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5. All persons duly authorised in that behalf shall have free right of ingress, egress, and regress for such purposes as the Commissioner may deem expedient.

6. The lessee shall have no claim for compensation for improvements at any time, but at the expiration of his lease may remove all fencing and buildings erected by him on the land.

7. Licenses may be issued at any time during the currency of grazing-lease to the lessee or other persons to cut and remove either standing or felled timber under the Timber or Forest Regulations, without the payment of compensation to the lessee.

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 not light or permit any fire to be lighted within or in the vicinity of the reserves, nor shall he intentionally or negligently allow fire to spread in or into the forest. In the event of any damage to forest, flax, &c., caused through fires so lighted or spreading, the lessee shall be liable for the value of such damage, and shall also be liable to a penalty of £50.

10. The lease shall be subject to the conditions that the Crown shall not be liable for any damage that may be done by or to stock running on the land comprised in the lease, and the lessee shall take all risks of whatever nature.

11. Possession will be given on date of acceptance of tender, from which date rent will commence.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Worker's Dwelling at Sydenham, Canterbury Land District, for Lease by Application.

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 1st February, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that a worker's dwelling of six rooms with conveniences, situated on Lot 16, Camelot Settlement, Seddon Street, Sydenham, comprising an area of 37·8 perches, will be open for application on Wednesday, the 16th day of February, 1910, under the provisions of “The Workers' Dwellings Act, 1908.” The rental at the rate of 5 per cent. on the capital value is at the rate of £2 9s. per month, with a monthly addition to cover rates and insurance, the additional monthly payment in respect thereof for the first year being 7s. 5d., making a total monthly payment of £2 16s. 5d.

Applicants will be required to appear for examination at this office during ordinary office hours, or at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday, the 17th day of February, 1910, and the ballot will be held the same evening at the close of the examination. Immediate possession will be given to the successful applicant.

Further particulars may be obtained at this office.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 8th December, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” 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 25th day of April, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—RAGLAN COUNTY.—RANGIRIRI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Unsurveyed Land.—National Endowment.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Tripp Settlement, Canterbury Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 1st February, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 8th day of March, 1910, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—TRIPP SETTLEMENT.

Geraldine County.—Four Peaks Survey District.

| 8 | XVI | 138 2 7 | 1,040 0 0 | 23 8 0 |
| 9 | " | 204 0 0 | 1,740 0 0 | 39 3 0 |

Geraldine County.—Orari Survey District.

| 11 | VII | 217 1 35 | 2,610 0 0 | {58 14 6 |
| | | | | { 1 19 0^c |
| 12 | " | 148 3 0 | 1,860 0 0 | {41 17 0 |
| | | | | { 2 6 10^d |
| 13 | " | 135 2 39 | 1,630 0 0 | 36 13 6 |
| 14 | " | 33 1 28 | 540 0 0 | {12 3 0 |
| | | | | { 2 6 10^e |
| 15 | " | 42 3 21 | 690 0 0 | 15 10 6 |
| 16 | " | 69 2 15 | 1,120 0 0 | 25 4 0 |
| 17 | " | 169 1 0 | 1,870 0 0 | 42 1 6 |
| 18 | V | 157 1 20 | 1,890 0 0 | 42 10 6 |
| 19 | VII | 150 3 0 | 1,810 0 0 | 40 14 6 |
| 20 | " | 227 3 0 | 2,400 0 0 | 54 0 0 |

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Geraldine County.—Four Peaks Survey District.

| 23 | XII | 1,782 0 0 | 4,290 0 0 | 96 10 6 |
| 24 | {XI, XII,} | 4,221 0 0 | 8,160 0 0 | {183 12 0 |
| | XVII | | | { 1 10 4^f |
| 10 | X, XI | 5,216 2 0 | 5,360 0 0 | {120 12 0 |
| 25 | XV | | | { 3 0 8^g |
| 26 | {V, VI,} | 9,896 0 0 | 4,110 0 0 | { 92 9 6 |
| | IX, X, | | | { 6 1 4^h |
| | XIII, | | | |
| | XIV, | | | |
| | XV | | | |
| 27 | V, IX | 3,019 0 0 | 1,250 0 0 | 28 2 6 |

^a Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £80, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £3 2s. 5d. Total half-yearly payment, £28 15s. 5d.

^b Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £80, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £3 2s. 5d. Total half-yearly payment, £50 2s. 11d.

^c Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £50, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £1 19s. Total half-yearly payment, £60 13s. 6d.

^d Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £60, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £2 6s. 10d. Total half-yearly payment, £44 3s. 10d.

^e Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £60, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £2 6s. 10d. Total half-yearly payment, £14 9s. 10d.

^f Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £30, payable in cash or in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £1 10s. 4d. Total half-yearly payment, £185 2s. 4d.

^g Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £60, payable in cash or in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £3 0s. 8d. Total half-yearly payment, £123 12s. 8d.

^h Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £120, payable in cash or in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £6 1s. 4d. Total half-yearly payment, £98 10s. 10d.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Tripp Settlement extends in a north-westerly direction from the Orari River for a distance of about ten miles. The eastern portion is thirteen miles from Orari Railway station, and eighteen miles and a half from Temuka Railway station,