MAY 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1555

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Matakanui Settlement lies in the valley of the Manu-
herikia River. Good metalled roads connect it with the
railway-stations at Omakau and Lauder. The distance to
Omakau, the nearest railway-station, is about two miles
from the centre of the settlement.

The country is at an altitude of about 1,000 ft. above
sea-level, and is dry and healthy.

There is a very good water-supply on two of the allotments
from springs, and a water-race runs through the settlement,
one-third of the water being available for the use of the
settlers. At Omakau there is a post and telegraph office,
and across the river at Black's there are stores and a school.
There is a daily service to and from Dunedin, 120 miles
distant from Omakau. The whole of the land is suitable
for agriculture and dairying. On the terraces the soil is
light and gravelly.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Marlborough Land District open for Sale or
Selection.

District Lands Office,
Blenheim, 20th April, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of
"The Land Act, 1908," that the undermentioned
land is open for sale or selection, and applications will be
received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, the
8th day of August, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.—
HERINGA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

F. STEPHENSON SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Lands in Auckland Land District open for License.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 27th April, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
are open for license under the regulations for the
occupation of pastoral lands in Hauraki Mining District,
and applications will be received at this office up to
4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, the 27th day of June, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—COROMANDEL COUNTY.—HAURAKI
MINING DISTRICT.

1,280 ACRES (unsurveyed), Block II, Colville Survey District.

466 acres 3 roods 31 perches, Block II, Moehau Survey
District.

Term of lease : Twenty-one years, with conditional right
of renewal.

The minimum area that can be selected is 25 acres. On
approval of applications survey fees will require to be
deposited in accordance with the scale of fees for the survey
of Crown lands. Survey fee is credited to the lessee as rent
paid in advance.

All applications are subject to the approval of the Land
Board, and applicants who are landless within the meaning
of the Land Act shall have preference in the ballot.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Southland Land District for Sale by Public
Auction.

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 13th April, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of
"The Land Act, 1908," that the undermentioned
land will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at
this office, on Wednesday, the 20th day of July, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—NEW
RIVER HUNDRED.

Rural Land.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public
Auction.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 28th March, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
reserve will be offered for lease by public auction,
at this office, at 11 o'clock a.m. on Friday, the 27th day of
May, 1910, under the provisions of "The Public Reserves
and Domains Act, 1908." If not sold at auction the reserve
will be open for application at the upset rental.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OMAPERE SURVEY DISTRICT.—
BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.

SECTION 4, Block XII, containing 80 acres. Upset rental
per annum, £12.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

Situated about two miles from Ohaeawai by fair road.
Open fern land, with danthonia grass all through it. One
acre shelter-bush ; undulating and of first-class quality, but
very stony, resting on volcanic formation. Well watered by
stream and springs. Altitude, from 800 ft. to 900 ft. above
sea-level.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease : Seven years, without right of renewal.

2. One half-year's rental, together with lease fee £1 1s.,
   shall be deposited immediately on fall of the hammer.

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

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.