Mar. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 937

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

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 9th March, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” 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 Wednesday, the 22nd day of June, 1910.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT. — WALLACE COUNTY. — WAIAU SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs in Auckland Land District open for Lease.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 9th March, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs are open for lease, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 25th day of April, 1910, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT. — WHAKATANE COUNTY. — WAIHI SOUTH SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Pastoral Land.
National Endowment.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Broken fern and scrub land; soil of a sandy nature, on pumice formation; well watered by several streams. Distant six miles from Matata by formed road.

78 | XII | 2,304 0 0 | 18 0 0

Altitude, 300 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Broken to undulating land, covered with fern and scrub; sandy soil, on pumice formation; well watered by two streams. Distant about eight miles from Matata by dray-road.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 30th day of March, 1910.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Hutt County.

Featherston County.
State Forest Reserves.

| 102 | .. | .. | | |
| 105 | .. | .. | | |
| Parts 100 | III | Rimutaka | 1,353 0 0 | 15 0 0 |
| " 101 | V, IX | Wairarapa | | |

Featherston and Hutt Counties.

| .. | XV, XVI | Akatarawa | 5,159 0 0 | 85 0 0 |
| .. | III, IV | Rimutaka | | |
| .. | I, II, V| Wairarapa | | |

Locality and Description.—These lots are situated on the railway-line between Kaitoke Railway-station and Cross Creek, and comprise more or less open country on the Rimutaka Ranges, suitable for grazing.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, fourteen years, subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

2. A deposit of a half-year’s rent, and £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

3. The lessee shall have the right to use the land comprised in the lease for grazing purposes only.

4. The lessee shall have no right to fell or remove from the land any live or dead trees or timber, whether standing or lying on the ground.

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.

Land in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 27th day of April, 1910, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”