Reserves in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 8th December, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 17th day of February, 1909, under the provisions of “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent, together with £1 ls. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. Residence is 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 leases shall be for the term of years specified, 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 land shall not be cropped nor broken up, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

8. 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.

9. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture if the lessee fails to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

FRANCIS SIMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Southland Land District liable to Forfeiture.

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 2nd December, 1908.
PURSUANT to section 251 of “The Land Act, 1908,” notice is hereby given to the licensee of the undermentioned pastoral runs that the licenses thereof are liable to forfeiture, and that if the rent overdue on the said runs, together with the penalty for non-payment at due date, be not paid within three months from the date hereof the licenses will be forfeited.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Grazing-runs in Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Lease.

District Lands Office,
Napier, 2nd December, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned grazing-runs are open for lease, and applications will be received at this office, the Local Lands Office, Gisborne, and the Courthouse, Wairoa, on Wednesday, the 17th day of February, 1909, up to 4 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIROA COUNTY.—TUAHU SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Pastoral Land.
A. R. P. | £ s. d. |
94 | 2,988 0 0 | 37 7 0
Altitude, 1,500 ft. to 3,500 ft. above sea-level. About 1,200 acres of mixed tawa bush, rimu, rata, kahikatea, &c., with thick underscrub; remainder high birch-clad country; fairly easy slopes on the east side of the Matukuhia Range, intersected by deep gullies; steep and broken country in the west side of the range. Well watered; soil varies from inferior to fair; sandstone-and-papa formation. Distant about forty-five miles from Wairoa, twenty-six miles by coach-road, remainder by formed pack-track, the last three miles being under construction.

95 | 2,379 0 0 | 29 15 0
Altitude, from 1,500 ft. to 3,500 ft. above sea-level. About 850 acres of mixed tawa bush, rimu, rata, kahikatea, totara, &c., with thick underscrub; remainder high birch-clad country, easy slopes, intersected by deep gullies. Well watered; soil varies from inferior to fair; sandstone formation. Distant about forty-four miles from Wairoa, twenty-six miles by coach-road, remainder by formed pack-track, the last two miles being under construction.

HENRY TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago Land District for Disposal under Section 131 of “The Land Act, 1908.”

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 7th December, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that the undermentioned land will be disposed of to the holder of adjoining land, under section 131 of the said Act, on or after Wednesday, the 10th day of March, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 99, Block II, Pomahaka Survey District: 4 acres.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Nelson Land District for Disposal under Section 128 of “The Land Act, 1908.”

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 8th December, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that the undermentioned lands will be disposed of to the holder of adjoining land, under section 128 of “The Land Act, 1908,” on or after Wednesday, the 10th day of March, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.