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4. The lessee shall paint the buildings twice during the currency of the lease with two coats of proper oil-colours, and in a workmanlike manner; the first of such paintings to be completed within three years from the commencement of the lease, and the second in the year prior to the expiration of the lease.

5. Within twelve months from the date of the lease, the lessee shall extend the tram-line into the sea for an additional length of 30 ft.; he shall also make such alterations to the woolshed as will enable 150 more bales of wool to be stored, and he shall install such engines as may be necessary for the working of the hydraulic dumping-presses, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

6. Should the land, premises, and buildings be required by the lessor, his successors or assigns, before the expiration of the lease, the Governor may determine the lease on giving to the lessee six calendar months’ notice in writing of his intention to do so; and, in the event of the lease being so determined, the lessee shall not be entitled to any compensation on account of its being so determined.

7. Should any part of the land be required at any time during the currency of the lease for a site for a lighthouse or other buildings in connection therewith, and for a road thereto, the Governor may give notice to the lessee of the area and portion of the land required for such purpose; and, on such notice being given, the lessor, his successors or assigns, may enter upon and resume possession of the land, and the lessee shall not be entitled to any compensation on account of such entry and resumption.

8. The lessee shall during the currency of the lease insure and keep insured the buildings erected on the said land, at their full insurable value, in the name of the lessor, his successors or assigns, in an insurance company approved of by the Commissioner of Crown Lands; and the insurance policy, and all receipts for premiums paid in respect thereof, shall be forwarded by the lessee to the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

9. No improvements or repairs to the land or buildings will be made by the lessor, his successors or assigns, during the currency of the lease, and the lessee shall have no right to compensation for improvements effected by him.

10. The lessee will have the right to charge storage for goods placed in the shed, provided that such charges do not exceed the sum of 1s. per bale of wool, and 5s. per ton of general merchandise.

11. Should the lessee commit a breach of any of the conditions of the lease, it may be determined at any time without notice, in which case the lessee will not have any claim for compensation.

12. The rent shall be payable to the Receiver of Land Revenue, at Wellington, half-yearly in advance, and shall date from the day of the acceptance of the tender.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Auckland Land District for License by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 8th April, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for license, by public auction, for a term of twenty-one years, at this office, on Friday, the 26th day of June, 1908, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Open land, covered with rough tussock.

Class II.

| 92 | Tuhingamata East and Tatu | 11,595 0 0 | 25 0 0 |

Broken and undulating land; about 500 acres mixed forest at north end of run; balance fern and tea-tree and tussock; light soil. Fronts the old Taupo-Atiamuri Road, about five miles from Taupo.

| 93 | Tuhingamata East, Tatu, and Tauhara | 12,110 0 0 | 25 0 0 |

The run contains two small clumps of mixed forest; balance fern, tea-tree, and tussock; broken and undulating land; light soil. Fronts Lake Taupo; access by track about four miles from Taupo.

All hot springs, fumaroles, ngawas, geysers, mud volcanoes, and other centres of thermal action, with right of way thereto, are specially excluded from these pastoral licenses.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Otago Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 18th March, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on renewable lease, at this office, on Wednesday, the 24th day of June, 1908.

If more than one application is received for the same section on the same day, the order of selection will be decided by ballot at 11 a.m. on Thursday, the 25th June, 1908, at the District Lands Office, Dunedin.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—VINCENT COUNTY.

Second-class Land.

Open land, with light shingly soil. Situated about ten miles from Omakau Railway-station and a short distance from a school.

LOWER WANAKA SURVEY DISTRICT.

| | IV | 105 0 30 | 70 0 0 | 1 8 0 |

Open land, with fair soil. Situated about four miles from Pemebroke.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago Land District for Disposal under Section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 18th February, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be disposed of, under section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on or after Wednesday, the 20th day of May, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 22, Block VI, Budle Survey District, to John Sheehy: Area, 12 acres 3 roods 34 perches.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Nelson Land District for Disposal by way of Exchange.

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 18th February, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be exchanged for an equal area included in the area of 1,000 acres held under lease in perpetuity by Mrs. M. McDonald on or after Wednesday, the 20th day of May, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, situated in Block VI, Motupiko Survey District, containing by admeasurement 64 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by a road fronting the Motupiko River, towards the south by land granted to Mrs. Minnie McDonald on lease in perpetuity, and towards the west by Chinaman’s Creek.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.