DEC. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 3719

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.” One year’s rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must accompany each tender.

2. Possession will be given on acceptance of tender.

3. Possession of the land comprised in the lease, or any portion thereof, may be resumed at any time by giving to the lessee twelve months’ notice of intention so to do.

4. 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 land.

5. 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, without consent.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. The lessee 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.

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

11. 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.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 15th November, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at this office, at 11 o’clock a.m., on Wednesday, the 20th day of December, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—OHURA COUNTY.—OHURA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Rural Land.

The improvements, which are included in the upset price, consist of the following: 55 acres felled only, £68 15s.; 105 acres felled and grassed, £52 10s.; 5 chains wire netting on posts, 12s. 6d.; 101 chains fencing, £34 7s.; 58 chains fencing-wire on posts at homestead, £4 7s.; house, £90; whare, £15; pataka, £5: total, £320 11s. 6d.

The section is situated on the Aorangi Road, about a mile and three-quarters by good horse-track from Aukopae Landing, Wanganui River, which is about sixteen miles from Taumarunui by the river. There is also access from Taumarunui by a good horse-track, about twenty miles.

The section comprises flat, easy sloping, and rather steep country. The soil is of good quality generally, on papa formation. The forest is varied, ranging from fern and manuka to heavy bush consisting of rata, tawa, totara, rimu, miro, matai, white-pine, hinau, tawhero, &c., with a fairly dense undergrowth of supplejack, raurekau, punga, and other soft woods and ferns. The section is well watered. Elevation ranges from 600 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level.

WILLIAM ARMSTRONG,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1911.

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 Wednesday, the 20th day of December, 1911, 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 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, the 21st day of December, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Village-homestead Allotments.

WAIMARINO COUNTY.—OHAKUNE VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

These homesteads are situated in the Ohakune Village Settlement, and comprise all flat land, with the exception of part of Section 22, which is undulating. Soil on Sections 45 and 7 and 8 loamy, on Section 22 of a light nature. The milling-timber on Section 45 has been removed. The forest on Section 22 is heavy, comprising matai, rimu, kahikatea, with usual dense undergrowth. Lot 7 and 8 is all in grass. The access is from Ohakune Township to Section 45 by a metalled road for about half a mile, and by a quarter of a mile of formed road; to Section 22 by a quarter of a mile of dray-road partly metalled and partly formed; and to Lot 7 and 8 by three-quarters of a mile of formed and metalled road.

WANGANUI COUNTY.—MATAROA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

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Weighted with £65 10s., valuation for improvements.

This section is situated in the Mataroa Railway-station, which is about half a mile distant by formed road. Flat land; soil of good quality, on papa formation. The improvements comprise the whole area in grass, 7 chains of fencing, and a three-roomed house with lean-to.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lands described above are first-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, Wellington; and leases will 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.