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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 103

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 twelve 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 will 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 will 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.

R. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Marlborough Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Blenheim, 1st November, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at this office at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 21st day of December, 1910, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Chieflly flat table land and papa faces; all in grass; ring-fenced; fronts formed road. Distant three miles and a half by main road from Seddon.

Part 1 | XVIII | 226 0 0 | 10 0 0

Rather inferior stony ground and river-flats; well watered; not fenced on river side. There are two good wooden huts on the land, which must be kept in order and repair. Access by Awatere River bed, four miles from Seddon; also from the Dungree Road through the plantation, but this latter means of access can only be used by permission of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Town of Seddon.

| 5 | XIII | 0 1 24 | 7 0 0 |
| 1 of 6 | XIIIA | 0 1 10·7 | 6 0 0 |
| 2 of 6 | " | 0 1 10·7 | 6 0 0 |

Flat land on main road, opposite and within three to four chains of Seddon Railway-station.

Sounds County.—Gore Survey District.

| 2A | XII | 74 0 0 | 5 10 0 |

Weighted with £100, valuation for felling, clearing, and grassing about 51 acres.

| 14A | XII | 13 0 21 | 1 0 0 |

Second-class land, fair quality. Situated in Melville Cove. Distant three to four miles by mountain track to Endeavour Inlet, thence twenty-two miles by water to Picton; or direct from Melville Cove, via Cape Jackson, to Picton, about thirty-eight to forty miles.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. One-half year’s rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, and the value of the improvements must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. Possession will be given on the day of the sale.

3. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever, on the 1st January and 1st July in each year.

4. The lease shall be for a term of fourteen years from the 1st January, 1911, but subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

5. The lessee shall have no right to compensation, either for improvements he has put upon the land, or on account of the aforesaid resumption, or for any other cause; but he may, on the expiration or sooner determination of the lease, remove all buildings and fences erected by him, but not otherwise.

6. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of his interest in the land comprised in his lease, except with the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

7. The land shall not be cropped or broken up except with the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and he 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, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

10. 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.

11. The lessee of 1 of 6 and 2 of 6, Block XIIIA, Town of Seddon, shall not fell, injure, or destroy any growing trees on the said lands.

F. STEPHENSON SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Westland Land District for Disposal under Section 128 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,
Hokitika, 7th November, 1910.

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, to the holder of adjoining land, on or after Friday, the 10th day of February, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Gravel Reserve adjoining Section 959, Block XIII, Kanieri Survey District. Area, 2 roods.

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

Lands in Wellington Land District for Disposal under Section 128 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 5th September, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned lands will be disposed of, under section 128 of the said Act, on or after Thursday, the 8th day of December, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.