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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Auckland Land District surrendered.

Department of Lands, Wellington, 4th February, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that, surrenders of the leases of the undermentioned lands having been accepted by resolution of the Auckland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Reserves in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 4th February, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of fourteen years, at this office, on Wednesday, the 3rd day of April, 1907, under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Block III, Huiroa Survey District.

Block III, Paritutu Survey District (Waitara West District.)

| 23 | 6 2 33 | 6 15 0 |

Block VII, Waimate Survey District.

| 91 | 5 0 0 | 10 0 0 |
| 92 | 5 0 0 | 10 0 0 |

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.
2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. Residence is 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 sale, with the exception of Section 52, Block III, Huiroa Survey District, possession of which will be given on the 1st July, 1907.
4. The leases shall be for the term of fourteen 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 payable 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 land shall not be cropped nor broken up, 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, room, 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 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.

FRANCIS SIMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 5th February, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction, under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” at the Courthouse, Ashburton, at 12 o’clock noon, on Wednesday, the 3rd day of April, 1907, for a term of seven years, at the upset annual rent stated.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—ALFORD SURVEY DISTRICT.

Locality and Description of Reserve.

This reserve was formerly part of the old Mount Somers Tramway Reserve, lying from half a mile to a mile and a half eastward from Mount Somers Railway-station, and comprises open level land, a portion of which is infested with gorse.

The lessee will be required, within one year from the date of the lease, to get the land thoroughly cleared of gorse and other noxious weeds, and for this purpose he will be allowed to plough the land, and to take off it such green or root crops as he may desire: Provided further that upon the expiration of his lease he shall leave the land well laid down in English grasses not more than two years old.

Rights of access through and over the land are reserved in favour of the owners or occupiers of the freehold lands adjoining the reserve on the south side.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The purchaser of the lease shall, immediately upon the fall of the hammer, deposit an amount equal to six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.