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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 15

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

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 27th day of March, 1907, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—CASTLEPOINT AND MASTERON COUNTIES.—LANGDALE SETTLEMENT.—TOWN OF LANGDALE.

Situated in the Township of Langdale, in the south-west corner of the Langdale Settlement, about twenty-six miles from Masterton by the Masterton-Blairlogie coach-road. Tinui, five miles distant, is the nearest township, and has churches, hotel, school, stores, post and telegraph office, &c.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Argyll Settlement, Hawke’s Bay Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands Office,
Napier, 28th January, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Thursday, the 7th day of March, 1907, 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.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIPAWA COUNTY.—WAIPUKURAU SURVEY DISTRICT.—ARGYLL SETTLEMENT.

Dairy Farm.

Weighted with £487 12s., valuation for improvements, consisting of dwellinghouse, five rooms, £184; outbuildings, £24; shed and yards, £80; orchard, £16; 210 chains fencing, seven wires, four posts to the chain, £126; 25 acres in grass, £20; 47 acres ploughed, £37 12s.

Altitude, 700 ft. All flat land, about 30 acres at the northern end of the section is light agricultural land, the balance being light and stony. Water may be obtained in very dry summers by sinking wells. In ordinary seasons there is water in the stream at the northern end of the section. The improvements which are included in the price of the section comprise 190 chains fencing on road frontage, valued at £76. The distance from Waipawa is nine miles by a good metalled road.

HENRY TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Napier, 19th January, 1907.

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 Thursday, the 28th day of February, 1907, 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.—NGARURORO SURVEY DISTRICT.

Situated on the eastern slopes of the Ruahine Range, distant thirty-two miles by road from Town of Hastings. The soil is of a light description, overlying gravel. The country is rugged and broken. With the exception of about 2,000 acres in native grass, meadow fescue, and a few patches of cocksfoot, the land is covered with indigenous scrub and tussock, with stunted black-birch timber in the gullies. The altitude varies from 1,200 ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level.

Weighted with value of improvements (not exceeding £240), to be appraised.

HENRY TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 18th December, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for lease by public auction for a term of twenty-one years, at this office, on Thursday, the 28th day of February, 1907, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—KAWHIA COUNTY.—KAWHIA NORTH SURVEY DISTRICT.

Comprises about 10 acres swamp, balance undulating land covered with fern and tea-tree. Soil of a stiff clayey nature, on papa formation. Distant three miles from Kawhia Township by formed road.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, twenty-one years from 1st July, 1907, without right of renewal.
2. A half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease fee shall be paid on the fall of the hammer.
3. Substantial improvements of a permanent character shall be effected on the land as follows: Within one year from the date of lease, equal to the value of £10; within two years from date of lease, equal to £20; within six years from date of lease, a total value of at least £90.
4. The lease shall be signed within thirty days from the date of notice that it is ready for execution, and in default thereof the moneys paid at the auction shall be absolutely forfeited, and the sale of the lease to be null and void.
5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.
6. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of all noxious weeds and plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
7. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within sixty days after the date same ought to be fulfilled.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.