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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 99

Land in the Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands, Wellington, 15th November, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the lease of the undermentioned land having been forfeited by resolution of the Canterbury Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

ROBERT McNAB,

Minister of Lands.

Reserves in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands Office, Wellington, 18th November, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at the District Lands Office, Wellington, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 8th day of January, 1908, for leases of the undermentioned reserves, under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Town of Pohangina.

The sections in Blocks I, II, III, and IX are more or less swampy; those in Block IV are fairly dry, and have recently been ploughed.

Town of Taihape.

78 | .. | 5 3 10 | 11 1 0 | Year to year.

Fairly easy sloping land, in grass.

Apiti Survey District.

23 | IX | 3 3 16 | 1 0 0 | Fourteen years.

Situated sixteen miles from Hunterville by good metalled road, at the junction of the Kiwitea-Tapua Road with the Middle Road, about five miles from the Pakihikura Village Settlement. Mostly hilly; soil of fairly good quality, on clay-and-sandstone formation; covered with very light forest of tawa, mahoe, and mako, with thick undergrowth.

30 | V | 2 3 0 | 1 0 0 | Five years.

Cleared and in grass. Situated west of Pakihikura Village Settlement at the junction of the Tapuae and Peep-o’-Day Roads.

Town of Paraparaumu.

10, 11 | VII | 1 0 0 | 1 10 0 | Seven years.

Situated about a quarter of a mile from Paraparaumu Railway-station by good metalled road. Level and easy undulating land, in grass, rising from the front and back towards the middle; first-class soil, on clay-and-sand formation.

Makuri Survey District.

23D | I | 4 3 0 | 1 5 0 | Five years.

Situated about a mile from the Kohinui School and Post-office, on the Woodville-Aohanga Road near its junction with the Tiraumea Valley and Waituna Roads, and about six miles from the Mangatainoka Railway-station by a metalled road. Comprises partly terrace flat and sloping land, falling steeply towards the Tiraumea River and Waitakotoru Stream. Covered with fern and grass and some dry and green tawa; soil of fair quality, on shingle-and-papa formation.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for six months' rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.

2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and 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 acceptance of tender.

4. The leases shall be for the terms specified, but, with the exception of Section 78, Town of Taihape, shall be subject to termination by twelve months' notice in the event of the land being required by the Government. The lease of Section 78, Town of Taihape, shall be subject to termination by three months' notice. Right of way is reserved along the northern boundary of Section 78, Town of Taihape.

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 comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, 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 said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

JOHN STRAUCHON,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Timber in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Tender.

District Lands Office, Auckland, 8th November, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of “The Land Act, 1892,” and the amendments and regulations thereunder, that written tenders will be received at the District Lands Office, Auckland, from the proprietors of existing sawmills, and logging contractors, up till 12 o'clock noon on Wednesday, 18th December, 1907, for the purchase of the kauri timber standing on the undermentioned lots.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

HOKIANGA COUNTY.

Lot 1.

Section 5, Block XIV, Punakitere Survey District.

78 GREEN kauri-trees, containing (approximately) 198,770 sup. ft. (standing measurement).