Oct. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2551

Land in Wellington Land District for Disposal under Section 203 of “The Land Act, 1908.”

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 23rd August, 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 203 of the said Act, on or after Friday, the 26th day of November, 1909.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—HAUTAPU SURVEY DISTRICT.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 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 Thursday, the 9th day of December, 1909.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—REWA SURVEY DISTRICT.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Westland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Hokitika, 31st August, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of fourteen years, at this office, on Wednesday, the 6th day of October, 1909, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 16, Block XV, Town of Runanga: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £1.
Weighted with £600, valuation for buildings.

G. H. M. McCLURE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at this office, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 27th day of October, 1909, under the provisions of section 132 of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF WAITOTARA.
Town Land.

Formerly a post-office site. Waitotara is situated on the Waitotara River, about twenty-two miles by rail north-west of Wanganui.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at the District Lands Office, Wellington, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 12th day of October, 1909, for leases of the undermentioned reserves, under the provisions of “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Town of Hunter ville.

Flat land, in a good part of the town. The present lessees will be allowed six weeks from the date of acceptance of tender in which to remove their buildings, &c., if they are not successful in obtaining the new lease.

Masterton County.—Puketoi Survey District.

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Undulating land, covered with manuka and tauhinu, with a little native grass. Well watered, being situated on the Makoura Stream. Access is from Tenui, via Pakowai, which is about eighteen miles distant by a partly formed summer dray-road and bridle-track.

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.