APRIL 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1025

Reserves in Marlborough Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 26th February, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 18th day of April, 1906, for leases of the undermentioned reserves, under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—HERINGA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Description and Locality of Reserves.

1 of 73.—About 8 acres flat, balance broken, hilly land; all bush; good soil, well watered; all milling-timber has been removed. Accessible by road about half a mile from main Blenheim-Nelson coach-road, and about forty miles from Blenheim.

2 of 73.—All flat terrace land; all bush; good soil, well watered; all milling-timber has been removed. Accessible by road about half a mile from main Blenheim-Nelson coach-road, and about forty miles from Blenheim.

3 of 73.—Sloping terrace land; all bush; good soil, well watered; all milling-timber has been removed. Accessible by road about a quarter of a mile from Blenheim-Nelson coach-road, and about forty miles from Blenheim.

4 of 73.—Sloping terrace land; all bush; good soil, well watered; all milling-timber has been taken. Accessible by road about 6 chains from Blenheim-Nelson coach-road, and about forty miles from Blenheim.

5 of 73.—Sloping terrace land; all bush; good soil, well watered. Accessible by road about 2 chains from Blenheim-Nelson coach-road, and about forty miles from Blenheim.

6 of 73.—About 7 acres sloping terrace; balance steep broken country. Soil light, well watered; all milling-timber has been removed. About 7 chains from Blenheim-Nelson coach-road, and about forty miles from Blenheim.

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, Blenheim.

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 of fourteen years, 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 not 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 thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

H. TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Sale under Section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned lands will be disposed of to the holders of adjoining lands, under section 114 of the said Act, on or after Thursday, the 26th day of April, 1906.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

MAORI LAND ADMINISTRATION NOTICES.

Notice of Sitting of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board at Kaikohe.

Tokerau District Maori Lands Administration Office,
Auckland, 3rd April, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that a sitting of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board will be held at Kaikohe on the 28th May, 1906, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to hear and determine the several matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written, in respect of which applications have been received by me, and all such other matters as may be lawfully brought before it.

JAS. W. BROWNE,
President.

SCHEDULE.

CONSIDERATION OF BLOCK COMMITTEE’S REPORT

APPLICATION FOR CONSENT OF BOARD TO LEASE.

Notice of Sitting of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board at Whangarei.

Tokerau District Maori Lands Administration Office,
Auckland, 3rd April, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that a sitting of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board will be held at Whangarei