APRIL 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1253

4. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land or for any other cause.
5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.
6. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of all noxious weeds or plants on the land comprised in the lease, and shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all such noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
7. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Auckland, free from all deductions whatsoever.
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.
   Full particulars may be ascertained on application at this office.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Otago Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 26th January, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or selection, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 9th day of May, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—CLUTHA COUNTY.—CATLIN’S SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Bush land, somewhat steep and broken in places. The timber generally is birch. The soil is light and good. General aspect is southerly. Situated within easy distance of the Catlin’s Railway, which is now in course of construction. The north-east corner of Block VII is about eight miles from Owaka Railway-station.

E. H. WILMOT,
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.

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.

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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,