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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 69

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, fourteen years.
2. 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.
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, nor for any other cause.
4. Possession will be given on the day of acceptance of tender.
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.

Land in Pohonui Village, Wellington Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at this office, on Wednesday, the 29th day of September, 1909, under the provisions of section 132 of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—VILLAGE OF POHONUI.
Village Land.

Weighted with £73 10s., valuation for improvements, comprising a four-roomed house, garden, and 2 acres grassed.

Pohonui is situated on the Mangaweka Road, about twenty-seven miles from Hunter ville.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 22nd day of September, 1909, for a lease of the undermentioned reserve under the provisions of “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Locality and Description of Reserve.

Reserve No. 2166, situated on the eastern side of the entrance to the Akaroa Harbour, is known as the Akaroa Lighthouse Reserve, and comprises steep hilly land of good pastoral quality.

The lessee of this reserve will be required to maintain the lighthouse-paddock fence, and to preserve from destruction the native bush on the reserve. A right of road from the lighthouse to the roads leading to Akaroa is reserved across the land leased.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Tenders are to be addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch, and indorsed “Tender for Akaroa Lighthouse Reserve,” 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 comprised in the lease, or any portion thereof, by giving to the lessee twelve months’ notice in writing of his intention so to do.
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.
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 highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

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

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Kauroo Hill Settlement, Otago Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 16th August, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 11th day of October, 1909, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Waitaki County.—Kauroo Survey District.—Kauroo Hill Settlement.

Weighted with £25, valuation for shepherd’s hut.

Section 32A comprises mixed agricultural and pastoral land, partly ploughable. Soil is a light black loam, with a subsoil of clay and gravel. Stony faces occur on some of the ridges, and in such places tussock and surface-sown grasses exist. All portions previously ploughed carry good grass, and other parts are tussock-covered. Well watered, especially in the western portion, by Fuchsia Creek. Suitable for building. The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, consist of half-value of 15 chains of