SEPT. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2531

Locality and Description of Section.

This section is situated in the Linton Settlement, in what is known as the “Manchester Block,” Oroua County, and the access thereto is from Halcombe Railway-station, which is about three miles distant by Gillett’s Line, along a formed and metalled road. The land is partly flat and partly undulating; the elevation varies from 320 ft. to 420 ft. above sea-level. The soil is of very good quality on the flat, and good on the undulating portion, resting on stiff clay and shingle formation. The forest is about 6½ acres in extent, and comprises tawa, titoki, kahikatea, matai, miro, ramararama, hinau, cabbage-trees, with usual undergrowth. The section is watered by a stream and by a dam.

The improvements which are included in the price of the land are as follows, viz.: Half value of 44 chains of fence on southern boundary, 10 chains of fence on eastern boundary, half value of 31½ chains of fence on Gillett’s Line, half value of 30·4 chains of fence on northern boundary, half value of 40 chains of fence on western boundary, 180½ chains of live, stab, and wire subdivisional fences, and 90 acres ploughed and sown in grass; also two concrete cisterns and force-pumps, and paved yard, three orchards, gardens, shelter and ornamental planting, sheepyards, plough-drains, metalled roads, and existing main road to homestead.

The improvements which are not included in the price of the land, and which must be paid for by the tenant, comprise the homestead dwelling (containing twelve rooms), old woolshed, implement-shed and granaries, harness-room, combined dairy and storeroom, loose-box, buggy-shed, combined shed and wash-house with brick chimney, &c., the whole valued at £403, repayable in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £20 7s. 1d.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, the 22nd day of November, 1906, for the leases of the undermentioned reserves, for a term of seven years, under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

TOWNSHIP OF HUNTERVILLE.

| 43 | .. | A. R. P. 5 0 7 | £ s. d. 7 11 3 |

Situated on Marshall Road, about 30 chains from Hunter-ville Post-office, and about 60 chains from the railway-station, by good metalled streets. The section, which is all in grass, comprises hilly land, with a small flat near the road. The soil is of good quality, on papa formation.

TOWNSHIP OF BUNNYTHORPE.

| 1326 | .. | 1 1 14 | 1 5 0 |

Situated in the suburbs of Bunnythorpe Township, about one mile from the railway-station by a good metalled road. Comprises flat land, intersected by an old watercourse, which is dry except in the wet season. The soil is of very good quality, on clay formation.

| 1357 & 1359 | .. | 1 0 0 | 1 4 6 |

Situated in the Village of Bunnythorpe, and accessible by a dray-road formed to within a few chains of the north-east corner of Section 1359. All flat land, subject to floods. Good alluvial soil, on shingle formation. The area is all logged up and in grass.

TOWNSHIP OF BROWNSTON.

| 11 | I | 1 0 3 | 0 12 6 |
| 8 | V | 0 2 30 | 0 9 0 |
| 5 | VII | 0 2 20 | 0 8 0 |
| 4, 5, 6, 10 | VI | 0 3 33 | 0 12 6 |
| 17,18,19,20 | VIII | 1 0 0 | 0 12 6 |
| 6,7 | IX | 0 3 24 | 0 12 0 |
| 10 | XIII | 0 1 30 | 0 5 6 |

These sections comprise clay land, felled and grassed. Situated about 24 chains from Hukanui Railway-station by metalled dray-road.

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.
2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. 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 leases shall be for the term of seven 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 paid half-yearly in advance.
6. 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.
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, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
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.

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

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Napier, 17th September, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of twenty-one years, at this office, on Wednesday, the 7th day of November, 1906, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of Part VI of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—HAWKE’S BAY COUNTY.

Situated for the most part on the eastern slope of the Kaweka Range, about forty-six miles from Napier. Accessible from Puketitiri by two miles dray-road and eight miles bridle-track (six miles and a half formed). Comprises about 700 acres bush, principally black-birch; balance undulating and broken open country; soil, light pumice, resting on slate-rock. Well watered by the Mohaka River, Makino, Mangatutu, and Makahu Streams. Elevation, from 2,000 ft. to 3,500 ft. above sea-level.

HENRY TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Southland Land District for Lease under “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 10th September, 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 160 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and section 15 of “The Land Act Amendment Act, 1895, on or after Thursday, the 20th day of December, 1906.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Section 39, Block I, Waikawa Survey District: Area, 4 acres 3 roods 24 perches.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.