3596
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 88

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.

SOUTH LAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTH LAND 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.

Reserves in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Napier, 20th September, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at this office at 10 o’clock a.m. on Friday, the 11th day of November, 1910, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—NORSEWOOD SURVEY DISTRICT (NGAMOKO FOREST RESERVE).

Situated about five miles from Norsewood Post-office. Broken forest land, but nearly all the marketable timber has now been milled. During the last few years the greater part of the block was swept by fire, and on the burnt portions a mixture of English grasses was sown. On Section 5 about 400 acres in grass, and on Section 4 about 300 acres in grass.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. One-half year’s rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. 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 8th December, 1910.

4. The lease shall be for the term of years specified above, 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 shall 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 have the right to use the land comprised in the lease for grazing purposes only.

8. The lessee shall have no right to fell or remove any live or dead trees or timber, whether standing or lying, on the land.

9. All persons duly authorized in that behalf shall have free right of ingress, egress, and regress for such purposes as the Commissioner of Crown Lands may deem expedient.

10. Licenses may be issued at any time during the currency of the lease to the lessee or other persons to cut and remove either standing or felled timber without the payment of compensation to the lessee.

11. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, ragwort, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

12. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 6th September, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, the 13th day of October, 1910, for leases of the undermentioned reserves under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Reserve No. 2999 is situated in the Borough of Geraldine, at the junction of Wilson, Lewis, and Cox Streets, and comprises good land, affording convenient paddock accommodation in a good situation.

Reserve No. 2448 is situated on the western side of the Whiterock River, at the foot of the eastern slope of Mount Nimrod, about four miles and a half southward from the Cannington Homestead, and about eleven miles south-westward from Cave Railway-station. It comprises stony terrace land and river-flats, with native pasture surface-sown with English grasses.

Reserve No. 951 is situated in the Borough of Waimate, at the corner of Manse and Innes Streets, and affords good paddock accommodation in a convenient situation.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Tenders should be addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch, and indorsed on the outside “Tender for Lease of Reserve.” Six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must accompany each tender.
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.
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