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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 29

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

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th February, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 18th day of April, 1906, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of Part VI of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—MOTUKAWA BLOCK.

Wanganui County.

Wanganui and Hawke’s Bay Counties.

| 23 | Moawhango | XV | 1,600 0 0 | 70 0 0 | 7 years |
| | " | XVI | | | |
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Run No. 22 is situated on the left bank of the Hautapu River, and comprises about 1,621 acres of open undulating and hilly country of from inferior to fairly good quality, with volcanic and pumice soil, and a vegetation of tussock and native grasses. Access to the run is by the main coach-road from Taihape to Waiouru. The Main Trunk Railway line intersects the run. The distance from Taihape is about fourteen miles. The elevation varies from about 2,300 ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level. Snowfalls are frequent in the winter.

Run No. 23 comprises about 1,600 acres of open land, 1,100 acres being fairly easy and good sheep-country; the remainder is broken. In the eastern portion are patches of cocksfoot grass and meadow-fog, and the general vegetation comprises the grasses mentioned, together with flax, fern, native grasses, and some snow-grass. The soil is on the whole fairly good. Access is by the Waipuna Road, which has not been formed. The elevation ranges from about 2,500 ft. to 3,500 ft. above sea-level.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Selwyn Settlement, Auckland Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 19th March, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Monday, the 23rd day of April, 1906, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—PIAKO COUNTY.—PATATERE NORTH SURVEY DISTRICT.—SELWYN SETTLEMENT (SOUTHERN PORTION).

Ordinary Farm.

Agricultural and pastoral land of light soil, resting on rhyolite formation. Section is, generally speaking, undulating, and its altitude varies from 550 ft. to 700 ft. Section is nearly all ploughable. About 135 acres in good grass, 200 acres in rough feed overgrown with scrub, and the balance in manuka scrub. Well watered by springs. Distance from Putaruru Railway-station, about a mile and a half. Access to section is at south-east corner from Napier-Taupo Road. The boundary-line between this section and railway is not fenced, but there is a fence between the railway and the road. This fence, with some new fencing which the selector will have to erect on the northern boundary of about 30 chains, will completely fence the section. About 170 acres of section are now ring-fenced. The improvements (which are included in the price of the land) consist of a half-share in 160 chains of boundary-fencing, valued at £40, and the whole of 56 chains of subdivisional fencing, valued at £28; total value, £68.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Township of Ward, Flaxbourne Settlement, Marlborough Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 19th March, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for temporary lease by public auction, at this office, on Thursday, the 3rd day of May, 1906, under the provisions of section 116 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—FLAXBOURNE SETTLEMENT.—TOWNSHIP OF WARD.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Purchasers of the leases shall, immediately upon the fall of the hammer, deposit an amount equal to six months’ rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee.
2. Possession will be given on the date of sale.
3. The lease will be granted from year to year during the pleasure of the Land Board.
4. The lessee will give up possession if required by the Government to do so, and will have no claim against the Crown for compensation, either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land, or for any other cause; but the lessee will be granted permission to remove fencing or any other improvement effected by him.
5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent 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 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, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
8. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.
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 sixty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

H. TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.