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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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5. Each applicant shall pay the first half-year's rent, together with the lease and registration fee (£1 1s.), and in the case of Section 30, Mataroa Village Settlement, 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. The rent must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the 1st 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. The lessee shall not 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 one allotment, and such allotment 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.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 27th November, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Friday, the 19th day of January, 1912, for a lease of the undermentioned land under section 339 of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—ROTORUA COUNTY.—ROTORUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION 5A, Block IX, comprising 491 acres; minimum annual rental, £33 15s.

Weighted with £2,984 6s., valuation for houses, 391 acres felled and grassed, 571 chains fencing, garden, cultivation, and logging, clearing, and planting. Situated on the Oxford—Rotorua Road about four miles from Mamaku Railway-station.

Term of lease: Twenty-one years, without right of renewal; rental payable half-yearly in advance; the first half-year's rent at the rate tendered, and lease fee (£1 1s.), to be deposited with the tender. The loading, £2,984 6s. for improvements, is to be paid immediately on acceptance of tender.

The lessee shall have no right to underlet or part with possession of the land leased, or any part of it, without the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

The lessee shall discharge all rates, taxes, charges, and other assessments that may become due and payable.

Within one month from the date of expiry of the lease the then existing improvements shall be valued by the Crown, and be made a charge against the land in favour of the lessee or persons entitled thereto.

Rental payments in arrear for two calendar months shall render the lease liable to termination; or a breach of covenant in the lease, expressed or implied, shall entitle the Crown to re-enter and determine the lease.

The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Tenders to be indorsed “Section 5A, Block IX, Rotorua Survey District,” and to be addressed to—

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Southland Land District for License by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 4th December, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for license by public auction at the District Land Office, Invercargill, at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, the 28th day of February, 1912, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Run No. 522, Class A, Wallace County: Area, 3,323 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £30. (Crown land.)

Run No. 534, Class A, Southland County: Area, 3,468 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £40. (Endowment.)

Runs No. 438 and 452 (grouped), Class A, Southland and Lake Counties: Area, 55,690 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £10. (National endowment.)

Run No. 214B, Class A, Southland and Lake Counties: Area, 3,400 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £30. (Crown land.)

Possession will be given on 1st March, 1913.

The following provisional valuation of improvements is published for the information of intending purchasers, but must be taken as approximate only, as the final valuation has to be made in accordance with section 244 of the Land Act, 1908, at least three months before the expiry of the present licenses:—

Run No. 522.—Fencing, £310.
Run No. 534.—Fencing, £209 10s.
Run No. 214B.—Fencing, £120.

Description of Runs.

Run No. 522 is situated in Centre Hill District. It is hilly country, fairly grassed with silver and snow tussock. Formation clay and partly rocky. Height above sea-level, from 1,200 ft. to 2,700 ft. Distance from Mosgiurn Railway-station by road, about eight miles.

Run No. 534, situated in the Taringatura District. It is all open hilly country, with fair tussock pasture, and is good sheep-country. Situated about eight miles and a quarter from Dipton Railway-station. Height above sea-level, from 600 ft. to 1,000 ft.

Runs Nos. 438 and 452 (grouped), situated in Eyre North, Eyreside, Mavora, Black Hill, and Lincoln Districts. High and broken country; fair summer sheep-country, with fair tussock pasture. Situated about twenty-one miles from Queenstown. Height above sea-level, from 5,000 ft. to 6,580 ft.

Run No. 214B, situated in Nokomai and Kingston Survey Districts. Stony and dry country, fairly well grassed, with white tussock and a mixture of snow-grass. Situated about eight miles from Athol and three miles from Garston. Height above sea-level, from 2,000 ft. to 3,750 ft.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES.

The Native Land Act, 1909.

SITTING OF COURT ADJOURNED.

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 14th December, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sitting of the Native Land Court advertised to take place at Ahipara on the 15th January, 1912, has been adjourned to the 19th February, 1912, at the same place.

E. P. EARLE,
Registrar.