Nov. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2927

December, 1906, under the provisions of Part V of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WHANGAROA COUNTY.—KAE0* AND KERIKERI† SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

Altitude, from 200 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Undulating fern-land; partly old timber workings, with about 360 acres of scattered mixed forest, comprising tarai re, puriri, kohekohe, and rata, with light undergrowth of nikau and bush ferns; soil inferior, on sandstone formation; not well watered. Distant eight miles from Kaeo Post-office.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Village-homestead Allotment in Southland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 5th November, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotment will be opened for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 19th day of December, 1906, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

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SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—CROYDON VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Village-homestead Allotment.

Situated four miles and a half from Gore—three miles formed road, remainder partly formed. Soil fair, mostly covered with light bush only fit for firewood. The limit of holding in Croydon Village Settlement is 50 acres.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Village-homestead Allotment in Southland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 22nd October, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the village-homestead allotment mentioned in the Schedule hereto will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 4th day of December, 1906, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903.”

For the purposes of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” the land enumerated in the said Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “swamp land.”

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

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

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SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—MORLEY VILLAGE.

Village-homestead Allotment.

First-class Swamp Land.

Situated about one mile from Nightcaps Railway-station. Soil fair, but swampy; gravel formation. Access good.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Land in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 24th September, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for lease by public auction, at the Gretna Hall, Taihape, on Thursday, the 15th day of November, 1906, at 1 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT. — OHINEWAIRUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Undulating and flat land in grass. Situated about one mile north of the Taihape Post-office, on a metalled road.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lease will be for a term of seven years.
2. A deposit of six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.
3. 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.
4. Possession will be given on the day of sale.
5. The lease will be for the term specified above, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.
6. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.
7. The lessee will 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.
8. 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.
9. The lease will 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.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands