JAN. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 187

Rural Lands in Southland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office, Invercargill, 6th December, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for sale or selection, at this office, on the 13th March, 1907, under the provisions of Part III of “The Land Act, 1892,” and section 2 of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903.”

1. The said lands may be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on lease in perpetuity: provided that in the case of lands containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, they shall be selected on lease in perpetuity only and shall not be purchased for cash.

2. For the purposes of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” the said lands shall be deemed to be “light-bush land.”

3. No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said lands for a period of three years from the date from which in each case respectively such lands are disposed of, and no local authority shall have power to levy or collect any such rate from such lands during such period.

4. 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.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Light-bush Land.

All level land. Altitude, 30 ft. to 40 ft. Sections 43 to 46, inferior land, all swamp, mostly covered with manuka scrub, Maori-heads, &c. Sections 46A to 49, inferior land, mostly swamp, partly covered with manuka scrub and mixed bush that has been worked out. Section 60, fairly good soil; about 12 acres cleared and in grass; northern portion swampy, with manuka scrub, &c.; mostly covered with mixed bush, worked out. Section 61, about one-half good land; northern and western portions swampy, with manuka scrub and flax; mostly covered with mixed bush, worked out. Section 62, soil fairly good in places; eastern and northern portions swampy, with clump of light mixed bush in north-eastern corner; a good deal of dead timber in places. Section 63, mostly cleared of bush, soil fairly good, swampy in places; patch of light mixed bush in north-west corner. Section 64, mostly cleared of bush, soil fairly good, low-lying and swampy, with clump of worked-out bush towards northern boundary. The whole block is distant from one mile and a half to three miles from Makarewa Post-office and school, and is accessible by metalled road for about two-thirds of the way, balance by unformed road.

JOHN HAY,
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.