Jan. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 271

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Township of Patutahi.

| 50 | .. | 1 3 26 | 2 10 0 | Fourteen years. |
| 77, 78, 79, 80 | .. | 0 3 32 | 1 5 0 | " |

Waiapu Survey District.

| 1 | VII | 13 2 0 | 2 14 0 | Year to year. |
| 2 | " | 15 1 20 | 3 12 0 | " |
| 3 | " | 13 0 0 | 2 12 0 | " |
| 6 | " | 9 2 0 | 1 18 0 | " |

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. 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.

4. The lease shall be for the term of years specified above, 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.

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

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 15th January, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of fourteen years, at the Land Office, Timaru, on Tuesday, the 26th day of February, 1907, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of Part VI of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT—WAIMATE COUNTY.
Class I.

Run No. 64, part of Hakataramea Station: Area, 11,000 acres. Upset annual rental, £250.

Locality and Description of Run.

This run is situate on the eastern slopes of the Grampian Mountains, and extends about eleven miles and a half in a southerly direction from the Hakataramea Pass, at an altitude of from 2,000 ft. to 5,600 ft. above sea-level. The lower spurs of the range are easy and sloping, and are mostly covered with tussock, snow-grass, blue-grass, and other native grasses. The improvements consist of about twenty miles and a half of boundary and subdivision fencing, and cob hut with iron roof. Included in this length of fencing are about three miles of Government rabbit-fence on the southern boundary, that are not to be paid for by the incoming tenant. The maximum amount which the incoming tenant will be liable for on account of improvements is £630.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Selwyn Settlement, Auckland Land District, open for Selection.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 3rd December, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned ordinary farms and small grazing-runs will be open for selection, at this office, on Wednesday, the 30th day of January, 1907, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments. The ordinary farms are offered for lease in perpetuity, and the small grazing-runs for lease for twenty-one years, with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years. If more than one application is received for the same farm or run on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—PIAKO COUNTY.—SELWYN SETTLEMENT.
ORDINARY FARMS.

Agricultural and pastoral land of light loamy nature, on rotten-sandstone formation; generally undulating to a little broken. Altitude, from 500 ft. to 750 ft. above sea-level. An area of 250 acres was surface-sown in 1894, but is now overgrown by manuka scrub and fern; balance consists of scrub and fern; about 300 acres readily ploughable; well watered by the Pokaiwhenua Stream, which flows through the section and forms a subdivisional fence. Distant about three miles from Taumangi Railway-station. The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, consist of a half-share in 136 chains of boundary-fencing, valued at £34.

| 9 | V | 261 2 0 | 1 9 | 11 8 10 |

Agricultural and pastoral land of light loamy nature, on sandstone formation; undulating to broken. Altitude, from 500 ft. to 750 ft. above sea-level. About 111 acres in grass, balance fern and manuka. Section to a large extent ploughable. Well watered by Pokaiwhenua Stream and springs. Distant about three miles from Taumangi Railway-station. The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, consist of a half-share in 100 chains of boundary-fencing, valued at £25, and the whole of 18 chains of subdivisional fencing, valued at £9.

| 11 | X | 407 2 0 | 0 9 | 7 12 10 |

Agricultural and pastoral land of light loamy-clay nature, on rhyolite-and-sandstone formation; generally undulating country, and to a large extent ploughable; all in manuka scrub and fern; can be made reproductive by a judicious use of manures; not well watered. Average altitude above sea-level, about 560 ft. Situated within half a mile of Putaruru Railway-station.

| 12 | X | 532 2 0 | 0 7·5 | 8 6 3 |

Agricultural and pastoral land of light loamy nature, on sandstone-and-rhyolite formation; rather rough in contour for the greater part, but a considerable area is ploughable. Altitude, from 500 ft. to 650 ft. above sea-level. This section is in its natural state, being covered with manuka, scrub, and fern; fairly well watered. Distant one mile from Putaruru Railway-station. The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, consist of half-share in 78 chains of boundary-fencing, valued at £19 10s.

Patetere North-east* and Patetere North† Survey Districts.

| 46 | IV* | 392 0 0 | 2 6 | (a) {24 10 0 |
| 83 | III† | 359 0 0 | 1 6 | (a) {13 9 3 |

(a) Total half-yearly rent, £37 19s. 3d.

These sections are offered as one allotment.

Section 46 contains 392 acres pastoral land of dark loam of good quality, on decomposed rhyolite formation; broken to undulating in character, and steep where the Waiohutu Gorge and Waiomou Stream enter the section. During dry summers the only permanent water is the Waiomou Stream. About 375 acres in good grass, balance in native bush; has been all heavy-forest country, known locally as “kaharoa.” Altitude, about 1,650 ft. above sea-level. The improvements,