Nov. 17.
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
CROWN LANDS NOTICES.
Reserves in Marlborough Land District for Lease by Public
Auction.
District Lands Office,
Blenheim, 1st November, 1910.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
reserves will be offered for lease by public auction
at this office at 11 o'clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 21st day
of December, 1910, under the provisions of the Public
Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.
SCHEDULE.
Marlborough Land District.
Section. Block Area. Upset
Annual Rental.
Marlborough County.—Taylor Pass Survey District.
A. R. P. £ s. d.
19 XXII | 51 0 0 | 30 0 0
Chiefly flat table land and papa faces; all in grass ; ring-
fenced; fronts formed road. Distant three miles and a half
by main road from Seddon.
Part 1 XVIII | 226 0 0 | 10 0 0
Rather inferior stony ground and river-flats; well
watered; not fenced on river side. There are two good
wooden huts on the land, which must be kept in order and
repair. Access by Awatere River bed, four miles from
Seddon ; also from the Dumgree Road through the planta-
tion, but this latter means of access can only be used by per-
mission of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Town of Seddon.
5 XIII 0 1 24 7 0 0
1 of 6 XIII A 0 1 10.7 6 0 0
2 of 6 0 1 10.7 6 0 0
Flat land on main road, opposite and within three to four
chains of Seddon Railway-station.
Sounds County.-Gore Survey District.
2A XII 74 0 0 | 5 10 0
Weighted with £100, valuation for felling, clearing, and
grassing about 51 acres.
14A XII 13 0 21 1 0 0
Second-class land, fair quality. Situated in Melville Cove.
Distant three to four miles by mountain track to Endeavour
Inlet, thence twenty-two miles by water to Picton; or
direct from Melville Cove, via Cape Jackson, to Picton, about
thirty-eight to forty miles.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. One-half year's rent, together with £1 ls. lease fee,
   and the value of the improvements must be paid on the fall
   of the hammer.
2. Possession will be given on the day of the sale.
3. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance,
   free from all deductions whatsoever, on the 1st January
   and 1st July in each year.
4. The lease shall be for a term of fourteen years from
   the 1st January, 1911, but subject to termination by twelve
   months' notice in the event of the land being required by
   the Government.
5. The lessee shall have no right to compensation, either
   for improvements he has put upon the land, or on account
   of the aforesaid resumption, or for any other cause; but
   he may, on the expiration or sooner determination of the
   lease, remove all buildings and fences erected by him, but
   not otherwise.
6. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dis-
   pose of his interest in the land comprised in his lease,
   except with the consent of the Commissioner of Crown
   Lands.
7. The land shall not be cropped or broken up except
   with the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
8. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and
   he shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfac-
   tion of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
9. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of
   gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds on the
   land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reason-
   able despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all noxious
   weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner
   of Crown Lands.
10. 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.
11. The lessee of 1 of 6 and 2 of 6, Block XIII A, Town
    of Seddon, shall not fell, injure, or destroy any growing
    trees on the said lands.
    F. STEPHENSON SMITH,
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.
    Reserves in the City of Nelson for Lease by Public Tender.
    District Lands Office,
    Nelson, 18th October, 1910.
    NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the
    lease of the undermentioned reserves, in two separate
    lots, will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on
    Wednesday, the 7th day of December, 1910, under the pro-
    visions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.
    SCHEDULE.
    NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—CITY OF NELSON.
    Section. Area. Minimum Term.
    Annual Rental.
    A. R. P. £ s. d.
    746 1 0 2 | 10 0 0 Fourteen years.
    Asphalt tennis-court on this section, remainder in grass.
    About a quarter flat, balance steep slope.
    747 and part 748 1 0 23 | 10 0 0 Fourteen years.
    All in grass; about a quarter flat, remainder steep slope,
    with a few fruit-trees.
    TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.
12. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or
    post-office order for six months' rent at the rate offered,
    together with £1 1s. lease fee.
13. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the
    number of sections which one person may lease, and 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.
14. Possession will be given on the day of acceptance of
    tender.
15. The leases shall be for the terms specified, but shall be
    subject to termination by twelve months' notice in the event
    of the land being required by the Government.
16. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.
17. The lessee will 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.
18. 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.
19. The lease will 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.
    R. T. SADD,
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.
    Lands in Wellington Land District for Disposal under
    Section 128 of the Land Act, 1908.
    District Lands Office,
    Wellington, 5th September, 1910.
    NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of
    the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned lands
    will be disposed of, under section 128 of the said Act, on or
    after Thursday, the 8th day of December, 1910.
    SCHEDULE.
    WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
    Section. Block. Survey District. Area.
    Acres.
    5 X Mikimiki.. 237
    7 XI .. 300
    JAMES MACKENZIE,
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.