3254
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 79

person whomsoever. Any person who already holds land shall not be eligible as a selector.

10. The lease shall be issued subject to the condition that the Crown reserves the right to construct and lay down tramways, or to authorize any person to do so, though the land comprised therein.

11. All the provisions of the said Act, so far as applicable, shall extend and apply to the lands affected by these regulations, and to the applications and leases to be made and issued thereunder, and generally to the interests created, and the persons whose rights, liabilities, or interests are thereby affected; and the mention of any particular provision of the said Act shall not be deemed to exclude any other provision of the said Act applicable to the particular case.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves and Town Lands in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 26th July, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves and town lands will be offered for lease by public auction at the times and places mentioned, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

To be offered at the Courthouse, Rakaia, at noon on Tuesday, 30th August, 1910.

To be offered at the Courthouse, Ashburton, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 30th August, 1910.

| 1 to 20 | I | Dromore Township | 5 0 | 1 0 0 | 10 |
| 1 to 4 | II | Ditto | 1 0 8 | 0 4 0 | 10 |
| 5 to 15 | " | " | 3 0 10 | 0 12 0 | 10 |
| 1 to 17 | III | " | 4 2 19 | 0 18 0 | 10 |
| 1 to 19 | IV | " | 4 3 19 | 1 0 0 | 10 |
| Part Reserve 3374 | XVI | Alford | 9 0 4 | 0 10 0 | 7 |

Locality and Description.

The sections in the Rakaia Township are situated on the western side of the railway-line fronting on Normanby Street and Rakaia Terrace, about a quarter of a mile from the railway-station. Sections 714, 715, 717, and 719 are of light quality; Sections 626 and 627 comprise land of good quality.

The sections in the Dromore Township are situated in close proximity to and on the eastern side of the railway-line, and comprise open level land of light quality.

Reserve 3374 is situated at Mount Somers about one mile eastward from the railway-station of that name, and comprises level land of fair quality.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The purchaser of a lease shall, immediately upon the fall of the hammer, deposit an amount equal to one year’s rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.

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

3. The leases will be for the terms stated in the Schedule.

4. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time resume possession of the land comprised in a lease, or any portion thereof, by giving to the lessee twelve months’ notice in writing of his intention so to do.

5. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land or on account of the aforesaid resumption, or for any other cause, but he will be allowed, on the expiration of his lease, or in the event of the land being resumed as hereinbefore provided, to remove any fencing or buildings erected by him upon the lands.

6. 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.

7. The land shall be used for grazing purposes only, and shall not be broken up or cropped without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

8. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

9. 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 weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

10. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

11. The lessees of sections in the Townships of South Rakaia and Dromore will be required, within six months from the commencement of the lease, to securely fence the land, and thoroughly clear it of gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds now growing upon the land, and to so keep it cleared during the whole of the term.

12. The lessees of sections in the Township of Dromore will be allowed, during the term of the lease, to take one white crop only and one green crop only off the land, and shall thereafter lay the land down satisfactorily in cultivated grasses and clovers not later than the ninth year of the term, and so leave it at the expiration of the lease.

13. The lessee of part of Reserve 3374, Mount Somers, will be required, during each of the first three years of the term, to thoroughly clear of gorse and other noxious weeds not less than one-third of the area comprised in his lease, so that the whole of the area shall be thoroughly cleared at the expiration of the third year of the term, and thereafter be kept clear during the remainder of the term.

14. 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. ◆

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, under the provisions of section 132 of the Land Act, 1908, at this office, on Wednesday, the 23rd day of November, 1910, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—CAMPBELLTOWN HUNDRED.

Rural Lands.

• Weighted with £11 11s., valuation for fencing near south boundary.

Nearly all open land, mostly level, chiefly swamp, with some sandhills towards the north and north-west. Soil sandy loam, and in the swamp dark loam and peaty. Accessible by road, but a railway-crossing is necessary. Distant 1 mile and 50 chains from Awarua Railway-station; two miles from Greenhills Railway-station.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Selwyn Settlement, Auckland Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 2nd August, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given 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 Tuesday, the 27th day of September, 1910, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.