JUNE 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1583

Situated at the junction of Tararua and Matarua Valley Roads. Access is from Pahiatua or Palmerston North, which are about eleven miles distant by metalled roads. The section comprises flat land, felled and grassed. Well watered by a small stream. The soil is of fair quality, on rock-and-shingle formation.

Pahiatua County.—Mangahao Survey District.—Tane Domain.

21, 22 | XVI | 23 3 0 | 4 0 0 | 5

Situated on the Mangaone Valley Road, about nine miles from Pahiatua. Hilly land, with the exception of about 4 acres of flat. The soil is fair, on sand-and-limestone formation. The greater portion of the bush has been destroyed by fire. There is now a dense undergrowth of bracken, fern, &c.

A right of way giving access to river is reserved.

Pahiatua County.—Makuri Survey District.

35 | II | 7 0 0 | 3 5 0 | 14

Situated at Makairo, fronting the Kumeroa Road. Access is from Pahiatua or Mangatainoka, the latter being about nine miles distant by metalled road. The section comprises flat and undulating grassed land, swampy in places. The soil is of fair quality, on limestone-and-papa formation. Watered by a small stream.

Rangitikei County.—Pukeokahu Survey District.—Pukeokahu Domain.

17B | XI | 6 2 35 | 0 15 0 | 7

Situated on the Pukeokahu Road, in the Otuarei Settlement. Comprises open land, with a few clumps of scrub, &c.

Manawatu County.—Moutere Survey District.

Lot 24 | I | 0 0 20 | 0 10 0 | 14
of 268

Situated at the mouth of the Manawatu River, about three miles from Foxton, in what is known as Wharangi or the Foxton Sanatorium. It comprises flat land among the sand-hills.

Horowhenua County.—Town of Shannon.

322 | .. | 0 1 13 | 1 0 0 | 5

Situated on Nathan Terrace, about 13 chains by metalled road from the Shannon Railway-station. Flat land of good quality, in grass.

Kiwitea County.—Ongo Survey District.

1 | XVI | 8 0 16 | 6 0 0 | 7

Situated on the Kiwitea Road. Access is from Feilding, which is eighteen miles distant by a good metalled road, via Cheltenham and Beaconsfield. The section comprises flat land, felled and grassed. The soil is a light-brown loam, on shingle formation. Watered by a small stream.

3 | XVI | 8 1 12 | 5 0 0 | 7

Situated on Tipuea-Kiwitea Road, access being from Feilding, which is eighteen miles distant by a good metalled road through Cheltenham and Beaconsfield. The section comprises flat land. One acre has been felled and grassed; the remainder is light bush of rimu, white-pine, tawa, &c. The soil is light-brown loam, on shingle formation. Watered by Kiwitea Stream.

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 shall be subject to termination by three 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 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.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown 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 28th 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.

CANTEBURY 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.