SEPT. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2437

Pastoral Run in Westland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the license of the under-mentioned pastoral run having been forfeited by resolution of the Westland Land Board, the said run has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Run No. 4: Locality, Taramakau Valley; formerly held by John Morresey.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Lands in the Township of Domett, Canterbury Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 12th September, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch, at the Post-office, Mackenzie, on Wednesday, the 17th day of October, 1906, at 10 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

TOWNSHIP OF DOMETT. — CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT. — CHEVIOT ESTATE.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Reserve in Marlborough Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Blenheim, 10th September, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Tuesday, the 30th day of October, 1906, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—ARAPAWA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Nearly all hill, covered with light mixed bush and fern; well watered. About six miles and a half from Torea, by track.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, fourteen years.

2. Possession will be given on date of sale.

3. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land or for any other cause.

4. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land during the term of the lease, without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first obtained.

5. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and shall prevent their increase and spread to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

6. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious weeds or plants on the land comprised in the lease; and 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.

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

8. 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.

9. The lessee shall, if required, depasture travelling stock at the following rates:—

Per Head per Night.
s. d.
Horses and cattle—
Ten or less .. .. .. 0 3
More than ten and not more than fifty .. .. 0 1½
More than fifty .. .. .. 0 0½
Sheep—
Twenty-five or less .. .. .. 0 0½
More than twenty-five and not more than two hundred and fifty .. .. .. 0 0¼
More than two hundred and fifty .. .. .. 0 0⅛

Full particulars may be ascertained, and plans obtained, at this office.

F. STEPHENSON SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Mowhanau Village, Wellington Land District, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 17th day of October, 1906, for leases of the undermentioned lands under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—WAITOTARA COUNTY.—MOWHANAU VILLAGE (KAI IWI BEACH).

Mowhanau Village is situated in the Kai Iwi Block, on the sea-coast, about five miles from Wanganui by a buggy-road, and by a pack-track from the Kai Iwi Railway-station. The sections offered for lease comprise flat and undulating land in grass. The soil is of a sandy loam on papa formation.

TERMS AND 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, Wellington. They should be marked on the outside “Tender, Mowhanau Village.”
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.