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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 34

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

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, at 11 o’clock a.m., on Wednesday, the 29th day of May, 1907, under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Weighted with £90 15s., valuation for improvements, consisting of 83 chains of fencing, £34 5s., and 28¼ acres in grass, £56 10s.

Low-lying level country, at present subject to flood from an overflow of the Mangaatua Stream. Soil, alluvial deposit, on clay formation. Situated one mile from Woodville by a good metalled dray-road.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. One half-year’s rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. No declaration is required. Residence and improvements are not compulsory. Valuation for improvements to an amount not exceeding £90 will be allowed on the expiry of the lease, or if it is forfeited or terminated. The provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” respecting valuation for improvements and payment or other disposal thereof shall, so far as the same are applicable, apply to the improvements made by the lessee.

3. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

4. The lease shall be for the term of twenty-one 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 lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, ragwort, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

HENRY TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run in Auckland Land District open for Lease on Application.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 19th March, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Wednesday, the 29th day of May, 1907, 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.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—EAST TAUPŌ AND HAWKE’S BAY COUNTIES.—MARUANUI* AND TAHARUA† SURVEY DISTRICTS.
Second-class Pastoral Country.

Weighted with £1,927 10s., valuation for improvements, consisting of felling, grassing, two houses, two orchards, fencing, drains, sheep-yards, and bridges.

Altitude, from 2,000 ft. to 2,400 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land; about 4,500 acres covered with thick forest, principally tawa (red-birch), with a thick undergrowth of konini, punga, petipeti, whauwhau, &c.; balance open land. Soil is of a sandy and pumice nature, on pumice formation; very well watered by the Mohaka and Taharua Rivers. Access is from the Rangitaiki Accommodation-house, which is about nine miles distant by the Taupo–Napier Road—seven miles good dray-road, remainder good horse-track.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Land in Wellington Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office, Wellington, 9th February, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for sale or selection, at this office, either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on Wednesday, the 15th day of May, 1907, under the provisions of Part III of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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.
First-class Land.

Situated on the Mangahao River at the junction of the Kakariki North and Pukohai Roads. Accessible from Hukanui Railway-station, three miles and a half distant, by metalled dray-road. About 50 acres river-flat, remainder part flat and broken. Forest comprises rimu, rata, hinau, &c., with the usual undergrowth; milling-timber has been removed. Soil is silt-deposit on the flat and clay on ridges, resting on papa formation; well watered. Elevation, from 450 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,