Oct. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2667

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Flax-cutting Lease in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 20th August, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land, suitable for flax-cutting and cultivation, will be offered for lease by public auction for a term of fifteen years, at the District Lands Office, Auckland, on Thursday, the 18th day of October, 1906, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—AWAKINO COUNTY.

ALL that area bounded on the north by Kinohaku West F, Section 1; on the south by Section 1, Block X, Whareorino Survey District; and on the west by the sea, with a depth of from 10 to 15 chains from coast, containing approximately 230 acres.

Most of the land consists of a high plateau, with cliffs and steep faces along the foreshore. The flax is very high and strongly grown, and reaches several feet above the head of a man mounted on horseback, and has been variously estimated to contain from 8,000 to 15,000 tons.

Attention is expressly drawn to the fact that no road to or shipping-place on or near is guaranteed or implied. Persons interested should visit the ground and inspect the area personally. Probably the best situation for a mill would be either at Mokau or Kawhia.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. The lease will be for fifteen years, weighted with £1,000 as the upset present value of the flax. The bidding at auction to start at that amount. The successful bidder must pay one-fourth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, one-fourth within fourteen days, and balance either in cash or bills extending, at fixed periods, over twelve months, bearing 5 per cent. interest, and indorsed to the satisfaction of the Commissioner; failing payment of which all instalments paid shall be forfeited and the interest of the successful bidder absolutely determined without payment of any compensation.

2. One shilling per acre per annum rental will be charged for the first four years, and after that till end of term the rental, which must be paid half-yearly in advance, will be a sum per annum equal to one-fourth of the amount bid for the present crop.

3. No flax shall be cut oftener than once in three years, and only four crops, including the present one, shall be taken from the land during the term of the lease. The method and manner of cutting shall be subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

4. All flax planted and other flax growing on the ground will become the property of the Crown on the termination of the lease, and no plants are to be removed or destroyed.

5. The lessee shall take all risks of fire, and he will be held responsible to take every precaution necessary to guard against the flax being burned.

6. The term will commence from date of the issue of the lease.

7. No compensation of any kind will be allowed for improvements, but the lessee may, with the consent of the Land Board, remove the buildings and plant at the expiration of the lease.

8. The right is reserved to cut drains, and survey and take roads, through the area leased, also full right of access at any time by the Commissioner of Crown Lands or employees of the Government.

9. The lessee shall, when directed so to do, connect all drains with any Government system of drainage within the district. Drains cut by the lessee to conform with such system.

10. The area dealt with in these conditions is the Crown lands upon which the flax is growing, lying between the edge of the forest or scrub and the sea-coast, extending from the southern boundary of Kinohaku West F, Section 1, to the southern boundary of Section 1, Block VII, Whareorino Survey District. The land may be surveyed at any time if thought necessary by the Commissioner. Should any dispute arise as to the boundaries the Commissioner will be the sole judge, and his decision shall be final. It is to be clearly understood that the plan is merely a sketch, and the area mentioned only approximate.

11. The lessee shall not transfer or sublet except with the approval of the Land Board.

12. All rights reserved by the Crown in these conditions are to be without payment for compensation whatsoever. Should any dispute arise as to the meaning of these conditions the decision of the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall be final. A lease will be issued in due course to the successful bidder, subject to the foregoing conditions.

13. The lease may also contain such additional conditions as the Commissioner in his discretion considers necessary in the interests of the Crown and the public.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Linton Settlement, Wellington Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 31st day of October, 1906, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

If more than one application is received for the section on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—OROUA COUNTY.—RANGITOTO SURVEY DISTRICT.—LINTON SETTLEMENT.

Dairy Farm.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £400, repayable in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £20 7s. 1d. Total half-yearly payment, £67 6s. 1d.

Weighted with £9, valuation for improvements.

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.