1916
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 61

Locality and Description.

This land fronts on the main road immediately to the south-westward of the Township of Culverden, and comprises open level land of fair quality.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Tenders are to be addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch, and indorsed “Tender for area of 10 acres adjoining Culverden Township,” and must be accompanied by a deposit, either in cash, post-office money-order, or bank cheque, for an amount equal to one half-year’s rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.

2. Possession will be given on the date of acceptance of tender.

3. The lease will be for the term stated in the Schedule.

4. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time resume possession of the land, or any portion thereof, by giving to the lessee six months’ notice in writing of his intention to do so.

5. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land, or on account of the aforesaid resumption, or for any other cause, but will be allowed to remove any improvements placed by him upon the land.

6. The lessee shall have no right to 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.

7. The land shall be used for grazing purposes only, and shall not be broken up or cropped without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

11. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within sixty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

12. The lessee shall maintain in good order and condition (reasonable wear-and-tear alone excepted) any fencing existing upon the land at the date of lease, and shall so deliver it up at the expiration or sooner determination of the lease.

13. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Woolshed, Yards, Buildings, and Land in Cheviot Estate, Canterbury Land District, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 16th July, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for a lease of the Cheviot woolshed, sheep-yards, sheep-dip and shed, shearers’ quarters, bakery and cookhouse, slaughter-house and outhouse, together with about 162 acres of land, situated close to the Town of Mackenzie, will be received at the District Lands Office, Christchurch, up till 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, the 26th day of August, 1909, subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908,” and the following conditions:—

1. Tenders must be accompanied by a deposit, by bank draft, marked cheque, post-office order, or cash, for the amount of a half-year’s rent at the rate offered, together with a lease fee of one guinea, and must be enclosed in sealed envelopes, addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and marked “Tender for Lease of Cheviot Woolshed.”

2. The lease shall be for a term of three years, dating from the 1st September, 1909, on which date, or on acceptance of tender, possession will be given.

3. The rent shall be payable half-yearly, in advance, on the 1st March and 1st September in each year.

4. The lessee may, during each year of the lease, plough up and crop an area not exceeding one-third of that portion of the leasehold situated to the northward of Ward Street and eastward of Hall Road; and each portion of the leasehold so cultivated shall, immediately upon the removal of the crop, be sown down with good permanent cultivated grasses and clovers in sufficient quantity, and be so left for the remainder of the term. The lessee shall not cut the cultivated grass for hay or seed the first year of the course, nor shall he burn any straw grown upon the land.

5. The lessee shall be responsible for the safe custody and maintenance of the buildings, structures, and fences, and shall deliver up the same in good order at the termination of his lease, reasonable wear-and-tear, and damage by fire, earthquake, or tempest excepted. The lessee will also be responsible for the abatement of any nuisance in or about the premises or land.

6. The lessee will be required to insure and keep insured in the name of the King, during the currency of his lease, the woolshed and other buildings for the full insurable value thereof.

7. A right of access to the telegraph-line which passes through the land is reserved by and on behalf of the Government. A right to search for and take gravel for making or maintaining roads is also reserved on behalf of the local body.

8. The lessee shall, at least once in every year, properly cut and trim all live hedges and fences, and clear out all drains and ditches running through the land, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands. A right to enter upon the land, and construct any necessary drains or ditches, is also reserved on behalf of the Crown or the local body.

9. The lessee shall, during the currency of the lease, clear all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, &c., and noxious plants (except gorse properly growing in the line of fences), and keep the same from growing or spreading on the land.

10. The lessee shall be liable for all rates, taxes, and assessments during the term of the lease.

11. The late lessee has the right, for a period of one month from the commencement of the new tenant’s occupation, of removing from the land about 124 chains of fencing and other improvements erected by him, and the successful tenderer will take possession subject to this right.

12. The Government reserves the right, if the land shall be required for any purpose, of resuming at any time during the term of the lease, upon three months’ notice, all that portion of the leasehold situated to the west and south of the east side of Hall Road and Hall Street and the north side of Cadman Street, also an area of about 1 acre for a rubbish reserve on the east side of Hall Road, together with access thereto, without any compensation save a proportionate reduction of rent in respect of the area so taken.

13. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plan obtained at this office.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that the undermentioned land will be disposed of, under section 131 of the said Act, on or after Friday, the 24th day of September, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—KAITIEKE SURVEY DISTRICT.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 30th June, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that the undermentioned land will be disposed of, under section 128 of the said Act, on or after Friday, the 1st day of October, 1909.