APRIL 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1329

OHINEMURI COUNTY.

Lot 3.

Parts of Block VI and X, Waihou Survey District.
Upset price, £20. Time for removal, one year.

Lot 4.

Parts of Blocks XIII and XIV, Waihou, and II, Waitoa Survey Districts.
Upset price, £30. Time for removal, one year.

Lot 5.

Parts of Blocks II and VI, Waitoa Survey District.
Upset price, £20. Time for removal, one year.

CONDITIONS AND TERMS OF SALE.

The highest bidder for each separate lot to become the purchaser, the bidding to be on the upset prices stated hereon.

Payment for each lot to be made on the fall of the hammer.

The lessee to take all risks of fire, and will be held responsible to take every precaution necessary to guard against such.

All rights reserved in these conditions are to be without compensation of any kind whatsoever, and the method of cutting flax to be as directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

In the event of any of the above lots not being disposed of, consideration will be given to applications made at any time within three months from the above date of sale, providing, however, that the amount offered is not less than the upset prices stated hereon. The position of the above lots is approximately shown on lithos and tracings lodged in this office.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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.

Pastoral Run in Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 11th March, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, at 11 o’clock a.m., on Wednesday, the 15th day of May, 1907, under the provisions of Part VI of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

CLASS I.

Southland Land District.—Mason Survey District.—Stewart Island.

Pastoral Run No. 533: Area, 7,110 acres. Upset rental per annum, £12. Term, fourteen years.

Weighted with £60, valuation for improvements.

Description of Run.

Situated at Mason Bay, Stewart Island. Access from this bay and by water to head of Paterson Inlet at Freshwater River, thence through open country. Soil inferior, sand and sandy loam; well watered with fine small streams. Bush chiefly dense scrub, a large proportion being the best cattle-feed; principal vegetation on open land red tussock, and a little native grass.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.