and egress to any of the fords or crossings.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.