Oct. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2829

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, ramarama, 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.

Land in Otago Land District for Lease under Section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 21st July, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be offered to the holder of adjoining land on lease in perpetuity, under section 114 of the said Act, on or after Friday, the 26th day of October, 1906.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION No. 2, Block XIV, Maniototo Survey District: Area, 299 acres 2 roods 16 perches.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 7th day of November, 1906, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

If more than one application is received for the same section on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot, at the District Lands Office, Napier, on Thursday, the 8th day of November, 1906, at noon.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—PATANGATA COUNTY.—ELSTHORPE VILLAGE.

Section 13: Area, 1 rood. Lease in perpetuity: Rent, 5 per cent.—Half-yearly rent, 5s.

Section 17: Area, 2 roods 16 perches. Lease in perpetuity: Rent, 5 per cent.—Half-yearly rent, 10s.

Weighted with £4, valuation for fencing.

The Village of Elsthorpe is situated on the main road from Kaikora to the coast, about fourteen miles from the former place.

HENRY TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown 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:—

Horses and cattle—

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.