JUNE 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1519

Lands in Auckland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands, Wellington, 2nd June, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been forfeited by resolution of the Auckland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown in terms of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands, Wellington, 31st May, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the lease of the undermentioned land having been forfeited by resolution of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Town Lands in Canterbury Land District for Lease on Application.

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 31st May, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for lease, and applications will be received at the District Lands Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 21st day of July, 1909. If more than one application is received for the same section on the same day the order of selection will be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—HANMER SPRINGS TOWNSHIP.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Applications must be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch, and must be accompanied by a deposit of a half-year’s rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee.
2. Possession will be given on approval by the Land Board of the application.
3. The leases will be for a term of thirty-three years.
4. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free of all deductions whatsoever; and if not paid within twenty-one days after due date the lessor may re-enter upon the land and determine the lease.
5. The lessee shall have no right to mortgage, sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.
6. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
7. The lessee shall prevent the growth or spread of gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious weeds or plants on the land comprised in the lease, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
8. The lessee shall not carry on, or permit to be carried on, upon the land or any part thereof any noisy, noxious, or offensive trade or manufacture, or do or suffer to be done thereon any act or thing whatsoever which may be an annoyance to the lessor or to any other lessee in the neighbourhood.
9. In the event of the lessee, upon the expiry of the term, not again becoming the occupier of the land under a fresh lease, he shall be entitled to payment of valuation for all improvements which he shall have effected upon the land, so far as the same are existing and unexhausted.
10. The lessee of every town section shall, within one year from the date of selection, erect a permanent building thereon of a value of at least £50.

Full particulars may be obtained at the District Lands Office, Christchurch.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.