Feb. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 689

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—TARINGA-TURA SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Weighted with £40, valuation for improvements consisting of fencing and grassing.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for leases of the undermentioned reserves will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 22nd day of March, 1911, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF KAKAHI.

Kakahi is situated near the junction of the Upper Wanganui and Whakapapa Rivers, about ten miles south of Taumarunui. The North Island Main Trunk Railway passes through it. The sections comprise open land; soil light and pumiceous, on pumice subsoil.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Possession will be given on the day of acceptance of tender.

4. The leases shall be for the term specified, 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 paid half-yearly in advance.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease, without consent.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 5th January, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for license by public auction at the Assembly Rooms, Timaru, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Tuesday, 28th February, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Class A.

RUN 234A, Waimate County: 4,713 acres; term of license, fourteen years; upset rental, £235 per annum.

Run 234B, Waimate County: 4,596 acres; term of license, fourteen years; upset rental, £287 per annum.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

These runs are situated on the slopes of the Station Peak Range, which flanks the eastern side of the Hakataramea Valley, South Canterbury. They lie on the northern side of Meyer’s Pass, near the source of the South Waihao River, about twenty-three miles from Waimate and fourteen miles from Hakataramea. They comprise high open hill country of purely pastoral character, the spurs being intersected by deep rough gullies. The vegetation consists of native and English grasses, with snow-grass only on the higher altitudes. The runs are fairly well watered by springs and streams, but are liable to burn up in a dry summer, and, as the altitude ranges from about 1,500 ft. up to about 3,500 ft. above sea-level, it is liable to heavy falls of snow in winter.

The approximate valuations of improvements, consisting in each case of a hut, and boundary and subdivision fencing, are £330 on Run 234A and £428 on Run 234B. This information is published for the information of intending purchasers, but must be taken as approximate only, as the final valuation will be made in accordance with section 244 of the Land Act, 1908, at least three months before the expiry of the present licenses, and the purchasers of the new licenses (being other than the present licensees) will be required to pay the amount of such valuations before being admitted to possession of the runs.

Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1912.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

The licensee of every run shall, during the second and every succeeding year of the term of his license, plant with suitable trees, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, an area of at least one acre upon some part of his run. The number of trees so planted upon every acre shall be at least 1,000. The areas planted shall be securely fenced in with a rabbit- and stock-proof fence; all failures or losses shall from time to time be replanted as may be found necessary; and the plantations shall be protected, trimmed, and maintained during the term of the license to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The licensee shall not, during the months of December, January, February, March, April, May, and June, or such other months not exceeding altogether seven in any one year, as the Commissioner shall from time to time determine, burn the grass on his run.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 5th January, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for license by public auction at this office at 11 o’clock a.m. on Tuesday, the 28th day of February, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.