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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 23

Lands in Auckland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 19th February, 1906.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 11th day of April, 1906, under the provisions of "The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900," and amendments.
If more than one application is received for the same section on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

WORKMEN'S HOMES ALLOTMENTS.
Waitemata County.—Titirangi Survey District.—Plumer Hamlet.

Level agricultural land, loam soil, clay subsoil; in native grass; eastern boundaries of Lots 9 and 10 fenced with post-and-wire fence. Situated about three-quarters of a mile from Henderson Railway-station.

Eden County.—Titirangi Survey District.—Methuen Hamlet.

Agricultural land, good soil, clay subsoil, slightly undulating and easily drained; two old fences intersect the section. Situated less than half a mile from Avondale Railway-station.

VILLAGE SECTION.
Whakatane County.—Whakatane Survey District.—Opouriao Settlement.—Village of Taneatua.

Level land, in grass. About ten miles from Whakatane on good formed road.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotment in Wellington Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 1906.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotment will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 4th day of April, 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.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—AKITIO COUNTY.—PONGAROA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.
Village-homestead Allotment.

Weighted with £65 19s. 3d., valuation for improvements. Situated on the Huia Road. The access is from Pongaroa Township, which is about one mile and a quarter distant, of which half a mile is metalled road, the remainder being a 6ft. track. The section comprises flat and low undulating land, grassed, and watered by a creek. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The elevation ranges from about 500 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. The improvements consist of 19 acres felled and grassed, about 37 chains of fencing (out of repair), and a whare.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rotokare (Paritutu) Domain, Taranaki Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 19th March, 1906.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned domain will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Thursday, the 3rd day of May, 1906, at 11 o'clock a.m., under the provisions of "The Public Domains Act, 1881."

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
Grey District, Block VIII, Paritutu Survey District.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Lease fee, £1 1s., shall be paid upon the fall of the hammer.
2. Possession will be given on day of sale.
3. The lease shall be for the term specified, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months' notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.
4. The rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance.
5. 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.
6. The lessee will not be allowed to fell, cut down, or destroy in any way any tree or shrub that may be upon the reserve, and he must prevent stock from trespassing on the portion of the reserve containing bush.
7. The land shall not be cropped nor broken up, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.
8. A substantial fence of four wires, and five posts to the chain, with two battens between the posts, shall be erected by the lessee so as to sufficiently protect the native bush, in such manner as may be approved by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and before any stock is turned into clearing.
9. The lessee will at all times during the said term keep in good repair and condition, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, all hedges, fences, and gates in, upon, and about the said land, and shall so yield them up at the expiration of the term.
10. 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.
11. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee should 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.
12. The public shall at all times have the free right of ingress and egress over the land comprised in the lease for bona fide recreation, but no person shall trespass with dog or firearms on the said land.

FRANCIS SIMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in the Auckland Land District for Sale under Section 115 of "The Land Act, 1892."

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 19th March, 1906.
NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of "The Land Act, 1892," that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under section 115 of the said Act on or after Friday, the 22nd day of June, 1906.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
WHANGAREI County, Parish of Waipu (Block I, Waipu Survey District): 475 acres, more or less; unsurveyed; situated between Sections 358, 353, and 385 and a forest reserve.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.