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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 8

Lands in Nelson Land District forfeited.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the leases of the undermentioned lands having been forfeited by resolution of the Nelson Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Department of Lands, Wellington, 24th January, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

JAMES McGOWAN,
For Minister of Lands.

Reserve in Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 15th January, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for a lease of the undermentioned reserve, under “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 26th day of February, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

Rainbow Reserve.

ALL that area situated in Roto-iti Survey District, containing 12,000 acres, more or less, being Section No. 5 of Square 56. Bounded towards the north by Crown lands and Section No. 24, towards the east by the Wairau River, towards the south by Run No. 24, and towards the west by the summit of the St. Arnaud Range; excepting from the above-described area a public road 1 chain in width.

Upset annual rental, £25. Weighted with £362 for improvements, consisting of house (£210), stable (£60), stockyard (£25), and fencing (£67).

Description of Reserve.

Principally mountain-slopes, containing in places fair summer country. There are some good tussock-flats along the Wairau River. Situated fifteen miles from Tophouse, on the road to Canterbury, via Wairau Valley.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Tenders must be addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Nelson, and be accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.

2. Possession will be given on day of acceptance of tender.

3. 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, but the land will be weighted with the value of all improvements existing at the expiration of the lease, to be paid for by the incoming lessee, should another person other than the present lessee obtain possession of the land.

4. The lease shall be for the term of fourteen years.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.

6. The lessee shall not 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 destroy all rabbits on the land, and he shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or blackberry on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, blackberry, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

9. 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.

10. The lessee shall keep the existing accommodation-house on the reserve in good order and repair; and he shall comfortably furnish for the use of travellers one public room, and also three good bedrooms, with at least four good beds with clean and suitable bedding, sheets, and blankets; and shall also keep in good repair the four-stalled stable existing on the reserve, and keep securely fenced and laid in English grasses a convenient paddock for horses, containing not less than 2 acres; and shall throughout the term of the lease provide a sufficient supply of food and other provisions for man and beast at not exceeding the charges following, that is to say: For meals, 2s. each; for beds, 1s. each; for oats, 6d. per quart; and for chaff, 1s. a feed; and shall furnish travellers with proper meals, clean and well cooked, and also provide a good horse to carry foot-passengers across the Wairau River if required.

11. The lessee shall have the right to occupy for grazing purposes, from year to year, under section 116 of “The Land Act, 1892,” (1) an area of about 20,000 acres of Crown lands known as Run No. 24, situated between the Rainbow Reserve and the Rainbow River; and (2) an area of about 4,000 acres of Crown lands, situated in the Wairau Valley, between the Rainbow Reserve and Sections 11 and 6, Motupiko Survey District, at a total annual rental of £15.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Nelson Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 6th January, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on renewable lease, at this office, on Thursday, the 9th day of April, 1908, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—INANGAHUA COUNTY.

Third-class Unsurveyed Land.

Weighted with £42, valuation for felling and grassing.

Situated about three-quarters of a mile from Longford Post-office and Telegraph-station, and about 10 chains off the main coach-road—Nelson to Westport. Portion of the block known as the Matiri Valley Block. Open and forest-clad land, the timber being brown-birch and silver-birch, not suitable for milling. Formation, sandstone and conglomerate. Soil is very fair, and well watered. Northern and western portions of the area lie well to the sun, and when cleared will carry good grass.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.