April 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1071

Small Grazing-run in Auckland Land District open for Lease on Application.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the small grazing-run described in the Schedule hereto will be open for lease on application, at this office, in terms of Part V of “The Land Act, 1892,” and section 2 of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” on Wednesday, the 25th day of April, 1906.

For the purposes of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” the run in the said Schedule hereto has been classed as “scrub land.”

No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said run for the period of two years from the date from which such run is disposed of, and no local authority shall have power to levy or collect any such rate from such run during such period.

After the first half-year’s rent has been paid by the selector the further instalments of rent payable by him for a period of two years shall not be demanded: provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the run the rent so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the Board shall think fit.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TAURANGA COUNTY.—OTANEWAI, NUKU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Scrub Land.

SECTION 6, Block IV: Area, 360 acres; half-yearly rent, £2 16s. 3d.

One-third fern land, balance heavy scrub, and light bush consisting of rewarewa, tawa, mangeao, and rata, sufficient only for building and fencing; soil of a light, porous nature, resting on clay subsoil; well watered. Situated about thirteen miles from Tauranga.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Town of Westport, Nelson Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 9th April, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for lease for a term of forty-two years by public auction, at the Courthouse, Westport, on Friday, the 8th day of June, 1906, at noon, under the provisions of “The Westland and Nelson Coalfields Administration Act, 1877,” and its amendments, and “The Westland and Nelson Coalfields Administration Act, 1901.”

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF WESTPORT.

W. G. MURRAY,
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,

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