Mar. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 939

Lands in Ermedale Settlement, Southland Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 7th 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 29th day of March, 1910, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—JACOB’S RIVER HUNDRED.—ERMEDALE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

| 16 | XIII | 130 2 20 | £1,020 0 0 | £22 19 0 |
| 17 | " | 132 0 25 | £1,030 0 0 | £23 3 6 |
| 19 | " | 897 1 25 | £2,000 0 0 | £45 0 0 |
| | | | | *£17 14 10 |
| 22 | " | 182 3 10 | £1,330 0 0 | £30 0 0 |
| 23 | " | 224 0 0 | £1,460 0 0 | £32 17 0 |
| 25 | " | 207 1 15 | £1,670 0 0 | £37 12 0 |

Second-class Land.

| 14 | XIII | 293 1 0 | £1,100 0 0 | £24 15 0 |
| | | | | †£1 14 7 |
| 15 | " | 246 3 25 | £840 0 0 | £18 18 0 |
| 18 | " | 300 3 20 | £760 0 0 | £17 2 0 |
| 20 | " | 188 1 15 | £760 0 0 | £17 2 0 |
| 21 | " | 171 1 15 | £580 0 0 | £13 1 0 |
| 24 | " | 217 0 30 | £1,200 0 0 | £27 0 0 |

*Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £455, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £17 14s. 10d. Total half-yearly payment, £62 14s. 10d.

†Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £20, payable in cash or in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £1 14s. 7d. Total half-yearly payment, £26 9s. 7d.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Ermedale Settlement is situated five to seven miles from Fairfax Railway-station, nine to eleven miles from the Town of Riverton, and seven to nine miles from Thornbury Junction. It lies at an elevation of from 50 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level, and consists of mixed agricultural, pastoral, and dairying land of good quality, with bush on some of the sections. There are outcrops of limestone. The land is capable of being used for general agricultural purposes, and is in good heart. For dairying it is well suited.

Messrs. Harrington Bros. have a lease of a sawmill tramway easement of 1 acre 1 rood 19 perches through Section 15 for a term of twelve years from 31st July, 1904, with right of renewal for another twelve years. They also have the right to cut and remove the timber on Section 18 within three years from the date of selection.

Thirty-six acres of Section 18 and 23 acres of Section 19 have been sown in turnips and grass, the former off lea.

The crops of oats on Sections 19, 22, and 25, and the temporary coil-wire fence between the oats and grass on Section 22, do not go with the land.

Possession will be given on 1st April, 1910.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements which are included in the value of sections are as follow: Section 14, 40 chains of old fence, value £5. Section 15, half-value of 53 chains of gorse fence along eastern boundary, £13 5s.; and 105 chains of other fencing, value £14 19s. 6d. Section 16, half-share of 28 chains of eastern boundary-fence, £4 4s.; and other wire fences, 119 chains, £29 15s. Section 17, half-share in eastern and western boundary-fences, 83½ chains, £15 4s.; and 32 chains of other wire and gorse fences and ditch, £10 12s. Section 18, 66 chains fences, £13 4s. Section 19, 287 chains of fencing, £57 8s. Section 20, 52 chains of fence, £7 16s. Section 21, 46 chains of fence, £9 4s. Section 22, half-share boundary-fence between 22 and 23, 44 chains, £6 12s.; other fencing and ditch, 57 chains, £24. Section 23, half-share of boundary-fences, 72 chains, £10 16s.; other fences and ditches, 84 chains, £26 6s. Section 24, half-share in boundary-fence between 23 and 24, 28 chains, £4 4s.; other fences and ditches, 171 chains, £43 11s. Section 25, half-share in eastern boundary-fence, 83½ chains, £16 14s.; other boundary-fences, 41½ chains, £9 17s. 3d.; other fences and ditches, 95 chains, £28 16s.

The improvements not included in the value of the sections, and which must be paid for separately by the tenant, are as follow: Section 14, large two-roomed hut, with brick chimney, £20. Section 19, two-story wooden dwellinghouse of eleven rooms, with pantry, scullery, bath-room, and storeroom, with detached wash-house, back-stable, milking and buggy shed, men’s hut with chimney, hydraulic ram supplying water to bath-room, barn, large woolshed and yards, stable and stockyard, and pig-styes; total value, £455.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 27th day of April, 1910, for leases of the undermentioned reserves under the provisions of “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Mangahao Survey District.

| 23 | VII | 9 0 0 | £6 10 0 | Five years. |
Situate on the Ridge Road, adjoining the Suburbs of Scarborough. Distant about one mile from Pahiatua Railway-station.

Apiti Survey District.

| 5 | IV | 3 1 32 | £2 10 0 | Five years. |
Situated about one mile and a half from Rangiwahia. Access is from Mangaweka, about twelve miles by good metalled road.

Town of Mangaweka North.

| 5 and 6 | IV | 0 1 36 | £3 0 0 | Fourteen years |

Town of Livingston.

| 73 | .. | 7 2 30 | £3 0 0 | Seven years. |
Lessee of this section will be required to fence, fell, and grass the area to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands within one year of acceptance of his tender; also to keep down all noxious weeds and rabbits.

Town of Levin.

| 1 | XIV | 0 1 36 | £1 0 0 | Seven years. |
Situated at the corner of Cambridge and Devon Streets.

Town of Linton.

| 300 | .. | 4 0 20 | £4 0 0 | Fourteen years. |
Situated 16 chains from railway-siding. First-class land.

Town of Mangaweka.

| 52 | .. | 0 1 0 | £2 0 0 | Fourteen years. |
Situated at corner of Bank and Koraenui Streets. Flat land.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. 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.

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