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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 96

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.

Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Disposal under Section 140 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,
Napier, 25th October, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 3, Block VII, Nuhaka Survey District, Wairoa County, containing 1 acre 2 roods 17 perches, will be disposed of as a cheese-factory site, under section 140 of the Land Act, 1908, to the Nuhaka Co-operative Dairy Company (Limited), on or after Friday, the 27th day of January, 1911.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments in Southland Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 3rd October, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments are open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 21st day of November, 1910, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

The ballot for the allotments for which there is more than one applicant will be held at this office at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 22nd day of November, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—INVERCARGILL HUNDRED.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £30 6s., valuation for improvements, consisting of hut, shed, clearing, fencing, and ditching.

Flat bush land, from which large timber has been removed; soil light. Distance two miles from terminus of Otatara Tram line, and about nine miles from Invercargill.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

1. The lands enumerated above are second-class lands, and are village-homestead allotments, open for selection on renewable lease for periods of sixty-six years under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”).
2. The rentals stated above shall be the prices at which the lands shall be open for selection.
3. Applications for leases shall be made in manner as provided in Part I of the said Act; and all such applications shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Invercargill; and such leases shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of Part I aforesaid.
4. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occupation, and condition in life—namely, whether married or single; and will be required to make the prescribed declaration.
5. Each applicant shall pay the first half-year’s rent, together with the lease and registration fee (£1 1s.) and the value of the improvements, immediately the application has been approved or declared successful at the ballot; also the rent for the period elapsing between the date of the lease and the due date of such half-yearly payment.
6. All rent must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the first days of January and July in each year, as provided in section 180 of the said Act; and the first half-year’s rent is payable as before provided.
7. Improvements and residence on the land comprised in the lease shall be as provided in Part III of the said Act. The provisions of section 162, and all other provisions of the said Act with respect to substantial improvements, shall apply accordingly to lessees under these regulations. The provisions of section 159, and all other provisions of the said Act in respect of compulsory residence, shall apply accordingly to lessees under these regulations.
8. No lessee shall divide, sublet, or transfer the land held by him under these regulations, except under and subject to the provisions of Part I of the said Act.
9. No lessee shall apply for or hold more than 65 acres, and such area shall be held for his or her sole use and benefit, and not for the use or benefit of any other person whomsoever.
10. 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.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.