JUNE 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1883

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 27th day of July, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

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

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 6th June, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 15th day of July, 1910, for a lease of the undermentioned land under the Thermal Springs Districts Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—ROTORUA COUNTY.—ROTORUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION 5, Block X, comprising 470 acres 3 roods 11 perches. Minimum annual rental, £36.

Weighted with £1,056, valuation for two houses and outbuildings, 200 acres of bush felled and grassed, and fencing.

Situated at the junction of the Oxford-Rotorua and Mamaku dray-roads, about three miles and a quarter from the Mamaku Railway-station, on the Auckland-Rotorua line. The proposed railway-extension, Mamaku to Te Puke, is expected to traverse this section.

Term of Lease.—Twenty-one years, without right of renewal. Rental-payment half-yearly in advance; the first half-year’s rent at the rate tendered, and lease fee £1 1s., to be deposited with the tender. The loading of £1,056 for improvements is to be paid immediately on acceptance of tender.

No right to underlet or part with possession of the land leased, or any part thereof, without the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

The lessee shall discharge all rates, taxes, charges, and other assessments that shall become due and payable.

Within one month from the date of expiry of the lease the then-existing improvements shall be valued by the Crown, and be made a charge against the land in favour of the lessee or persons entitled thereto.

The existing tram-line to a width of 10 ft. is reserved from the area to be leased.

Rental-payments in arrear for two calendar months shall render the lease liable to termination, or a breach of covenant in the lease, expressed or implied, shall entitle the Crown to re-enter and determine the lease.

The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Wellington Land District for License by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for license by public auction, for a term of twenty-one years, at the Survey Office, Wanganui, at noon on Friday, the 19th day of August, 1910, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—PATEA COUNTY.—WAIROA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Weighted with £70 2s. 6d., valuation for improvements.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

Situated on the sea-beach about one mile and a half from Whenuakura Railway-station, access being from Waverley, five mile and a half distant, by a good dray-road to within about half a mile from the land. Comprises flat and undulating land, with soil of inferior quality, chiefly drift-sand. About 50 acres is covered with vegetation, comprising marram-grass, rushes, fern, &c. The elevation ranges from about 3 ft. to 50 ft. above sea-level. Watered by the Waipipi Stream.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Lands in Hauraki Mining District open for License.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 21st June, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral 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 p.m. on Monday, the 22nd day of August, 1910.

If more than one application is received for the same area or part of the same area on the same day, the order of selection will be decided by ballot on Thursday, the 25th day of August, 1910, at 2.30 p.m.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—THAMES COUNTY.

2,622 ACRES (unsurveyed), Blocks XIII and XIV, Tairua Survey District, and Blocks I and II, Ohinemuri Survey District. Forest land and old kauri workings, situated on the head-waters of the Tairua River, eight to twelve miles from Puriri.

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 Otago Land District for Disposal under Section 129 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 14th June, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under the renewable-lease system to James Enright, of St. Bathan’s, farmer and coal-miner, under section 129 of the said Act, on or after Friday, the 16th September, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

An estimated area of 129 acres, being part of Section 6, Block IX, Blackstone Survey District.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.